§ Mrs. LaingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which local education authorities were in the(a)first and (b)tenth decile for results at (i) Key Stage 2, (ii) Key Stage 3 and (iii) GCSEs in each year since 1997. [48250]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe information requested has been placed in the Libraries.
§ Mrs. LaingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils in England achieving GCSEs in(a)mathematics and (b)English achieved grades A or above in (i) the best performing local education authority and (ii) the worst performing local education authority in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [48261]
§ Mr. Timms(a)The percentage of pupils in England achieving GCSEs in mathematics that achieved grades A or above are:
- (i) The best performing local education authority based on five or more grades A*-C GCSE or GNVQ equivalents is 23 per cent.
- (ii) The worst performing local education authority based on five or more grades A*-C GCSE or GNVQ equivalents is 2.6 per cent.
(b)The percentages of pupils in England achieving GCSEs in English that achieved grades A or above are:
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- (i) The best performing local education authority based on five or more grades A*-C GCSE or GNVQ equivalents is 21.5 per cent.
- (ii) The worst performing local education authority based on five or more grades A*-C GCSE or GNVQ equivalents is 4.3 per cent.
§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of students achieved each grade in GCSE(a)science, (b)English, (c)mathematics and (d)foreign languages examinations prior to reaching school year 11, for every year since 1997. [47880]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe percentage of students in schools in England that achieved grade in GCSE(a)science, (b)English, (c)Mathematics and (d)foreign languages examinations prior to reaching final year of compulsory education are shown in the table.
Percentage of pupils that achieved stated grades in GCSE A* A B C D E F G U X Science 1996–97 19 25 28 14 7 4 1 1 0 1 1997–98 20 23 27 15 8 3 2 1 1 1 1998–99 19 25 22 18 7 3 2 1 1 1 1999–2000 21 24 22 19 7 3 2 1 1 0 2000–01 22 25 18 18 8 3 2 1 1 1 English 1996–97 11 30 33 19 3 2 1 0 0 1 1997–98 12 29 31 19 4 2 1 1 0 1 1998–99 13 30 30 19 3 2 2 1 0 1 1999–2000 14 31 29 18 4 2 1 0 0 0 2000–01 14 29 30 17 4 2 1 1 0 0 Mathematics 1996–97 21 37 24 12 2 1 1 0 0 1 1997–98 20 39 22 11 3 1 1 0 0 1 1998–99 20 38 23 12 3 2 1 1 1 0 1999–2000 20 35 23 14 4 2 1 1 1 0 2000–01 21 29 21 15 5 3 2 1 1 0 Foreign Languages 1996–97 30 42 13 7 3 1 1 0 0 1 1997–98 29 41 14 7 3 2 1 1 0 1 1998–99 38 34 14 7 3 1 1 0 0 1 1999–2000 40 32 15 7 3 1 1 0 0 1 2000–01 42 29 15 8 3 1 1 0 0 1
§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2001,Official Report,column 782W, when she will publish the findings of the inquiry into the early release of the 2001 Key Stage results; and if she will make a statement. [48169]
§ Mr. TimmsI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 24 January 2002,Official Report,column 1006W.
§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what was the average number of exams taken by(a)an 11-year-old, (b)a 14-year-old, (c)a 16-year-old and (d)and 18-year-old throughout their school career to that point, in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. [47482]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisAll local education authority maintained schools in England are required to administer the national curriculum tasks/tests for pupils at the end of Key Stage 1 and tests for pupils at the end of Key Stages 2 and 3 in the core subjects of English, mathematics and science. Schools may, at their discretion, choose to administer other non-statutory tests in addition to the statutory requirements.
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11-year-old 14-year-old 16-year-old 18-year-old 1997 13 NC test papers 7 NC test papers 7NC test papers and 8.2 GCSEs 7 NC test papers and 11.3 GCSEs and GCE A/AS and GNVQs 1998 13 NC test papers 20 NC test papers 7 NC test papers and 8.2 GCSEs 7 NC test papers and 11.3 GCSEs and GCE A/AS and GNVQs 1999 13 NC test papers 20 NC test papers 7 NC test papers and 8.2 GCSEs 7 NC test papers and 11.3 GCSEs and GCE A/AS and GNVQs 2000 13 NC test papers 20 NC test papers 20 NC test papers and 8.2 GCSEs 7 NC test papers and 11.3 GCSEs and GCE A/AS and GNVQs 2001 13 NC test papers 20 NC test papers 20 NC test papers and 8.2 GCSEs 7 NC test papers and 11.3 GCSEs and GCE A/AS and GNVQs Notes:
1. Key Stage 1 tests for 7-year-olds were introduced nationally in 1991. Key Stage 2 tests for 11-year-olds were introduced nationally in 1995. Key Stage 3 tests for 14-year-olds were introduced nationally in 1993.
2. The number of papers taken for GCSE and GCE A/AS and GNVQ vary for each subject.
3. The increase in the number of national curriculum tests from seven to 20 for 14-year-olds and from seven to 20 for 16-year-olds reflects the fact that they were the cohort who took the first Key Stage 2 tests in 1994–95.
§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children sat the GCSE(a)science, (b)English and (c)mathematics examination prior to reaching school year 11 in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. [47487]
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Number of pupils1that sat GCSEs in science, English and mathematics prior to reaching final year of compulsory education. Maintained secondary schools, including maintained special schools and city technology colleges 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Science Camden 15 24 11 17 12 Greenwich 1 4 5 8 4 Hackney 5 10 21 9 6 Hammersmith and Fulham 6 10 6 5 2 Islington 1 7 6 7 2 Kensington and Chelsea 2 0 4 2 1 Lambeth 3 4 12 4 2 Lewisham 5 3 4 6 3 Southwark 6 14 21 9 43 Tower Hamlets 15 15 13 6 8 Wandsworth 9 9 10 11 6 Westminster 7 8 10 10 9 Barking and Dagenham 1 0 1 2 2 Barnet 21 28 23 17 18 Bexley 14 11 13 12 10 Brent 11 6 3 4 9 Bromley 11 11 7 10 5 Croydon 4 7 4 6 3 Ealing 10 2 5 3 6 Enfield 173 155 129 141 220 Haringey 2 6 9 15 14 Harrow 4 6 2 4 4 Havering 0 3 20 18 3 Hillingdon 3 2 2 3 11 Hounslow 11 10 5 11 8 Kingston upon Thames 4 5 4 3 2 Merton 9 5 3 8 13 Newham 9 1 2 2 1 Redbridge 0 0 3 0 3 Richmond upon Thames 2 5 2 4 2 Sutton 6 3 4 8 9 Waltham Forest 2 14 0 4 1 Birmingham 5 25 49 70 72 Coventry 1 2 21 2 3 The table shows the total number of statutory national curriculum test papers in English, mathematics and science which will have been taken by most pupils in the relevant age group; and the average number of GCSE and GCE A/AS and GNVQ examination entries for those age groups. (All ages are at the end of the academic year.)
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe number of pupils that sat the GCSE(a)science, (b)English, (c)mathematics prior to reaching their final year of compulsory education in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority in England, are shown in the table:
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Number of pupils1that sat GCSEs in science, English and mathematics prior to reaching final year of compulsory education. Maintained secondary schools, including maintained special schools and city technology colleges 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Dudley 6 1 4 6 4 Sandwell 0 0 1 0 51 Solihull 1 0 2 0 1 Walsall 0 1 1 0 4 Wolverhampton 2 1 2 1 1 Knowsley 3 1 2 1 34 Liverpool 1 8 89 139 106 St. Helens 0 3 0 0 2 Sefton 2 2 5 2 2 Wirral 1 1 4 0 3 Bolton 5 1 26 21 27 Bury 0 3 2 1 3 Manchester 26 61 41 68 62 Oldham 2 2 0 0 2 Rochdale 3 3 1 6 2 Salford 1 1 1 0 0 Stockport 0 4 0 1 1 Tameside 0 1 0 1 3 Trafford 2 2 7 7 4 Wigan 22 28 28 28 26 Barnsley 0 0 1 0 1 Doncaster 1 1 1 0 0 Rotherham 1 1 4 1 4 Sheffield 32 4 29 21 19 Bradford 12 2 5 6 2 Calderdale 17 14 3 3 1 Kirklees 2 12 12 8 6 Leeds 5 5 2 10 4 Wakefield 0 2 0 1 3 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 2 Newcastle upon Tyne 0 0 1 1 22 North Tyneside 2 1 5 1 0 South Tyneside 0 2 1 2 2 Sunderland I 3 0 1 15 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 Bath and North East Somerset 2 3 4 3 1 City of Bristol 0 4 3 4 5 North Somerset 4 2 2 4 2 South Gloucestershire 6 4 0 1 3 Hartlepool 0 0 0 1 0 Middlesbrough 0 1 34 39 69 Redcar and Cleveland 1 2 2 1 3 Stockton on Tees 0 2 1 4 3 City of Kingston-upon-Hull 0 3 1 3 2 East Riding of Yorkshire 1 0 1 2 3 North East Lincolnshire 3 3 0 1 1 North Lincolnshire 0 1 17 8 20 North Yorkshire 17 17 27 24 10 York 3 4 4 3 3 Bedfordshire 14 15 12 7 18 Luton 14 1 2 0 0 Buckinghamshire 30 20 29 23 28 Milton Keynes 19 1 1 1 3 Derbyshire 14 9 14 31 8 City of Derby 4 8 1 7 1 Dorset 16 16 8 8 8 Poole 3 5 5 12 10 Bournemouth 8 2 7 5 12 Durham 4 2 2 2 4 Darlington 0 0 2 0 0 East Sussex 23 14 12 20 15 Brighton and Hove 2 19 19 27 27 Hampshire 107 105 140 264 226 Portsmouth 78 51 55 26 29 Southampton 4 6 2 0 2 Leicestershire 8 11 16 3 5 Leicester City 14 3 6 3 1 Rutland 1 0 2 1 0 Staffordshire 13 6 20 16 16 Stoke-on-Trent 4 20 2 58 32 Wiltshire 20 17 21 45 64 Swindon 4 4 6 0 1
Number of pupils1that sat GCSEs in science, English and mathematics prior to reaching final year of compulsory education. Maintained secondary schools, including maintained special schools and city technology colleges 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Bracknell Forest 2— 2 2 5 0 Windsor and Maidenhead 2— 3 7 4 0 Newbury 2— 9 13 13 3 Reading 2— 9 7 5 1 Slough 2— 3 15 6 6 Wokingham 2— 0 3 2 1 Cambridgeshire 2— 30 31 34 34 Peterborough 2— 3 9 5 0 Cheshire 2— 11 15 4 5 Halton 2— 1 0 I 0 Warrington 2— 146 145 129 165 Devon 2— 17 22 19 17 Plymouth 2— 5 4 4 4 Torbay 2— 4 7 6 4 Essex 2— 58 57 72 Southend 2— 8 6 1 7 Thurrock 2— 0 1 15 0 Herefordshire 2— 5 5 6 4 Worcestershire 2— 24 50 33 38 Kent 2— 43 37 35 40 Rochester and Gillingham 2— 3 8 6 13 Lancashire 2— 12 17 20 17 Blackburn 2— 3 0 0 1 Blackpool 2— 0 1 0 1 Nottinghamshire 2— 22 40 6 10 Nottingham City 2— 2 1 5 2 Shropshire 2— 7 44 61 48 The Wrekin 2— 33 35 1 21 Cornwall 36 32 21 20 39 Cumbria 20 12 166 12 18 Gloucestershire 16 21 24 20 25 Hertfordshire 28 44 46 36 47 Isle of Wight 5 3 3 2 7 Lincolnshire 12 11 18 43 65 Norfolk 19 21 27 21 21 Northamptonshire 13 18 116 122 106 Northumberland 14 21 7 1 2 Oxfordshire 30 29 30 27 28 Somerset 18 29 15 11 16 Suffolk 13 12 14 16 8 Surrey 72 38 43 28 31 Warwickshire 11 10 7 10 2 West Sussex 18 15 17 11 19 Total England 1,791 1,734 2,331 2,298 2,519
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1996–97 1997–9798 1998–9799 1999–2000 2000–01 English Camden 6 19 6 11 9 Greenwich 24 3 4 4 4 Hackney 11 14 7 24 13 Hammersmith and Fulham 34 33 29 36 29 Islington 2 7 6 3 3 Kensington and Chelsea 3 0 3 2 1 Lambeth 4 4 4 4 3 Lewisham 24 3 5 10 5 Southwark 13 17 5 28 12 Tower Hamlets 2 5 5 5 5 Wandsworth 45 24 37 46 7 Westminster 8 8 11 12 9 Barking and Dagenham 1 0 44 29 26 Barnet 113 26 21 16 19 Bexley 2 2 3 2 4 Brent 18 5 4 4 8 Bromley 10 11 7 10 5 Croydon 3 7 2 5 2 Ealing 37 24 34 35 36 Enfield 2 4 7 7 4 Haringey 2 8 9 7 1 Harrow 5 6 1 3 3
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1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Havering 0 3 1 1 3 Hillingdon 3 2 2 3 5 Hounslow 11 9 5 7 8 Kingston upon Thames 4 5 3 3 2 Merton 3 4 2 5 7 Newham 9 2 2 2 I Redbridge 0 0 3 0 1 Richmond upon Thames 2 5 2 4 1 Sutton 6 3 4 8 8 Waltham Forest 2 1 0 2 3 Birmingham 12 31 53 53 108 Coventry 1 1 0 2 3 Dudley 5 1 3 6 4 Sandwell 14 9 1 0 1 Solihull 1 0 0 0 2 Walsall 0 1 3 0 5 Wolverhampton 2 1 3 0 1 Knowsley 3 1 2 1 3 Liverpool 2 8 7 6 2 St. Helens 0 2 0 0 2 Sefton 2 2 4 2 2 Wirral 1 1 1 0 3 Bolton 5 1 2 0 3 Bury 0 3 2 I 2 Manchester 8 30 11 5 4 Oldham 2 1 0 0 2 Rochdale 2 3 17 0 2 Salford 1 1 1 0 0 Stockport 0 4 1 1 1 Tameside 0 1 1 1 3 Trafford 2 2 5 6 4 Wigan 0 1 0 0 1 Barnsley 1 0 1 3 0 Doncaster 1 0 I 0 0 Rotherham 1 1 3 1 3 Sheffield 6 4 9 7 34 Bradford 11 4 29 4 2 Calderdale 1 6 3 6 12 Kirklees 29 11 11 8 6 Leeds 6 11 2 10 17 Wakefield 0 2 0 1 3 Gateshead 0 30 30 30 31 Newcastle upon Tyne 0 0 2 2 2 North Tyneside 2 1 5 1 0 South Tyneside 0 2 0 2 2 Sunderland 106 75 0 1 1 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 Bath and North East Somerset 31 31 4 3 6 City of Bristol 8 1 3 6 10 North Somerset 4 2 2 4 2 South Gloucestershire 5 4 0 1 3 Hartlepool 0 0 0 1 0 Middlesbrough 0 1 3 1 0 Redcar and Cleveland 1 2 2 1 1 Stockton on Tees 0 1 1 0 3 City of Kingston-upon-Hull 0 3 1 3 2 East Riding of Yorkshire I 0 1 2 3 North East Lincolnshire 8 5 0 0 0 North Lincolnshire 0 1 1 2 0 North Yorkshire 43 20 47 51 9 York 3 4 4 3 5 Bedfordshire 14 16 9 7 16 Luton 1 0 0 0 0 Buckinghamshire 31 20 27 22 28 Milton Keynes 4 45 59 40 59 Derbyshire 13 10 33 39 42 City of Derby 30 42 15 5 0 Dorset 16 16 8 36 33 Poole 3 5 5 12 10 Bournemouth 7 2 6 5 12 Durham 5 2 2 2 3 Darlington 0 0 2 0 0 East Sussex 19 12 11 18 14 Brighton and Hove 17 87 34 1 5
1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Hampshire 65 36 39 21 56 Portsmouth 3 1 3 1 0 Southampton 3 6 2 0 2 Leicestershire 9 14 12 3 5 Leicester City 3 2 1 4 0 Rutland 1 0 2 1 0 Staffordshire 13 6 18 17 19 Stoke-on-Trent 4 I 2 2 16 Wiltshire 36 17 19 38 52 Swindon 4 4 3 0 1 Bracknell Forest 2— 2 1 5 0 Windsor and Maidenhead 2— 3 7 4 0 Newbury 2— 9 13 13 4 Reading 2— 8 7 7 1 Slough 2— 23 6 5 5 Wokingham 2— 0 3 2 1 Cambridgeshire 2— 19 16 8 7 Peterborough 2— 3 9 61 52 Cheshire 2— 12 13 28 30 Halton 2— 17 0 1 0 Warrington 2— 1 0 1 2 Devon 2— 143 44 33 17 Plymouth 2— 2 5 5 4 Torbay 2— 4 7 6 4 Essex 2— 19 23 18 56 Southend 2— 8 6 1 7 Thurrock 2— 0 0 0 0 Herefordshire 2— 5 3 5 2 Worcestershire 2— 10 11 53 4 Kent 2— 34 42 30 45 Rochester and Gillingham 2— 3 8 3 11 Lancashire 2— 146 15 19 24 Blackburn 2— 4 0 0 1 Blackpool 2— 0 1 0 1 Nottinghamshire 2— 3 6 6 9 Nottingham City 2— 2 1 4 1 Shropshire 2— 7 5 1 3 The Wrekin 2— 31 19 36 50 Cornwall 35 32 20 22 18 Cumbria 21 28 36 24 19 Gloucestershire 26 18 23 20 25 Hertfordshire 41 44 34 25 26 Isle of Wight 38 3 3 2 39 Lincolnshire 12 19 15 46 19 Norfolk 19 31 43 41 35 Northamptonshire 12 31 43 40 11 Northumberland 5 2 4 I 1 Oxfordshire 30 26 30 27 29 Somerset 16 29 15 6 12 Suffolk 15 33 47 16 61 Surrey 71 38 41 38 30 Warwickshire 11 10 7 10 3 West Sussex 15 16 18 11 17 Total England 1,920 1,813 1,522 1,486 1,631
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1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Mathematics Camden 18 26 23 26 43 Greenwich 5 4 4 4 6 Hackney 10 13 12 5 12 Hammersmith and Fulham 33 33 30 40 30 Islington 3 7 11 8 20 Kensington and Chelsea 11 14 16 4 1 Lambeth 8 12 9 9 22 Lewisham 34 37 16 68 71 Southwark 18 14 33 27 11 Tower Hamlets 16 16 93 12 13 Wandsworth 21 25 49 15 17 Westminster 9 9 15 42 21 Barking and Dagenham 3 33 17 17 3 Barnet 72 78 22 23 25
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1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Bexley 2 8 10 2 4 Brent 43 39 38 28 38 Bromley 9 21 7 10 8 Croydon 60 38 II 34 36 Ealing 10 9 13 7 10 Enfield 84 37 77 92 84 Haringey 6 15 20 12 14 Harrow 8 20 53 48 42 Havering 28 31 1 1 6 Hillingdon 28 45 50 39 70 Hounslow 30 10 7 27 11 Kingston upon Thames 8 5 7 5 3 Merton 7 6 2 4 7 Newham 9 2 4 10 3 Redbridge 0 1 5 0 1 Richmond upon Thames 3 9 3 4 1 Sutton 54 60 55 63 69 Waltham Forest 2 1 0 5 1 Birmingham 50 54 76 78 102 Coventry 8 10 5 10 2 Dudley 30 24 26 26 28 Sandwell 23 19 11 23 23 Solihull 23 17 28 5 7 Walsall 46 54 38 47 89 Wolverhampton 4 3 3 0 9 Knowsley 3 3 3 8 6 Liverpool 37 49 62 85 92 St. Helens 0 2 2 0 2 Sefton 5 11 6 27 18 Wirral 40 48 36 44 37 Bolton 6 1 2 1 53 Bury 15 12 17 2 8 Manchester 28 22 31 19 48 Oldham 42 37 34 44 58 Rochdale 2 7 4 3 6 Salford 1 2 1 0 4 Stockport 0 4 1 11 1 Tameside 13 11 10 9 12 Trafford 2 2 5 6 4 Wigan 0 1 0 0 7 Barnsley 0 0 1 5 9 Doncaster 1 2 1 0 6 Rotherham 3 3 3 2 5 Sheffield 7 7 11 13 9 Bradford 38 40 31 34 38 Calderdale 1 7 8 5 6 Kirklees 3 11 13 9 8 Leeds 89 81 91 119 141 Wakefield 0 1 0 1 4 Gateshead 0 21 23 24 24 Newcastle upon Tyne 7 5 12 23 21 North Tyneside 3 2 9 6 7 South Tyneside 0 1 0 33 3 Sunderland 13 11 3 24 10 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 Bath and North East Somerset 27 35 29 29 26 City of Bristol 4 3 3 7 9 North Somerset 24 27 30 29 19 South Gloucestershire 5 5 0 1 3 Hartlepool 0 0 1 3 30 Middlesbrough 0 I 5 1 5 Redcar and Cleveland 1 2 2 1 2 Stockton on Tees 1 2 3 7 4 City of Kingston-upon-Hull 2 18 7 3 2 East Riding of Yorkshire I 0 1 4 2 North East Lincolnshire 4 2 18 18 19 North Lincolnshire 1 2 2 1 0 North Yorkshire 76 17 28 22 11 York 16 8 3 8 8 Bedfordshire 38 37 46 45 36 Luton 2 3 6 32 86 Buckinghamshire 107 95 117 106 122 Milton Keynes 6 8 2 14 36 Derbyshire 73 70 72 79 73
1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 City of Derby 23 0 2 6 0 Dorset 38 21 13 11 14 Poole 4 5 5 12 11 Bournemouth 9 3 7 5 12 Durham 5 2 4 2 5 Darlington 0 0 2 0 0 East Sussex 13 17 18 16 20 Brighton and Hove 1 8 4 7 9 Hampshire 209 231 211 253 225 Portsmouth 27 7 8 13 14 Southampton 10 23 55 35 52 Leicestershire 13 2 17 30 48 Leicester City 3 2 4 5 2 Rutland 1 1 3 1 0 Staffordshire 64 74 117 86 104 Stoke-on-Trent 10 80 11 13 12 Wiltshire 68 61 50 73 60 Swindon 19 48 54 34 55 Bracknell Forest 2— 21 3 5 0 Windsor and Maidenhead 2— 29 7 29 1 Newbury 2— 29 31 35 3 Reading 2— 31 34 15 21 Slough 2— 6 6 6 8 Wokingham 2— 25 29 29 26 Cambridgeshire 2— 93 57 53 34 Peterborough 2— 3 41 26 3 Cheshire 2— 129 155 148 76 Halton 2— 30 2 1 2 Warrington 2— 14 13 23 23 Devon 2— 39 27 35 30 Plymouth 2— 4 7 10 8 Torbay 2— 4 8 7 4 Essex 2— 117 123 153 200 Southend 2— 13 6 28 39 Thurrock 2— 0 9 0 1 Herefordshire 2— 30 52 58 77 Worcestershire 2— 63 44 26 32 Kent 2— 340 342 299 414 Rochester and Gillingham 2— 4 9 8 65 Lancashire 2— 38 17 31 38 Blackburn 2— 8 5 4 7 Blackpool 2— 2 10 3 7 Nottinghamshire 2— 56 93 88 114 Nottingham City 2— 44 51 40 72 Shropshire 2— 20 23 24 13 The Wrekin 2— 31 22 5 9 Cornwall 35 32 19 21 36 Cumbria 22 26 12 15 16 Gloucestershire 65 65 99 70 84 Hertfordshire 85 91 79 60 51 Isle of Wight 4 4 3 83 70 Lincolnshire 65 90 87 138 113 Norfolk 52 57 59 72 28 Northamptonshire 66 34 65 65 62 Northumberland 5 1 5 1 2 Oxfordshire 81 72 62 46 53 Somerset 20 38 46 41 40 Suffolk 22 15 15 18 24 Surrey 86 63 74 54 167 Warwickshire 38 37 35 33 35 West Sussex 48 16 29 14 23 Total England 3,858 3,985 4,111 4,369 4,877 1Information is not available by year group and so numbers relates to pupils that sat their examinations prior to reaching their final year of compulsory education. 2Indicates that due to LEA reorganisation, the figures for these LEAs are not available.
§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many requests there were for an exam paper to be re-marked for each exam paper offered by each of the exam boards; and what percentage this represented of the papers taken in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. [47484]
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§ Mr. Ivan LewisInformation on requests for examination papers to be re-marked has been monitored by QCA since 1999 for each qualification. The small numbers involved make it impracticable to report on each specification, subject or local education authority.
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- Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA),
- Edexcel Foundation (Edexcel),
- Oxford, Cambridge, and RSA Examination Board (OCR),
- Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment—Northern Ireland (CCEA),
- Welsh Joint Education Committee (WJEC).
Data for 2001 include results of the GCE A-levels; both the new Advanced Subsidiary and old Advanced Supplementary examinations; for the new VCE advanced and AS examinations; and for the GCSE full and short courses. The new examinations were not available in previous years.
Details are in the tables.
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Inquiries upon examinations in summer 2001 Awarding body Total number of candidates Number of candidates involved in inquiries Candidates involved in an inquiry as a percentage of total of candidates GCE A-level AQA 368,988 9,107 2.4 CCEA 19,022 862 4.5 EDEXCEL 151,107 4,343 3.0 OCR 210,194 5,074 3.0 WJEC 27,011 274 1.0 Total 776,322 20,568 2.7 GCE Advanced Supplementary level AQA 10,546 67 1 CCEA 361 5 1.3 EDEXCEL 8,093 269 3.3 OCR 8,312 42 0.5 WJEC 927 4 0.4 Total 28,239 387 1.4 GCE Advanced Subsidiary level AQA 327,565 10,498 3.2 CCEA 9,243 668 7.2 EDEXCEL 205,594 2,520 1.2 OCR 198,549 5,659 3 WJEC 30,942 151 0.5 Total 771,893 19,496 2.5 VCE—A-level AQA 1,117 1— 1— CCEA 0 1— 1— EDEXCEL 9,817 5 0.1 OCR 1,239 155 13 WJEC 0 1— 1— Total 12,173 160 1.3 VCE—AS-level AQA 1,394 17 1.2 CCEA 0 1— 1— EDEXCEL 2,939 1— 1— OCR 1,437 11 0.8 WJEC 0 1— 1— Total 5,770 28 0.5
Inquiries upon examinations in summer 2001 Awarding body Total number of candidates Number of candidates involved in inquiries Candidates involved in an inquiry as a percentage of total of candidates GCSE AQA 3,170,636 29,239 1.0 CCEA 136,191 2,742 2.0 EDEXCEL 942,520 4,551 0.5 OCR 1,126,820 7,385 0.7 WJEC 296,600 976 0.3 Total 5,672,767 44,893 0.8 GCSE short courses AQA 106,690 852 0.8 CCEA 1,618 4 0.2 EDEXCEL 73,566 118 0.2 OCR 105,471 782 0.7 WJEC 31,237 54 0.2 Total 318,582 1,810 0.6 1No inquiries
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Inquiries upon examinations in summer 2001 Awarding body Total number of candidates Number of candidates involved in inquiries Candidates involved in an inquiry as a percentage of total of candidates1 GCE A-level AQA 372,776 12,350 3.31 CCEA 19,352 1,004 5.19 EDEXCEL 147,971 5,664 3.83 OCR 206,745 10,164 4,92 WJEC 27,536 458 1.66 Total 774,380 29,640 3.83 GCE AS-level AQA 32,850 597 1.82 CCEA 396 1 0.25 EDEXCEL 16,749 381 2.27 OCR 24,155 163 0.67 WJEC 2,277 7 0.31 Total 76,427 1,149 1.50 GCSE full courses AQA 3,096,733 30,962 1.00 CCEA 140,599 3,057 2.17 EDEXCEL 892,349 7,569 0.85 OCR 1,099,251 15,538 1.41 WJEC 303,479 646 0.21 Total 5,532,411 57,772 1.04 GCSE short courses AQA 102,871 829 0.8 CCEA 0 2— — EDEXCEL 63,611 161 0.3 OCR 97,873 2,247 2.3 WJEC 16,591 27 0.2 Total 280,946 3,264 1.2 1Rounded to two decimal places 1No inquiries
Inquiries upon examinations in summer 2001 Awarding body Total number of candidates Number of candidates involved in inquiries Candidates involved in an inquiry as a percentage of total of candidates GCE AQA 378,304 12,258 3.01 CCEA 20,144 1,546 7.67 EDEXCEL 151,471 6,021 4.0 OCR 211,199 6,195 2.93 WJEC 26,614 660 2.48 Total 787,732 26,680 3.39 GCSE AQA 3,207,688 5,086 0.16 CCEA 146,326 1,964 1.34 EDEXCEL 918,869 8,814 0.96 OCR 1,190,240 12,344 1.04 WJEC 293,156 674 0.23 Total 5,756,279 28,882 0.50
§ Mrs. LaingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the impact of compulsory AS levels on examination timetables in(a)secondary schools and (b)sixth form colleges; and if she will make a statement. [48258]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe Joint Council for General Qualifications is responsible for devising the A level common timetable, in consultation with centres, and reviews its effectiveness after each examination series. The Secretary of State is closely monitoring centres' experiences of the common timetable.