§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what was the average annual change in points score at GCSE in(a) specialist, (b) grammar and (c) all secondary schools in each of the past five years. [19239]
§ Mr. Ivan Lewis[holding answer 3 December 2002]: The information requested on the change in average GCSE/GNVQ point score for schools in England is shown in the table:
(a) Specialist Score in former year Score in latter year Change 1995–96 and 1996–97 38.8 39.9 1.1 1996–97 and 1997–98 40.1 41.5 1.4 1997–98 and 1998–99 40.7 42.2 1.5 1998–99 and 1999–2000 41.5 42.5 1.0 1999–2000 and 2000–01 41.8 42.4 0.6
(a) Specialist (b) Selective (c) All schools Change Score Change Score Change 1996–97 1.1 57.0 0.6 35.9 0.5 1997–98 1.4 59.4 2.4 37.0 1.1 1998–99 1.5 60.7 1.3 38.1 1.1 1999–2000 1.0 62.1 1.4 38.9 0.8 2000–01 0.6 62.8 0.7 39.3 0.4 Note:
As the number of specialist schools increases year on year, the column for 'specialist schools' refers to schools which were designated as specialist for both the appropriate academic years, hence two figures are given for each year. For example, throughout the academic years 1995–96 and 1996–97 there were 102 specialists. Throughout 1996–97 and 1997–98 there were 174 specialists. In the table above the 39.9 figure in the first row refers to the average point score of the 102 schools in 1997. The 40.1 figure in the second row refers to the average point score of the 174 specialists in 1997.