HC Deb 08 February 2002 vol 379 cc1222-3W
Mr. Gareth R. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress she is making in introducing value-added school league tables; and if she will make a statement. [34564]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

We are committed to supplementing the information already published in performance tables with information about how far schools help their pupils to progress between the various stages of their education.

In November last year, we published the results of a pilot programme for the calculation of value added measures for secondary schools, showing the progress made from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 and from Key Stage 3 to GCSE/GNVQ. An evaluation of the pilot and further consultation that will take place shortly, will inform decisions on the publication of these two measures for all secondary schools in the 2002 performance tables.

We also intend to run a pilot this year on the calculation and presentation of a value added measure from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2 with a view to publishing this measure for all schools in the primary tables in 2003.