HC Deb 22 April 2002 vol 384 cc85-6W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what performance indicators and targets local education authorities are expected to agree with her Department for(a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03, showing the period covered by the target or indicator and the date by which agreement should be achieved. [51295]

Mr. Timms

[holding answer 19 April 2002]: LEAs agree targets with my Department through their Education Development Plans. LEAs were required to submit the second generation of EDPs in January. I approved the majority of plans at the end of March. There are a small number of authorities that have yet to receive approval for their plan from their councils, all council approval is expected by the beginning of June. The targets in the EDPs are for the academic years 2002–03 and 2003–04 and were set for: Key Stage 2 literacy and numeracy at level 4 and above and level 5 and above Key Stage 3 English, maths, science and ICT at level 5 and above Key Stage 4 percentage to achieve five or more GCSE A*-C, percentage to achieve five or more GCSE at A*-G including English and maths, average point score per pupil Key Stage 4 children leaving care at 16+ to achieve five or more GCSE at A*-C and children leaving care with one or more GCSE at A*-G Attendance targets for primary, secondary and special schools KS2, KS3 and GCSE/GNVQ actual and target performances for minority ethnic groups.

The only changes from the first EDPs are that there are attendance targets rather than unauthorised absences, and that exclusion targets are no longer required.

Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what are(a) the agreed performance targets for (i) unauthorised absence, (ii) exclusions, (iii) key stage 2 tests, (iv) GCSEs and (v) A-levels and (b) the performance against those targets, for each local education authority in London in the most recent year for which information is available. [51296]

Mr. Timms

[holding answer 19 April 2002]: Performance targets for unauthorised absence, exclusions, key stage 2 tests and GCSEs were agreed by London Education Authorities in their Education Development Plans covering school years 1999–2000, 2000–01 and 2001–02.

Performance targets for key stage 2 tests and GCSEs were agreed by London Education Authorities in their Education Development Plans covering the school years 2002 to 2007. LEAs were not required to agree exclusion targets for 2003 onwards, and absence targets have been altered to include authorised absence figures as well as unauthorised absence figures.

The latest information on these targets together with the performance results for the years 1999, 2000 and 2001 have been placed in the Library.

Local education authorities do not agree A-Level performance targets.