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Percentages indicated are of all students eligible for free school meals who were entered for at least one GCE/Applied GCE A level/Double Award in 2008.
The figures relate to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August 2007) in maintained schools only who were eligible for free school meals when they were academic age 16. The figures do not include the achievement of students in further education sector colleges previously eligible for free school meals.
GCE A-Levels: Disadvantaged
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many white (a) boys and (b) girls eligible for free school meals achieved three A grades at A-level in (i) 1980 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available. [310103]
Ms Diana R. Johnson [holding answer 11 January 2010]: Pupil level data on ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals were not collected as far back as 1980.
In 2008, 38 (4.2 per cent.) white British boys and 29 (2.6 per cent.) white British girls eligible for free school meals achieved three or more A grades at A-level. Percentages indicated are of white British students eligible for free school meals of the appropriate gender who were entered for at least one GCE/Applied GCE A level/Double Award in 2008.
The figures relate to 16-18 year olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August 2007) in maintained schools only who were eligible for free school meals when they were academic age 16. The figures do not include the achievement of students in further education sector colleges previously eligible for free school meals.
GCSE
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of secondary schools there were at which over (a) 30, (b) 50 and (c) 70 per cent. of pupils achieved five GCSEs at grades A* to C, including English and mathematics, in each of the last five years. [304750]
Mr. Coaker: The following table gives the requested time series.
| Number of schools at which the indicated percentage of pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieve five or more GCSEs at grade A*-C including English and maths GCSEs | |||||
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
Only schools with greater than 10 pupils at the end of key stage 4 have been counted. Academies and city technology colleges have been included.
Figures are cumulative in nature. If a school is featured in the 70 per cent. or more row then it will also be in the 30 per cent. and 50 per cent. rows.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils in receipt of free school meals achieved seven GCSEs, including (a) physics, (b) biology, (c) chemistry, (d) mathematics, (e) English, (f) English literature and (g) history in (i) 1997, (ii) 2003, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009. [304902]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The requested figures have been presented in the following table. However, achievement data matched to pupil characteristics (including free school meals) are not available for 1997.
| 2003 | 2008 | 2009 | ||||
| Number and percentage of pupils( 1) in maintained schools eligible for free school meals achieving seven o r more GCSEs( 2) at grade A*-G or the equivalent, including a GCSE in: | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
| (1) In 2003 figures are based on pupils aged 15-years-old whereas in 2008 and 2009 they are based on pupils at the end of key stage 4. (2 )In 2003 figures include GNVQs as GCSE equivalents. In 2008 and 2009, figures include additional equivalent qualifications approved for pre-16 use. | ||||||
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals did not achieve A* to C at GCSE in both English and mathematics in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. [312245]
Ms Diana R. Johnson [holding answer 21 January 2010]: Pupil level data relating to free school meal eligibility were not collected as far back as 1997. The information requested is presented for 2003 (the earliest available year) and 2009 in the following table and is for maintained schools only.
Phil Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of children obtained five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics in schools where (a) fewer than 10, (b) more than 20 and (c) more than 50 per cent. of pupils were eligible for free school meals in each year since 2005. [314581]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested in presented in the following table and covers maintained mainstream schools:
| Proportion of pupils at end of key stage 4 achieving 5+ GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and mathematics | |||||
| Percentage | |||||
| FSM group (based on pupils of all ages in school) | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Notes: 1. Figures for 2009 are revised. All other years are final. 2. Pupils present in the >50 per cent. FSM data will also be present in the >20 per cent. FSM data. | |||||
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils who gained five GCSEs at grades A* to C did so by passing a qualification equivalent to (a) one, (b) two and (c) more than two GCSEs in 2009. [315529]
Mr. Coaker: There were 444,302 pupils at the end of key stage 4 who achieved five or more GCSEs (or equivalent) at A*-C in 2009. A number of these pupils achieved less than 5 GCSE passes (full, double awards and short courses) and reached the threshold by including non-GCSE qualifications (referred to as equivalents) in their attainment. Of the pupils including non-GCSE qualifications to reach the threshold:
22,605 achieved four or 4.5 GCSE qualifications and therefore at least include non-GCSE qualifications up to the size of one full GCSE.
17,791 achieved between three and four GCSE qualifications and therefore include non-GCSE qualifications at least equivalent to between one and two full GCSEs.
39,367 achieved less than three GCSE qualifications and therefore include non-GCSE qualifications equivalent to more than two GCSEs.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of students in each London borough achieved five or more grades at A* to C at GCSE or equivalent in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [319062]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested can be found in the following Statistical First Release (SFR) (table 17):
GCSE: Disadvantaged
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of white (a) boys and (b) girls eligible for free school meals did not achieve A* to C at GCSE in both English and mathematics in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. [312243]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 21 January 2010]: Pupil level data relating to ethnicity and Free School Meal eligibility were not collected as far back as 1997. The information requested for 2003 (the earliest year available) and 2009 is presented in the following table and is for maintained schools only.
| Number of white pupils eligible for free school meals not achieving A*-C at GCSE in both English and mathematics | Proportion of white pupils eligible for free school meals not achieving A*-C at GCSE in both English and mathematics (percentage) | |
| Note: Figures for 2003 are based on pupils age 15 and for 2009 are based on pupils at the end of Key Stage 4. Source: National Pupil Database | ||
Gifted Children: Sussex
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils in (a) Lewes constituency and (b) East Sussex have participated in gifted and talented programmes in each year since 2000. [308532]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The Department does not collect data about participation in gifted and talented programmes. Through the School Census schools are asked to confirm the number of gifted and talented pupils they have identified. The following tables show the number and percentage of children identified as gifted and talented in the local authority of East Sussex and in the constituency of Lewes in the January census between 2006, when the question was first asked, and 2009.
2006 records include secondary G&T pupil data only. Otherwise, figures include primary(1) and secondary(1, 2 )school data broken down by the number(3) and percentage of gifted and talented pupils.
(1) All data include middle schools as deemed.
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