§ Mr. WigginTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the job evaluation schemes carried out in primary schools for administrative staff. [167980]
§ Mr. MilibandMost local authorities, including Herefordshire, are party to the national agreement on pay and conditions of local government staff (commonly known as the Single Status Agreement), which was negotiated by the National Joint Council for Local Government Services in 1997. The agreement commits authorities to carrying out job evaluations. My Department does not hold information on the job evaluation schemes either nationally or in individual local authorities.
Percentage of 15-year-old pupils1 achieving five or more grader A*-C Percentage Local education authority 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Liverpool 30.1 30.9 32.4 35.3 35.2 39.2 41.3 Berkshire 48.9 — — — — — — Bracknell Forest — 45.4 45.4 46.6 49.1 45.5 49.2 Windsor and Maidenhead — 57.2 57.9 59.2 58.8 56.4 59.8 West Berkshire — 54.5 56.8 56.0 56.1 57.1 60.6 Reading — 42.7 42.9 45.7 46.8 44.3 45.5 Slough — 42.9 48.1 51.4 52.4 50.5 53.4 Wokingham — 56.2 58.2 59.9 61.3 62.6 62.7 England 45.1 46.3 47.9 49.2 50.0 51.6 52.9 1 GCSE/GNVQ results are reported as standard as the results of pupils aged 15 at the start of the Academic year ie 31 August, and therefore reaching the end of compulsory education at the end of the school year.