§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) specialist schools and (b) non-specialist schools are designated under section 102 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; and how many and what percentage of pupils they have selected in each year since their designation. [155624]
§ Mr. MilibandThe Department does not collect data on the number of schools which have partial selection by aptitude as part of their admission arrangements; or how many individual pupils are selected as a result of such tests. However, we do know that of the 685 specialist schools operational in September 2001, 6 per cent, reported that they were selecting a percentage of their pupils on aptitude in a chosen specialist subject.