§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of children in LEA and LEA-supported schools achieved(a) five GCSE A to C grades, (b) level 2 or above at Key Stage 1, (c) level 4 or above at Key Stage 2, (d) levels 5, 6 or above at Key Stage 3 in each of the three years (i) in the city of Newcastle, and (ii) in England; and what the average figure was in each category in each of these years for metropolitan authorities outside London. [111051]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe information requested is given in the five tables:
(a) The percentage of 16 year olds who achieved 5 or more GCSE grades A *-C in LEA and LEA-supported schools in England in
the last three years were:
Percentage 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 (i) City of Newcastle 31.6 31.0 33.6 (ii) England 42.5 43.8 45.7 (iii) Metropolitan authorities 37.0 37.6 39.6 884W
(b) The percentage of pupils who achieved Level 2 or above in Key Stage 1 task/tests in LEA and LEA-supported schools in
England in the last three years were:
Percentage 1997 1998 1999 (i) City of Newcastle: Reading task/test 75 78 81 Writing 77 81 81 Spelling 62 68 71 Mathematics 81 86 87 (ii) England: Reading task/test 80 80 82 Writing 80 81 83 Spelling 62 66 71 Mathematics 84 84 87
(b) The percentage of pupils who achieved Level 2 or above in Key Stage 1 task/tests in LEA and LEA-supported schools in
England in the last three years were:
Percentage 1997 1998 1999 (iii) Metropolitan authorities: Reading task/test 79 79 80 Writing 79 80 81 Spelling 62 66 71 Mathematics 82 83 85
(c) The percentage of pupils who achieved Level 4 or above in Key Stage 2 tests in LEA and LEA-supported schools in England
in the last three years were:
Percentage 1997 1998 1999 (i) City of Newcastle: English 51 55 61 Mathematics 51 49 60 Science 60 61 72 (ii) England: English 63 64 70 Mathematics 61 58 68 Science 68 69 78 (iii) Metropolitan authorities: English 59 61 67 Mathematics 59 55 67 Science 66 65 76
(d.i) The percentage of pupils who achieved Level 5 or above in Key Stage 3 tests in LEA and LEA-supported schools in England
in the last three years were:
Percentage 1997 1998 1999 (i) City of Newcastle: English 41 49 52 Mathematics 48 50 52 Science 47 45 43 (ii) England: English 56 64 63 Mathematics 60 59 62 Science 60 56 55 (iii) Metropolitan authorities: English 53 60 59 Mathematics 53 54 56 Science 54 50 49 885W
(d.ii) The percentage of pupils who achieved Level 6 or above in Key Stage 3 tests in LEA and LEA-supported schools in England
in the last three years were:
Percentage 1997 1998 1999 (i) City of Newcastle: English 18 23 22 Mathematics 26 27 29 Science 20 19 18 (ii) England: English 24 34 27 Mathematics 36 35 37 Science 29 27 24
(d.ii) The percentage of pupils who achieved Level 6 or above in Key Stage 3 tests in LEA and LEA-supported schools in England
in the last three years were:
Percentage 1997 1998 1999 (iii) Metropolitan authorities English 21 31 24 Mathematics 30 30 32 Science 24 22 19
Numbers and percentage of pupils who receive, or are known to be eligible for free school meals in maintained schools 1 in the local education authority area of Newcastle upon Tyne: 1995–2000a Newcastle upon Tyne 1999 1998 1997 1996 21995 Number on roll 40,473 40,745 41,064 41,182 41,221 Number of pupils who took a free school meal 10,140 10,448 11,075 11,508 11,577 Percentage of pupils who took a free school meal 25 26 27 28 28 Number of pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals 13,034 13,604 14,343 14,670 14,784 Percentage of pupils who are known to be eligible for free meals 32 33 35 36 36 1 Includes maintained nursery, primary, middle, secondary, pupil referral units and maintained and non-maintained special schools. 2 Excludes dually registered pupils educated in special schools who are otherwise included in the January 1996–99 figures.