§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the constituency of Bristol, South of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [158857]
§ Mr. Wills[holding answer 26 April 2001]: Outlined are details of the effects of a range of the Department's policies on Bristol, South constituency and City of Bristol LEA.
661WSure Start
Bristol has one Sure Start scheme in the Bristol, South constituency. A trailblazer project in the Hartcliffe, Highridge, and Withywood area of the city has been allocated £3,161,682 (to March 2002) towards offering increased play and family learning opportunities and will benefit the 1,328 under-fours in the area.
The Knowle West area of Bristol also has a scheme to enable a comprehensive care and education service for children aged 0 to four to be created, a grant of
Schools with specialist status City of Bristol Specialist School Designated 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Speedwell September 1997 57,480 95,100 107,856 121,944 123,000 Capital 100,000 — — — — Cotham Grammar September 2000 — — — 74,000 124,845 Capital — — — 100,000 — Totals Recurrent 57,480 95,100 107,856 195,944 247,845 Capital 100,000 — — 100,000 — 157,480 95,100 107,856 295,944 247,845 There are no Specialist Schools in the Bristol, South constituency.
School Achievement Awards £ Novers Lane Junior School 5,950 Weston Park Primary School 7,000 Hareclive Primary School 9,450 St. Bernard's Catholic Primary School 2,800 Total 25,200 With the exception of Weston Park Primary School, all are in the Bristol, South constituency.
Excellence in Cities
Bristol LEA was included in the second phase of Excellence in Cities, announced on 23 March 2000. All 22 maintained mainstream secondary schools in Bristol are involved in the EiC programme, and special schools have been involved in the partnership planning process too.
There are seven EiC secondary schools in Bristol, South constituency:
- Hengrove School
- Ashton Park School
- Bedminster Down School
- Withywood Community School
- Hartcliffe Secondary School
- Merrywood School
- St. Bernadette Catholic School.
These have all benefited proportionately to need from Excellence in Cities but individual school allocations are determined within local partnerships.
Small EAZs
Bristol Excellence in Cities has approval for two small EAZs with a proposed starting date of September 2001 for both. One is in the Bristol, South constituency, covers 662W £2.5 million was approved for the first three years and will benefit the 990 under-fours living in the catchment area.
Beacon schools
There are three Beacon schools within Bristol local education authority St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, Hotwells Primary and Ilminster Avenue Specialist Nursery School. Of these only Illminster School is in the Bristol, South constituency.
the Withywood area and is based at the Withywood Community School, and the other is the North Bristol Achievement Partnership which is based at Henbury School.
Education Action Zone
A group of 17 schools in the east of the city are included in the Bristol Education Action Zone formed in September 2000.
Key activities:
Teaching and learningPupil engagement—setting up groups within schools to support young people in establishing their cultural and gender identityChildren as effective communicatorsParental engagement—developing groups to support parents from minority ethnic backgroundsParticipation and progressionDeveloping effective urban leaders and managersICT—providing networked computers, free training for teachers, out of hours access for community use.Support from the Arts Council of England means that arts will form part of each of these strands.
Infant class sizes
Progress in implementing plan:
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KSI pupils in classes of 31 or more January 1997 Number 3,708 Percentage 29 January 1998 Number 3,770 Percentage 29.5 January 1999 Number 3,763 Percentage 29.5
KSI pupils in classes of 31 or more January 2000 Number 2,382 Percentage 19 January 2001 Number 444 Percentage 3.7 In Bristol, South constituency the number has declined from 1,091 (26.7 per cent.) to 126 (3.3 per cent.).
Funding revenue and capital Financial year Revenue (£) Number of teachers Capital (£) Number of classrooms 1998–99 0 0 203,000 3 1999–2000 231,000 14 303,256 3 2000–01 675,000 40 95,000 1 2001–02 702,313 19 0 0 2002–031 201,875 19 0 0 1Provisional summer costs only Performance Data (England averages include independent schools)
Key Stage 2 test results: pupils achieving level 4 or above Percentage 2000 1999 1998 1997 English Bristol LEA 66 62 55 54 England average 75 71 65 63 Maths Bristol LEA 63 59 47 52 England average 72 69 59 62 664W
LEA capital funding £000 2001–02 2000–01 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 Total Credit approvals Annual Capital Guideline (ACG) 3,952 2,914 1,422 437 174 8,899 Supplementary Credit Approval (SCA) 1,783 1,453 1,712 3,357 162 8,467 PFI credits — — — — — — Grants NDS Devolved Capital 2,007 — — — — 2,007 NDS Condition 1,155 — — — — 1,155 NDS — 4,457 2,026 355 620 7,458 NGfL 1,631 1,099 1,229 764 — 4,723 Voluntary Aided (VA) Grant 256 827 251 351 165 1,850 Schools' Devolved/Formula Capital — 2,417 — — — 2,417 Science labs 177 177 — — — 354 Nursery provision — 75 — — — 75 Energy — — — 99 — 99 Assist Management Plan (AMP) support — — 46 — — 46 SEED challenge 234 207 — — — 441 Infant Class Size — 5 298 203 — 506 Outside toilets — — — 40 — 40 Access Initiative 349 — — — — 349 Security 81 116 119 117 94 527 SSLU's — — — — — — Early Excellence Grant — 210 — — — 210 Total 11,625 13,957 7,103 5,723 1,215 —
Key Stage 2 test results: pupils achieving level 4 or above Percentage 2000 1999 1998 1997 Science Bristol LEA 78 71 59 56 England average 85 78 69 69
GCSE and GNVQ results Percentage 2000 1999 1998 1997 5+ A*-C passes Bristol LEA 31.2 31.0 29.0 32.1 England average 49.2 47.9 46.3 45.1 5+ A*-G passes Bristol LEA 81.1 80.5 80.4 81.2 England average 88.9 88.5 87.5 86.4 No passes Bristol LEA 10.4 10.7 10.9 10.9 England average 5.6 6.0 6.6 7.7 665W
GCE A/AS examinations and advanced GNVQs Percentage 2000 1999 1998 1997 Average points for fewer than two A/AS levels LEA 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.9 England average 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 Average points for two or more A/AS levels LEA 15.4 13.8 13.6 13.7 England average 18.5 18.2 17.8 17.3 Advanced GNVQs LEA 9.4 8.8 9.1 — England average 10.1 9.9 9.6 — Funding per pupil
In City of Bristol LEA, funding per pupil has increased by £590 in real terms between 1997–98 and 2001–02.
Further education
Student numbers at all FEFC funded institutions where home postcode is in the local authority district of Bristol.
1996–97 to 1999–2000 16–18 Adult Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time FEFC funded 1996–97 3,174 1,115 2,500 20,718 1997–98 3,228 1,113 2,515 21,140 1998–99 2,999 1,269 2,219 20,904 1999–2000 3,192 1,218 2,102 22,657 Non-FEFC funded 1996–97 53 262 101 933 1997–98 72 395 138 770 1998–99 85 430 245 1,231 1999–2000 82 388 424 1,825 Modern apprenticeships
Information on Modern Apprenticeships for all English constituencies were placed in the Library of the House of Commons on 30 March 2001.
New Deal for Young People
In the Bristol, South constituency, 1,221 young people have joined the New Deal to end January 2001. 637 have found jobs, 479 of which are sustained.
Labour market statistics
The working age employment rate in City of Bristol in winter 2000–01 was 79.4 per cent., above the UK rate of 74.5 per cent. The rate in winter 1996–97 was 71.7 per cent.
The claimant unemployment rate has fallen from 9.8 per cent. in March 1997 to 3.8 per cent. in March 2001 in the Bristol, South constituency.