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Mrs. Gillan
There are now 486 grant-maintained primary schools in England. Pupil attainments are generally higher in GM schools than LEA schools; details of their relative performance in national curriculum assessments and GCSE examinations are given in the following tables.
Grant-maintained schools in Wales are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Table 1: Percentage of 7-year-old pupils achieving National Curriculum level 2 and above, 1996 |
|
English |
Mathematics |
Science |
Key stage 1 |
TA |
Test |
TA |
Test |
TA |
Test |
LEA schools |
79 |
— |
82 |
82 |
84 |
— |
Reading |
78 |
78 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Writing |
76 |
80 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Speaking and listening |
82 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
GM schools |
85 |
— |
86 |
87 |
88 |
— |
Reading |
84 |
84 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Writing |
82 |
85 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Speaking and listening |
85 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
TA = teacher assessment. |
Test = national test. |
Table 2: Percentage of 11-year-old pupil Curriculum level 4 and above achieving Native, 1996 |
|
English |
Mathematics |
Science |
Key stage 2 |
TA |
Test |
TA |
Test |
TA |
Test |
LEA schools |
60 |
57 |
60 |
54 |
65 |
62 |
GM schools |
64 |
63 |
64 |
60 |
69 |
68 |
TA = teacher assessment. |
Test = national test. |
Table 3: Percentage of 14-year-old pupils achieving National Curriculum level 5 and above, 1996 |
|
English |
Mathematics |
Science |
Key stage 3 |
TA |
Test |
TA |
Test |
TA |
Test |
LEA schools |
60 |
56 |
61 |
56 |
59 |
55 |
GM schools |
68 |
65 |
69 |
65 |
68 |
65 |
TA = teacher assessment. |
Test = national test. |
Table 4: Percentage of 15-year-old pupils achieving graded GCSE results in 1996 |
GCSE passes |
5A+-C |
5A+-G |
1+A-G |
4A: all schools |
|
|
|
LEA schools |
40.6 |
87.1 |
93.4 |
GM schools |
50.1 |
91.1 |
95.3 |
4B: comprehensive schools only |
|
|
|
LEA comprehensives |
40.0 |
87.0 |
93.3 |
GM comprehensives |
46.4 |
91.1 |
95.6 |