HC Deb 15 January 1992 vol 201 cc578-80W
Mr. Spearing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what arrangements he made to ensure that the standards of testing by local authorities for seven-year-old readers was of a nationally consistent standard; and if he will state the names of any local authorities not sending in returns.

Mr. Eggar

The teachers who carried out the reading tests used standard materials and marking schemes, and used books chosen from a national list.

Each local education authority was required to secure consistency between its assessment standards and national standards, and training was provided for LEA assessment staff.

Tower Hamlets and Lambeth LEAs did not submit their schools' returns by the due date.

Mr. Spearing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will tabulate in respect of each local education authority making returns of their assessments tests for seven-year-old readers, the number of schools making or not making returns, respectively, and the appropriate number and percentage within each authority contributing to the test results.

Mr. Eggar

The tables published by my right hon. and learned Friend on 19 December were based on the usable returns from the following percentages of maintained primary schools with seven-year-olds in each LEA.

The tables excluded Tower Hamlets and Lambeth, as they had not submitted sufficient returns. Action has been taken to obtain this outstanding data.

LEA ranking—proportion of returns from maintained schools with 7 year olds used to compile the 19 December LEA tables
Percentage returns used
Avon 100
Barking 100
Berkshire 100
Bexley 100
Bury 100
Cleveland 100
Coventry 100
Croydon 100
Enfield 100
Essex 100
Hackney 100
Hammersmith 100
Haringey 100
Havering 100
Kensington and Chelsea 100
Kingston upon Thames 100
Merton 100
Northamptonshire 100
Stockport 100
Sutton 100
Calderdale 99
Devon 99
Hereford and Worcester 99
Humberside 99
Lincolnshire 99
Sunderland 99
Tameside 99
Wakefield 99
Walsall 99
West Sussex 99
Bradford 98
Bromley 98
Cambridgeshire 98
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 98
Dudley 98
North Yorkshire 98
Northumberland 98
Rotherham 98
Solihull 98
South Tyneside 98
Suffolk 98
Warwickshire 98
Newcastle upon Tyne 97
Wolverhampton 97
Westminster 97
Gateshead 97
Trafford 97
Wirral 97
Surrey 97
Manchester 96
Shropshire 96
Somerset 96
Redbridge 95
Sefton 95
Waltham Forest 95
Kent 94
St. Helens 94
Staffordshire 94
Barnet 94
Gloucestershire 93
Leeds 93
Rochdale 93
Wiltshire 93
Barnsley 92
Brent 92
Camden 92
Cheshire 92
Cumbria 92
Doncaster 92
Knowsley 92
Sandwell 92

Percentage returns used
Durham 91
Harrow 91
Hertfordshire 91
Lancashire 91
Bedfordshire 90
Derbyshire 89
Isle of Wight 89
Lewisham 89
Oldham 89
Nottinghamshire 88
Richmond upon Thames 88
Wandsworth 88
Sheffield 87
Dorset 85
Hampshire 82
Leicestershire 81
Hillingdon 78
Ealing 77
Greenwich 75
Wigan 75
North Tyneside 73
Birmingham 72
Bolton 70
Oxfordshire 70
Liverpool 70
East Sussex 66
Islington 65
Kirklees 65
Salford 65
South wark 60
Buckinghamshire 59
Norfolk 59
Hounslow 58
Newham 55

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