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Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Friday, 5 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 October 2007. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Thursday, 25 October 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Service Children's Education: Standards

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what proportion of 11-year-olds in schools operated by Service Children's Education achieved level 4 in (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) science, (d) reading, (e) writing, (f) reading and writing and (g) reading, writing and mathematics in each year since 1997.
Answer

The information for 2005 and 2006 is shown in the table:

SCE Key Stage 2 Student Performance—Level 4
2005 2006
Subject Number Percentage Number Percentage
English 700 83 611 82
Mathematics 634 75 598 79
Science 749 89 696 92
Reading 740 87 648 87
Writing 550 65 495 67
Reading and Writing 543 64 485 65
Reading, Writing and Mathematics 488 58 450 60

Academic results for 2007 await formal validation. They will be published in the Service Children's Education Annual Report and Accounts, copies of which will be placed in the Library of the House in due course.I also refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 2 February 2006, Official Report, columns 708-709W, by the then Under Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Touhig) which gave answers for the years from 1997 to 2004.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
156042; 465 c480W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Standards Service Children's Education
Link
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