§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will estimate the likely impact of sixth form education provision by the exclusive means of sixth form colleges on standards of attainment in secondary schools at(a) Key Stage 4 and (b) GCSE level. [122229]
§ Alan Johnson2002 results for non-selective maintained secondary schools at GCSE/GNVQ (KS4) are as follows:
Percentage Gaining five or more A*-C grades Schools with sixth form 51.0 Schools without sixth form 44.6 However, when prior attainment is taken into account, there is little difference between schools with and without sixth form education provision.