HC Deb 03 March 2004 vol 418 cc1003-4W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils in(a) Greater London and (b) each London borough achieved three grade As or above at A Level in each of the last five years. [158456]

Mr. Miliband:

The information requested is as follows:

Part (a):

The percentage of 16–18 year old A level candidates achieving at least three grade As at A level in Greater London in 1999 to 2003:

Year Percentage
1999 3.8
2000 4.4
2001 4.5
2002 4.8
2003 5.1

Part (b):

The percentage of 16–18 year old A level candidates achieving at least three grade As at A level in each Local Education Authority in London in 1999 to 2003:

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Inner London 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.9
Camden 4.4 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.1
Hackney 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.9
Hammersmith and Fulham 3.6 7.0 4.3 3.6 5.0
Haringey 2.5 4.2 2.9 3.2 4.6
Islington 1.9 1.8 1.3 1.1 0.5
Kensington and Chelsea 5.9 2.0 2.6 4.5 6.9
Lambeth 1.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 3.8
Lewisham 2.2 2.5 3.7 2.4 2.4
Newham 1.3 1.9 1.5 2.8 1.3
Southwark 0.0 2.4 1.1 1.0 0.4
Tower Hamlets 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.1
Wandsworth 3.1 2.7 3.3 1.8 3.2
Westminster, City of 2.2 1.8 3.3 3.5 2.9
Outer London 4.1 4.9 5.0 5.5 5.9
Barking and Dagenham 1.0 1.5 1.1 2.6 1.6
Barnet 7.5 8.3 8.1 9.3 10.8
Bexley 2.8 3.9 5.0 5.6 5.4
Brent 3.4 3.8 3.7 5.2 4.3
Bromley 3.9 5.4 5.9 5.7 6.3
Croydon 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.4 3.0
Ealing 1.7 3.8 4.5 2.8 5.9
Enfield 5.3 5.7 4.8 5.7 5.2

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Greenwich 1.7 3.0 1.3 1.4 2.3
Harrow 2.6 3.7 2.8 3.6 4.7
Havering 4.6 4.3 4.1 5.9 4.6
Hillingdon 3.3 5.3 4.5 3.0 4.5
Hounslow 2.0 2.7 2.3 3.4 2.6
Kingston upon Thames 5.0 8.0 10.7 7.8 8.7
Merton 3.7 4.4 1.0 4.6 4.7
Redbridge 6.1 5.9 6.0 6.1 8.5
Richmond upon Thames 3.6 4.2 3.9 4.6 5.6
Sutton 8.0 8.8 9.7 13.7 11.2
Waltham Forest 1.6 1.1 2.3 2.1 1.8
Mr. Evans:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the value added between Key Stage 3 and GCSE/GNVQ for schools in (a) Ribble Valley and Fulwood and (b) Lancashire was excluding the results of specialist schools. [156495]

Mr. Miliband:

The following table shows the 2003 Key Stage 3 to GCSE/GNVQ Value Added measures for (a) Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency and (b) Lancashire local education authority when (1) Specialist schools are included and (2) Specialist schools are excluded. Figures are based on maintained schools only:

(a) Ribble Valley (b) Lancashire

LEA
(1) Specialist schools included
KS3-GCSE/GNVQ VA measure 99.0 98.8
(Number of schools) (10) (118)
(2) Specialist schools excluded
KS3-GCSE/GNVQ VA measure 99.0 98.5
(Number of schools) (6) (85)

These figures represent the results of one particular cohort of pupils, showing their value-added over the two years leading up to GCSE. School and LEA figures are also available in the school performance tables covering pupil value-added over the three years leading up to KS3. Similar information for each of these key stages was also published for the 2002 cohorts. Any assessment of whether particular schools or types of school are more effective than others should take into account this wider picture, as well as recognising that small differences in VA scores may not indicate significant differences in effectiveness.