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Baroness Blatch asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish data for England showing for comprehensive schools, modern schools, grammar schools, all state schools, independent and all schools taken together, the percentage of all 14 year-old pupils in each of the years 1994 to 1997 passing National Curriculum tests at level 6 or better together with the average level attained per pupil and the corresponding average subject age of pupils, calculated using the relationship between expected National Curriculum level and actual pupil age published by the Department for Education and Employment, in the following subjects: mathematics, English and science, showing separately for the state

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schools the percentages and averages for local education authority schools, voluntary schools (including together voluntary controlled, voluntary aided and special agreement schools), grant-maintained schools and, where appropriate, CTCs showing data separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of 14 year-old pupils.[HL882]

Baroness Blackstone: The attached tables present the information requested for (i) English, (ii) mathematics, and (iii) science for 1995 to 1997 for boys and girls separately. The department does not collect the pupil's date of birth at Key Stage 3 and therefore cannot calculate the pupil's age standardised level.

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Key Stage 3Table 1: Percentage of 14 year-olds attaining level 6 or above in the English test

	1997			1996			1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	14	27	21	16	29	22	11	22	16
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	20	35	28	21	36	29	15	28	22
Grant Maintained school	19	34	26	21	35	28	17	29	23
All Schools	16	30	23	18	31	24	12	24	18
Modern
LEA Maintained	9	27	18	10	20	15	9	20	14
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	7	23	17	7	23	16	5	11	8
Grant Maintained school	11	18	14	11	20	15	9	13	11
All Schools	10	23	17	10	21	15	9	18	13
Grammar
LEA Maintained	63	87	80	68	83	79	45	75	65
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	70	92	78	81	87	83	64	77	69
Grant Maintained school	75	87	80	79	86	82	64	72	68
All Schools	72	88	80	77	85	81	59	74	67
City Technical Colleges	23	39	31	29	42	36	24	40	32
Other Maintained Schools	5	16	10	4	13	8	3	9	5
Other Grant Maintained schools	17	27	21	15	30	22	17	20	18
All Maintained schools	17	31	24	19	32	26	14	26	20
Independent	30	57	44	35	57	47	33	56	45
All Schools	17	32	24	20	33	26	14	26	20

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Table 2: Average level attained by 14 year-olds in the English test

	1997			1996			1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	3.9	4.5	4.2	4.1	4.6	4.4	4.1	4.5	4.3
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.3	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.8	4.6
Grant Maintained school	4.3	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.8	4.6
All Schools	4.0	4.6	4.3	4.2	4.7	4.4	4.2	4.6	4.4
Modern
LEA Maintained	3.8	4.6	4.2	3.9	4.4	4.2	4.1	4.6	4.3
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	3.6	4.5	4.1	3.7	4.3	4.0	4.0	4.2	4.1
Grant Maintained school	3.9	4.3	4.1	4.0	4.5	4.2	4.0	4.4	4.2
All Schools	3.8	4.5	4.2	3.9	4.4	4.2	4.1	4.5	4.3
Grammar
LEA Maintained	5.6	6.2	6.0	5.8	6.2	6.1	5.3	5.9	5.7
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	5.9	6.4	6.1	6.1	6.3	6.2	5.8	5.9	5.8
Grant Maintained school	6.0	6.3	6.1	6.1	6.3	6.2	5.8	5.9	5.8
All Schools	5.9	6.2	6.1	6.0	6.3	6.2	5.6	5.9	5.8
City Technical Colleges	4.8	5.2	5.0	4.9	5.3	5.1	5.0	5.3	5.2
Other Maintained Schools	2.0	3.1	2.5	2.5	3.3	2.8	2.4	3.1	2.7
Other Grant Maintained schools	3.9	4.5	4.2	4.2	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.5	4.3
All Maintained schools	4.0	4.7	4.3	4.2	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.6	4.4
Independent	4.2	5.2	4.7	4.6	5.5	5.1	4.8	5.4	5.2
All Schools	4.0	4.7	4.3	4.2	4.8	4.5	4.2	4.7	4.4

Table 3: Percentage of 14 year-olds attaining level 6 or above in the mathematics test

	1997			1996			1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	34	32	33	30	30	30	30	29	30
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	39	38	39	35	35	35	36	33	34
Grant Maintained school	41	39	40	37	36	36	37	35	36
All Schools	36	34	35	32	32	32	32	31	31
Modern
LEA Maintained	25	26	25	20	20	20	21	20	20
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	16	19	18	17	16	16	17	17	17
Grant Maintained school	28	20	25	20	15	18	20	18	19
All Schools	26	24	25	20	19	19	20	19	20
Grammar
LEA Maintained	91	93	93	91	90	90	87	87	87
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	97	96	97	96	94	95	94	90	93
Grant Maintained school	96	96	96	95	95	95	93	90	92
All Schools	96	95	95	94	93	94	92	89	90
City Technical Colleges	56	48	52	49	43	46	42	38	40
Other Maintained Schools	11	14	12	9	13	10	9	12	11
Other Grant Maintained schools	37	32	35	27	29	28	34	23	29
All Maintained schools	37	36	36	33	33	33	33	32	33
Independent	62	68	65	59	63	61	66	67	66
All Schools	37	37	37	33	34	34	34	33	33

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Table 4: Average level attained by 14 year-olds in the mathematics test

	1997			1996			1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6
Grant Maintained school	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7
All Schools	4.7	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5
Modern
LEA Maintained	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Grant Maintained school	4.5	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2
All Schools	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2
Grammar
LEA Maintained	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.2	6.3
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	6.8	6.6	6.7	6.8	6.6	6.7	6.6	6.4	6.5
Grant Maintained school	6.8	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.7	6.6	6.4	6.5
All Schools	6.7	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.3	6.4
City Technical Colleges	5.5	5.2	5.4	5.3	5.1	5.2	5.0	4.9	5.0
Other Maintained Schools	2.7	3.0	2.8	2.9	3.1	3.0	2.7	3.0	2.8
Other Grant Maintained schools	4.7	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.4
All Maintained schools	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5
Independent	5.5	5.7	5.6	5.4	5.6	5.5	5.7	5.7	5.7
All Schools	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5

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Table 5: Percentage of 14 year-olds attaining level 6 or above in the science test

	1997			1996			1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	27	24	26	20	17	19	24	20	22
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	33	30	31	24	21	23	29	23	26
Grant Maintained school	34	31	32	25	22	23	30	24	27
All Schools	29	26	28	22	19	20	26	21	23
Modern
LEA Maintained	19	21	20	11	11	11	14	11	12
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	14	10	11	7	5	6	10	5	8
Grant Maintained school	20	13	17	12	8	10	14	8	12
All Schools	19	17	18	11	10	10	14	10	12
Grammar
LEA Maintained	80	84	83	72	72	72	76	76	76
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	90	89	90	84	79	82	90	85	88
Grant Maintained school	89	88	88	81	80	81	87	82	85
All Schools	88	86	87	80	77	78	85	80	82
City Technical Colleges	52	39	46	41	30	36	43	33	38
Other Maintained Schools	9	10	9	5	6	6	7	7	7
Other Grant Maintained schools	30	21	26	13	15	14	25	13	20
All Maintained schools	31	28	29	23	20	22	27	23	25
Independent	42	55	49	37	47	43	48	51	50
All Schools	31	28	29	23	21	22	27	23	25

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Table 6: Average level attained by 14 year-olds in the science test

	1997			1996			1995
	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys and Girls
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.5
Grant Maintained school	4.8	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.5	4.6
All Schools	4.6	4.5	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.3	4.4
Modern
LEA Maintained	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.2
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	4.0
Grant Maintained school	4.5	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.2
All Schools	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.2
Grammar
LEA Maintained	6.0	6.1	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	5.9
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	6.4	6.2	6.4	6.2	6.0	6.1	6.4	6.1	6.3
Grant Maintained school	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.3	6.1	6.2
All Schools	6.3	6.2	6.3	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.2	6.0	6.1
City Technical Colleges	5.4	5.1	5.3	5.2	4.9	5.0	5.2	5.0	5.1
Other Maintained Schools	2.8	3.1	2.9	3.0	3.2	3.1	2.8	3.0	2.9
Other Grant Maintained schools	4.6	4.4	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.1	4.3
All Maintained schools	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.4
Independent	4.7	5.2	5.0	4.7	5.2	5.0	5.2	5.4	5.3
All Schools	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.4

Table 7: Number of schools and 14 year-olds participating in Key Stage 3 tests

	1997		1996		1995
	Schools	Pupils	Schools	Pupils	Schools	Pupils
Comprehensive
LEA Maintained	1,945	339,348	1,952	319,998	1,925	299,484
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	420	67,108	418	62,872	406	58,752
Grant Maintained school	492	86,737	478	76,481	461	72,985
All Schools	2,857	493,097	2,848	458,825	2,792	431,221
Modern
LEA Maintained	53	7,026	68	8,745	91	10,675
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	7	667	10	989	12	1,097
Grant Maintained school	31	4,379	35	4,842	36	4,407
All Schools	91	12,067	113	14,410	139	16,179
Grammar
LEA Maintained	45	5,779	47	5,915	53	6,752
LEA Maintained Voluntary School	22	2,791	21	2,586	21	2,920
Grant Maintained school	90	10,640	91	10,367	83	8,658
All Schools	157	19,207	159	18,630	157	18,149
City Technical Colleges	14	2,379	14	2,196	13	2,189
Other Maintained Schools	878	14,439	854	11,472	870	11,164
Other Grant Maintained schools	34	3,324	27	2,822	66	4,095
All Maintained schools	4,031	544,299	4,015	508,294	4,037	482,728
Independent	340	9,363	326	7,618	249	7,050
All Schools	4,371	553,662	4,341	515,912	4,286	489,778

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