HC Deb 21 May 1998 vol 312 cc512-3W
Mr. Dorrell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools did not submit(a) papers and (b) results for (i) the key stage 2 tests and (ii) the key stage 3 tests in 1997. [40940]

Ms Estelle Morris

[holding answer 7 May 19981: Twenty-three maintained mainstream schools did not submit 1997 key stage 2 national curriculum assessment results, and two maintained mainstream schools did not submit 1997 key stage 3 national curriculum assessment results. It is not possible to determine the number of special schools which did not submit results, as it is impossible to differentiate between those schools whose pupils were all disapplied from the national curriculum assessments, and therefore had no results to return, and those schools which chose not to return results. Participation by independent schools in the national curriculum assessment test is voluntary, so they have not been included in this analysis. It is not possible to differentiate between results and papers.