HC Deb 19 March 2001 vol 365 cc42-3W
Charlotte Atkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many pupils, in how many schools,(a) took and (b) passed the extension SATs papers for more able pupils in (i) 1996–97, (ii) 1997–98, (iii) 1998–99 and (iv) 1999–2000 at Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3, broken down by (A) private and (B) state schools. [152544]

Ms Estelle Morris

[holding answer 12 March 2001]: The available information for 1997, 1999 and 2000 for England is shown in the table. Due to problems with National Data Collection in 1998, we are unable to provide statistics on the number of extension paper results for that year.

Key Stage 2 Key Stage 3
1997 1998 1999 2000 1997 1998 1999 2000
Number of pupils passing extension tests
English
Maintained 387 336 306 3,984 4,189 4,458
Independent 101 44 63 183 178 184
Mathematics
Maintained 702 1,414 1,662 6,621 179 173
Independent 134 235 239 579 11 7
Science
Maintained 304 274 411 2,589 2,427 4,243
Independent 74 99 165 73 67 134
Number of pupils achieving level 5
English
Maintained 86,951 129,437 167,071
Independent 5,987 9,533 11,838
Mathematics
Maintained 99,633 138,676 142,975
Independent 6,410 9,647 9,543
Science
Maintained 103,997 161,733 202,871
Independent 4,841 8,757 10,944
Number of schools with pupils taking extension tests
English
Maintained 4,193 3,541 3,992 1 433 1,636 1,743
Independent 379 373 398 79 72 91
Mathematics
Maintained 4,076 4,463 5,221 354 409 473
Independent 388 393 448 26 25 22
Science
Maintained 1,428 1,497 2,014 821 1,200 1,376
Independent 202 244 285 37 47 59
Number of schools with pupils passing extension tests
English
Maintained 311 300 255 957 1,037 1,052
Independent 53 34 47 46 40 53
Mathematics
Maintained 511 1,055 1,232 1,412 102 95
Independent 82 118 139 92 7 7
Science
Maintained 154 171 279 580 686 967
Independent 43 45 76 26 19 37

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