§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on pupil achievements and pupil teacher ratios in(a) small schools and (b) larger and amalgamated schools. [61200]
§ Mr. Ivan Lewis[holding answer 13 June 2002]: The latest performance data for the cohorts of pupils taking Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 for all schools was published in May 2002 in the Statistical Bulletin "Statistics of Education: National Curriculum Assessments of 7, 11 & 14 year olds in England: 2001". The GCSE/GNVQ performance was also published in May 2002 in "GCSE/GNVQ and GCE A/AS/VCE/Advanced GNVQ Examination Results 2000/2001-England". Both publications are available on the Department's website http://www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics. The Keystage and GCSE/GNVQ performance of schools with a small cohort is shown.
Tables showing the pupil:teacher ratios (PTRs) for primary and secondary schools, by school size are also shown. School size refers to the total number of full time equivalent pupils in the school as reported in the Annual Schools' Census (January 2002).
Copies of the relevant tables have been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Table 1: Key Stage one 2001—percentage of pupils at Level 2 or above (test) Maintained schools1 All schools Reading2 88 84 Writing 88 86 Mathematics 94 91 Number of schools 1,114 15,937 1 Schools with fewer than 10 eligible pupils. 2 These percentages are based on achievements at Level 2C/B/A in the reading task and Level 3 and 4 in the reading test.
Table 2: Key Stage two 2001—percentage of pupils at Level 4 or above (test) Maintained schools1 All schools English 79 75 Mathematics 75 71 Science 91 88 Number of schools 975 14,780 1 Schools with fewer than 10 eligible pupils 352W
Table 3: Key Stage three 2001—percentage of pupils at Level 5 or above (test) Maintained mainstream schools and CTCs1
All schools English 50 66 Mathematics 55 67 Science 58 67 Number of schools 22 3,163 1 Schools with fewer than 50 eligible pupils. Notes for tables 1, 2 and 3:
1. Number of schools is the largest of the available subjects.
2. Small schools and all schools figures published in the statistical Bulletin published in May 2002.
3. Maintained schools cover mainstream maintained schools and CTCs.
4. Independent schools include independent special schools.
5. Special schools cover all maintained and non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units.
6. All pupils reaching the end of a Key Stage are "eligible pupils", although not all sit the tests (due for example to disapplication or absence).
Table 4: GCSE/GNVQ achievements of 15-year-old pupils in schools in England 2000–01—percentage of 15-year-old pupils reaching the relevant qualification—maintained mainstream schools and CTCs Schools with 50 or fewer 15-year-olds
All schools Five or more A*-C 41.6 48.6 Five or more A*-G 88.6 91.0 No passes 5.6 3.9 Average point score 35.4 39.1 Number of schools 21 3,133
Table 5: Maintained primary and secondary schools—pupil:teacher ratio by size of the school1—2002 (provisional) Size of school Primary Secondary Up to 100 18.2 8.6 101 to 200 21.1 13.6 201 to 300 22.8 16.4 301 to 400 23.1 17.0 401 to 500 23.8 17.2 501 to 600 23.3 16.8 601 to 700 23.8 16.9 701 to 800 23.4 16.9 801 to 900 24.1 16.9 901 to 1,000 28.0 17.0 1,001 to 1,100 2— 17.1 1,101 to 1,200 2— 16.9 1,201 to 1,300 2— 17.0 1,301 to 1,400 2— 16.8 1,401 to 1,500 2— 16.9 1,501 to 1,600 2— 17.0 1,601 to 1,700 2— 16.8 1,701 to 1,800 2— 17.1 1,801 and over 2— 17.1 Overall 22.5 16.9 1 Based on full time equivalent pupil numbers. 2 No schools of this size. Source:
Annual Schools Census—January 2002 (provisional).