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Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 13 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 February 2006. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 March 2006 on behalf of the Office for Standards in Education.

Selection by Ability

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of lessons in secondary schools inspected by Ofsted were setted by ability in (a) faith schools (i) in total and (ii) broken down by faith and (b) other maintained schools.
Answer

This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Maurice Smith, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.Letter from Maurice Smith, dated 21 February 2006:"Your recent parliamentary question has been referred to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of schools, for reply.""You asked what proportion of lessons in secondary schools inspected by Ofsted were setted by ability in (a) faith schools (i) in total and (ii) broken down by faith and (b) other maintained schools.""The tables below summarise the data from inspections of secondary schools between January 2000 and July 2003. From 2002/03 onwards records do not distinguish between setting and streaming (banded)."

The proportion of lessons setted by ability in secondary schools by denomination from January 2000 to July 2003
Denomination Number of schools inspected here Number of lessons Percentage of lessons inspected that were setted
Church of England 122 10,763 27
Roman Catholic 223 22,111 39
Other Christian 17 1,302 30
Jewish 2 250 13
Seventh Day Adventist 1 69 9
Sikh 1 105 25
All Denominational 366 34,600 38
All non Denominational 1,672 205,131 37

"A copy of this reply has been sent to Jacqui Smith and will be placed in the Library of both Houses."

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
443 c1532-3W;443 c1532W; 52560
Session
2005-06
Related items
Deposited Paper HINF 2006/506
Wednesday, 8 March 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Teaching methods
Link
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