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Written question asked by Kerry McCarthy (Labour) on Monday, 4 September 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 September 2006. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 September 2006 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Schoolchildren (Bristol)

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of children of school age living in Bristol local education authority area attend (a) primary and (b) secondary schools which are located outside the local education authority boundaries; and what percentage of these schools are in the independent sector.
Answer

We are unable to provide residency based figures for children educated in the Independent sector as the Department does not collect individual level information for pupils in the Independent sector.The information for primary and secondary schools in the maintained sector has been provided in the following table:

align="left" valign="bottom" Number of pupils³ residing within Bristol local authority Number of pupils³ residing within Bristol local authority who attend schools outside of the local authority Percentage of pupils³ residing within Bristol local authority who attend schools outside of the local authority
Primary¹ 29,807 1,208 4.1
Secondary² 20,162 4,272 21.2
Total 49,969 5,480 11.0
¹ Includes primary and middle deemed primary. ² Includes secondary, middle deemed secondary, City Technology Colleges and Academies. 3 Includes pupils aged 5 to 15 years, solely registered or main registration of dually registered pupils, excludes boarders. Source: School Census 2006

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
90586; 449 c2387-8W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Bristol Pupils
Link
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