§ Dr. LadymanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if he will list, for each education authority the number of(a) A to C and (b) A to E GSCE grades achieved per 1,000 (i) in total, (ii) normalised against an index of social deprivation across the authority catchment area and (iii) normalised against an index of achievement by pupils in the authority catchment area at the age of 11 years; [38296]
(2) if he will list for each education authority the number of A-level successes (a) in total, (b) normalised against an index of social deprivation for the education authority catchment area and (c) normalised against an index of achievement at age 11 years for each education authority catchment area. [38229]
§ Dr. HowellsInformation on the GCSE and A/AS Level performance of pupils in each LEAs maintained schools as shown in the 1997 Performance Tables, copies of which I have placed in the Library.
Also shown are estimates of the attainments which LEAs would have achieved if their performance had been in line with the national pattern for authorities with a similar (a) proportion of maintained secondary school pupils in LEAs knows to be eligible for free school meals, and (b) LEA averaged achievements of maintained school pupils in the 1997 KS 2 English, Maths and Science Tests.
Progress measures between KS 3 and GCSE for schools will be published in this year's Secondary School Performance Tables.