§ James PurnellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of Stalybridge and Hyde have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last five years. [168749]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe information requested is not available at parliamentary constituency level. Nor is the information available on a consistent geographical basis over the last five years. However, the table shows the number of starts on modern apprenticeships in the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council (LSC) area between April 2001 and the end of July 2003, as well as the number of starts from April 1996 to March 2001 in the six Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) that amalgamated into Greater Manchester—Bolton and Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and High Peak and Wigan.
Advanced Foundation Time period TEC/LSC Advanced MAs Foundation MAs April 1998 to March 1999 Bolton and Bury CCTE 800 600 Manchester 2,400 700 Oldham CCTE 400 300 Rochdale CCTE 500 100 Stockport and High Peak1 800 100 Wigan CCTE 700 300 April 1999 to March 2000 Bolton and Bury CCTE 900 1000 Manchester 2,800 1,800 Oldham CCTE 500 500 Rochdale CCTE 500 600 Stockport and High Peak1 700 700 Wigan CCTE 700 600 April 2000 to March 2001 Bolton and Bury CCTE 700 1,200 Manchester 3,200 2,600 Oldham CCTE 500 700 Rochdale CCTE 400 700 Stockport and High Peak1 800 1,000 Wigan CCTE 900 800 April 2001 to July 2002 Greater Manchester LSC 4,800 9,800 March 2001 to July 2002 Greater Manchester LSC 2,900 6,800 1Denotes TEC also became part of Derbyshire LSC Note: TECs reported the figures in financial years. LSC reports figures in academic years. The first LSC 'year' was 16 months in order to bring the financial year figures into line with academic years. Source: TEC management information LSC Individualised Learner Record
§ James PurnellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of 15 and 16-year-olds in Stalybridge and Hyde achieved five or more GCSEs at grade A* to C or GNVQ equivalent in each of the last seven years. [168753]
§ Mr. MilibandThe information requested is as follows.
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Percentage of 15-year-old pupils1 achieving five or more grades A*-C Percentage Academic year Stalybridge and Hyde parliamentary constituency England 1997 36.0 45.1 1998 35.6 46.3 1999 38.6 47.9 2000 40.9 49.2 2001 42.5 50.0 2002 39.9 51.6 2003 47.2 52.9 1GCSE/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.
§ James PurnellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Stalybridge and Hyde have benefited from the Excellence in Cities programme; and what the per pupil spending was in each year since the programme's inception. [168755]
§ Mr. MilibandThere are currently 11 schools in Stalybridge and Hyde Constituency that are included in the Excellence in Cities; three secondary schools and eight primaries. The following table shows the number of children in the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency benefiting; and the annual spend per pupil for the years in question:
Number of children Total EiC expenditure* (£) Spend per pupil (£) 2001–02 4,544 320,806.4 70.6 2002–03 4,583 557,292.8 121.6 2003–04 4,805 1,667,000 212.9 The large increase in the rate of EiC funding in 2003–04 is due to the extra funding provided through the Leadership Incentive Grant, which came on stream in 2003.
Excellence in Cities
Excellence in Cities was launched in March 1999 as a targeted programme of support for deprived secondary schools in our major cities. It has since expanded beyond the cities and now covers 57 whole authority areas as well as 51 Excellence Clusters covering smaller pockets of deprivation. The Tameside Excellence Cluster started in September 2001.
EiC provides resources and a coherent programme of strategies focused on:
Teaching and Learning
enhanced opportunities for gifted and talented childrenstudy supportstrategic use of specialist and Leading Edge schools andCity Learning Centres providing IT support for CPD and the curriculum;Behaviour and Attendance
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Leadership Incentive Grant.Primary EiC
EiC is also expanding to provide behavioural support and extended opportunities for gifted and talented children in our most deprived primary schools. This help will include all schools meeting the relevant criteria, and will provide the support they need to ensure that their most disadvantaged pupils are better able to access the national primary strategy.
Results
The EiC programme is now paying off. GCSE exam results last year were the best yet for EiC schools. Results for 2001 and 2003 show that EiC is making an impact on closing the achievement gap. Results in terms of pupils achieving five good GCSEs or equivalent, improved at about twice the rate overall in EiC schools than schools elsewhere.
There was also a significant impact on behaviour and attendance—with standards again improving fastest in EiC schools.
In the Hyde schools, the improvement rate, at this stage, is more mixed. The Hyde primary school results set out below are based on an aggregate of the three percentages of pupils achieving level 4 or above in English, Maths and Science:
Arundale Primary School went from 145 to 181 an increase of 36 pointsDowson Primary School went from 236 to 247 an increase of 11 pointsGee Cross Holy Trinity CofE Primary School went from 241 to 248 an increase of seven pointsGodley Community Primary School went from 256 to 206 a decrease of 50 pointsGreenfield Primary School and Early Years Centre went form 140 to 178 an increase of 38 pointsLeigh Primary School went from 213 to 147 a decrease of 66 pointsPinfold Primary School went from 240 to 230 a decrease of 10 pointsSt. George's CofE Primary School went from 279 to 259 a decrease of 20 points.The secondary school results are based on achievement at 5+ A*-C GCSE show:
Alder Community High School opened after January 2003Hyde Technology School and Hearing Impaired Resource Base went from 63 per cent. to 53 per cent. decrease of 10 per cent.Longdendale High School went from 44 per cent. to 47 per cent. an in crease of 3 per cent.There was a 2.9 per cent. increase in the national rate of improvement between 2001 and 2003.
§ James PurnellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching assistants there were in schools in Stalybridge and Hyde(a) in each of the last seven years and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available. [168760]
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Number of children for whom statements were made for the first time. Position in January each year. Children for whom local education authorities maintain a statement of SEN 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Bedfordshire1 530 401 264 358 3— 3— 3— 3— 3— 3— Bedfordshire2 3— 3— 3— 3— 315 385 364 305 295 352 Buckinghamshire1 705 660 472 589 3— 3— 3— 3— 3— 3— Buckinghamshire2 3— 3— 3— 3— 440 382 250 338 340 311
§ Mr. MilibandThe following table gives the numbers of full time equivalent teaching assistants in maintained schools in Stalybridge and Hyde constituency for each year between 1997 and 2003, the latest year for which data are available.
Number 1997 130 1998 130 1999 130 2000 150 2001 210 2002 130 2003 170 Source: Annual Schools' Census.