§ Jean CorstonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Bristol, East constituency, the effects on Bristol of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [150550]
§ Mr. WillsOutlined are details of the effects of a range of the Department's policies on the Bristol, East constituency and on the City of Bristol LEA.354W
Number EMA applications received 625 Fully processed 324 Awaiting Learning Agreement/more information 166 Refused (don't meet criteria) 133 Number in receipt of EMA payments 141 Beacon Schools
St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple School is located within the Bristol, East constituency and became a Beacon school on 1 September 2000. There are two other Beacon schools within Bristol local education authority, Hotwells Primary and Ilminster Avenue Specialist Nursery School.Performance Results
Bristol LEA Key Stage 2 test results: pupils achieving level 4 or above:
Percentage 2000 1999 1998 1997 English Bristol LEA 66 62 55 54 England Average 75 71 65 63 Maths Bristol LEA 63 59 47 52 England Average 72 69 59 62 Science Bristol LEA 78 71 59 56 England Average 85 78 69 69 Bristol LEA GCSE and GNVQ results:
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Percentage 2000 1999 1998 1997 5+ A*-C Passes Bristol LEA 31.2 31.0 29.0 32.1 England Average1 49.2 47.9 46.3 45.1
Percentage 2000 1999 1998 1997 5+ A*-G Bristol LEA 81.1 80.5 80.4 81.2 England Average1 88.9 88.5 87.5 86.4 No passes 10.4 10.7 10.9 10.9 England Average1 5.6 6.0 6.6 7.7 1 Includes Independent schools Education Action Zone
Seven primary schools (Bannerman Road, Barton Hill, Hannah More, Whitehall, Millpond, St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Barton Hill Nursery and Infants) and one secondary school (St. George Community College) located within the Bristol, East constituency are among a group of 17 schools included in the Bristol Education Action Zone formed in September 2000.Key activities:
Teaching and learning.Pupil engagement—setting up groups within schools to support young people in establishing their cultural and gender identity.Children as effective communicators.Parental engagement—developing groups to support parents from minority ethnic backgrounds.Bristol LEA Capital allocations
£000 2001–02 2000–01 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 Total Credit Approvals ACG 3,952 2,914 1,422 437 174 8,899 SCA — 1,283 1,712 3,357 162 6,514 Grants NDS 1,155 4,457 2,026 355 620 8,613 NGfL — 1,099 1,229 764 — 3,092 VA Grant 256 827 251 351 165 1,850 Schools Formula Capital 1,322 2,417 — — — 3,739 Science labs 177 177 — — — 354 Nursery provision — 75 — — — 75 Energy — — — 99 — 99 AMP support — — 46 — — 46 SEED challenge 234 207 — — — 441 Class Size Initiative — 5 298 203 — 506 Schools Access Initiative at 85 per cent. 349 — — — — 349 Schools Security at 75 per cent. — 116 119 117 94 446 Early Excellence Centre — 210 — — — 210 Outside toilet removal — — — 40 — 40 Total 7,445 13,787 7,103 5,723 1,215 35,273 Excellence in Cities (EiC)
Bristol LEA was included in the second phase of Excellence in Cities, announced on 23 March 2000. All 22 maintained secondary schools in Bristol are involved in the EiC programme, and special schools have been involved in the partnership planning process too.There are four EiC secondary schools in the Bristol, East constituency:St. George Community College;356W
Key strand EiC status in Bristol Learning Mentors 37.2 full-time equivalent—43 in total Learning Support Units 4 City Learning Centres 2 planned for January 2002 Beacon and Specialist schools 3 in total—1 Secondary; 1 Primary; 1 Nursery Small Education Action Zones 2 approved, starting March and September 2001 Participation and progression.Developing effective urban leaders and managers.ICT—providing networked computers, free training for teachers, out of hours access for community use.Support from the Arts Council of England means that arts will form part of each of the above strands.Infant Class Size
£ Revenue Capital 1998–99 0 203,000 1999–2000 231,000 303,256 2000–01 675,178 180,000 The September 2000 figures show that there are now only 96 (0.9 per cent.) pupils remaining in infant classes of 31 or more. The figure in January 1997 was 3,708 (29 per cent.)Sure Start
357WBristol was one of the successful areas in the Sure Start initiative with a trailblazer project in the Hartcliffe, Highridge and Withywood areas of the city. £3,161,682 has been allocated up to March 2002 towards offering increased play and family learning opportunities. The Knowle West area of Bristol also has a scheme to enable a comprehensive care and education service for children aged 0 to 4 to be created, with £1,835,838 already approved, and a further £710,000 approved in principle up to March 2003.St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple school (a Beacon school designated through EIC);Whitefield Fishponds Community School;Brislington School and 6th Form Centre.These have all benefited proportionately from Excellence in Cities but individual school allocations are determined within local partnerships. The table shows the resourcing of EiC strands across all Bristol's secondary schools.
Key strand EiC status in Bristol Extended opportunities for gifted and talented pupils All schools have a EiC co-ordinator with a laptop; 5 to 10 per cent. cohorts identified in every school and year group; subject departmental policies being written in schools; cluster work on talented programmes; Easter schools targeting KS3 in English, maths and science, and KS4 maths; summer schools with Bristol and Exeter University; training for co-ordinators including a Thinking Skills day on 9 March: links with Learning Mentors. Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
Bristol LEA has no PPP/PFI projects to date. The LEA has submitted a bid in the current allocation round (to be announced in March) for an £85 million PFI project covering eight secondary schools. However, the LEA's review of secondary provision willNew Deal for Schools
Allocations for schools in the Bristol, East constituency
Year School Project Grant awarded (£) 1997–98 Bannerman Road primary Replace classrooms 1620,000 Holymead Infants Replace classrooms Holymead Junior Refurbishment/redecoration St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple school Learning resource centre 1998–99 Bannerman Road primary Resurface playground 20,000 St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple school Refurbish toilets 30,000 1999–2000 Bannerman Road primary Replace school 2,026,000 2000–01 Holymead Infants Replace school 670,000 Included within a four school package: Refurbish science labs 21,602,000 Brislington School and 6th Form College Included within a five school package: Remodelling and/or provision of ICT suites 2671,000 Broomhill Juniors, 1 Local education authorities (LEAs) were not required to specify individual project costs for phase I of the NDS programme, so the amount shown is the total allocation in that year to the LEA. Bristol LEA holds project level information. 2 Denotes total allocation made to package projects covering more than one school. Bristol LEA will be able to advise the value of projects at schools which have benefited from these allocations. Modern Apprenticeships data
Since 2 May 1997, we know of 1,033 starts on Modem Apprenticeships in the Bristol, East constituency (as at 30 Nov ember 2000). Broken down by financial year these are:
Financial year Foundation Modern Apprenticeships1 Advanced Modern Apprenticeships2 Total 1997–98 13 136 149 1998–99 99 180 279 1999–2000 241 154 395 2000–01 (to date) 127 83 210 Total 480 553 1,033 1Foundation Modem Apprenticeships, formerly known as National Traineeships, were introduced nationally in September 1997. 2 Advanced Modem Apprenticeships, formerly known as Modem Apprenticeships, were introduced nationally in September 1995. Notes:
1. The Trainee Database System (TDS), from which these data are taken, is less complete than Management Information supplied to the Department by Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) (around 95 per cent.).
2. In addition, the postcode information on the TDS, from which parliamentary constituency data are compiled, are 95 per cent. complete.
3. TEC Management Information does not provide information at parliamentary constituency level.
Source:
WBTYP trainee database
358Wnot be complete until July 2001, and DfEE has asked the LEA to reconsider the timing of its bid, as the investment needs of its secondary schools will not be known until the review is completed. As a result, Bristol LEA is considering whether to resubmit their bid as part of next year's schools capital allocation.
New Deal for Young People
In the Bristol, East constituency to the end of November 2000, 1,229 young people have joined the New Deal, with 566 finding employment. Of these, 442 have entered sustained employment.Labour market statistics
The working age employment rate in Bristol UA in autumn 2000 was 77.6 per cent. above the UK rate of 74.7 per cent. The rate in autumn 1997 was 72.7 per cent.The claimant unemployment rate has fallen from 8.6 per cent. in January 1997 to 3.8 per cent. in January 2001 in the Bristol, East constituency.