§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what numerical rating on Ofsted's scale 1 to 7 its inspectors are required to put in their official Judgment Recording Form subject reports, for each subject of the National Curriculum, when they judge the pupils' comparative standards of achievement to be(a) in line with national expectations at any National Curriculum Key Stage and (b) in line with any national average; [24139]
(2) what are the statistical correlations between Ofsted inspectors' ratings of Year 6 cohorts' comparative standards of achievement (a) on scale 1 to 7 in their official Judgment Recording Form subject reports and (b) on scale 1 to 5 in their PICSI reports in respect of the same cohorts' comparative standards of Key Stage 2 national SAT test achievement in the same year of inspection in (i) English, (ii) maths and (iii) science for all maintained primary schools first inspected in each school year since 1994–95; [24142]
(3) what proportion of those maintained primary schools first inspected by Ofsted in each school year since 1994–95 and cited as national models of excellence in Her Majesty's Chief Inspector's annual report have a rating on an appropriate statistical scale 1 to 7 in relation to the national averages for their pupils' comparative standards of achievement in attaining the nationally expected level or better in at least one or more of their Key Stage 2 SAT tests in (a) English, (b) maths and (c) science for the year of inspection that is different from the inspectors' ratings on 571W Ofsted's scale 1 to 7 in the official Judgment Recording Form subject reports of those same cohorts' comparative standards of achievement in those subjects; [24265]
(4) what proportion of those maintained primary schools first inspected by Ofsted in each school year since 1994–95 in each year have a rating on an appropriate statistical scale 1 to 7 in relation to the national averages for their pupils' comparative standards of achievement in attaining the nationally expected level or better in at least one or more of their Key Stage 2 SAT tests in (a) English, (b) maths and (c) science for the year of inspection that is different from the inspectors' ratings on Ofsted's scale 1 to 7 in their official Judgment Recording Form subject reports of those same cohorts' comparative standards of achievement in those subjects; [24267]
(5) what proportion of those maintained primary schools first inspected and also found failing by Ofsted in each school year since 1994–95 in each year have a rating on an appropriate statistical scale 1 to 7 in relation to the national averages for their pupils' comparative standards of achievement in attaining the nationally expected level or better in at least one or more of their Key Stage 2 SAT tests in (a) English, (b) maths and (c) science for the year of inspection that is different from the inspectors' ratings on Ofsted' s scale 1 to 7 in their official Judgment Recording Form subject reports of those cohorts' comparative standards of achievement in those subjects; [24268]
(6) what are the statistical correlations of all maintained primary schools first inspected and found failing in each school year since 1994–95 between Ofsted inspectors' ratings of their Year 6 cohorts' comparative standards of achievement on Ofsted's scale 1 to 7 in their official Judgment Recording Form subject reports and Ofsted's ratings on its scale 1 to 5 as used in its PICSI reports of those cohorts' comparative standards of Key Stage 2 national SAT test achievement in the same year of inspection in (a) English, (b) maths and (c) science; [24269]
(7) what are the statistical correlations for all maintained primary schools first inspected in each school year since 1994–95 and cited as a national model of excellence in Her Majesty's Chief Inspector's annual report for that same year, between Ofsted inspectors' ratings of their Year 6 cohorts' comparative standards of achievement on Ofsted's scale 1 to 7 in their official Judgment Recording Form subject reports and Ofsted's ratings scale 1 to 5 as used in PICSI reports of those same cohorts' comparative standards of Key Stage 2 national SAT test achievement in the same year of inspection in (a) English, (b) maths and (c) science; [24270]
(8) for all Ofsted primary suspections in each separate school year of inspection since 1993–94 to date, what were the officially prescribed calibrated meanings of each of Ofsted's ratings 1 to 7 for the assessment of primary pupils' comparative standards of Key Stage 1 and 2 achievement in each subject of the National Curriculum of the relevant cohorts at the time of inspection, in terms of their proportions attaining the nationally expected levels or better for use in inspectors' official judgment recording form subject reports, all school inspections adhered to those meanings, and, if not, what proportion did not in each year. [24387]
§ Mr. ByersThese are matters for HM Chief Inspector of Schools. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member and place a copy of his letter in the Library.
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§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in what number and proportion of maintained primary schools with Year 2 pupils 100 per cent. of pupils attained National Curriculum level 2 or better(a) in individual and (b) in all Key Stage 1 SAT tests in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996 and (iii) 1997. [24141]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe number and percentage of maintained primary schools with 100 per cent. of Key Stage 1 pupils achieving National Curriculum level 2 or better(a) in individual and (b) in all Key Stage 1 assessments tests in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996 and (iii) 1997 are shown in the following table:
1995 1996 1997 Reading Number 1,556 1,353 1,454 Percentage 10 9 9 Writing Number 1,809 1,587 1,513 Percentage 12 10 10 Spelling Number 701 — 394 Percentage 5 — 3 Handwriting Number 2,857 — — Percentage 19 — — Mathematics Number 1,688 2,125 2,301 Percentage 11 14 15 In all subjects Number 404 792 329 Percentage 3 5 2
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in what number and proportion of all maintained primary schools with Year 6 pupils 100 per cent. of pupils attained National Curriculum level 4 or better in(a) English, (b) maths, (c) science Key Stage 2 SAT tests and (d) all of (a) to (c) in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996 and (iii) 1997. [24140]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe number and percentage of maintained primary schools with 100 per cent. of Key Stage 2 pupils achieving National Curriculum level 4 or better(a) English, (b) maths, (c) science and (d) in all Key Stage 2 assessment tests in (i) 1995 (ii) 1996 and (iii) 1997 are shown in the following table:
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1995 1996 1997 English Number 223 297 439 Percentage 2 2 3 Mathematics Number 244 320 497 Percentage 2 2 3 Science Number 1,112 583 872 Percentage 8 4 6 In all subjects Number 102 122 224 Percentage 1 1 2
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what were the results in(a) English, (b) maths and (c) science Key Stage 2 Sat tests trialed by the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority at The Strand Junior School in Grimsby in (i) 1993–94 and (ii) 1994–95 in terms of the percentages of Year six pupils attaining National Curriculum levels 1 to 6. [24266]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisInformation on Key Stage 2 performance for 1993–94 and 1994–95 for named schools is not available.