HC Deb 30 November 2001 vol 375 cc1210-1W
Dr. Julian Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement in respect of the recent findings of the National Foundation of Educational Research in respect of average performance levels by(a) comprehensive schools and (b) grammar and secondary modern schools counted together. [18264]

Mr. Timms

The findings of the recent research by the National Foundation for Educational Research are interesting and not inconsistent with our own statistics that the GCSE results (based on grades and average point scores) for 15-year-olds in grammar schools are, broadly speaking, similar to those of the top 25 per cent. in comprehensive schools.