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Written question asked by Baroness Hoey (Labour) on Thursday, 7 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 January 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 18 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Vauxhall

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Vauxhall constituency, the effects on the constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.
Answer

Since 1997 the Government have transformed education and child care with improved outcomes for children and young people. Figures showing the improvement in performance at Key Stage 2 and at GCSE and equivalents in Vauxhall are given in the following tables:

Key Stage 2 results of 11-year-old pupils attending schools in the Vauxhall constituency
Percentage of pupils gaining level 4 and above
1997 2009³ Percentage point improvement 1997-2008
Vauxhall—English¹ 45 79 34
Vauxhall—maths¹ 46 79 33
Vauxhall—science¹ 52 87 35
England—English² 63 80 17
England—maths² 62 79 17
England—science² 68 88 20
¹ Pupils attending schools in Vauxhall constituency.
² The average for all schools in England.
³ Revised data.
GCSE and equivalents¹ results for pupils² attending schools in the Vauxhall constituency
Percentage of pupils gaining level 4 and above
1997 2008 2009³ Percentage point improvement 1997-2008
Vauxhall—5 plus A*-C 23.0 56.8 n/a 33.8
Vauxhall—5 plus A*-G 79.1 90.6 n/a 11.5
National average—5 plus A*-C 45.1 65.3 69.7 20.2
National Average—5 plus A*-G 86.4 91.6 92.5 5.2
¹ From 2004 results incorporate GCSEs, GNVQs and a range of other qualifications approved pre-16. Prior to 2004 results are based on GCSEs and GNVQs only.
² From 2006 figures are for pupils at the end of Key Stage 4. Prior to 2006 results are based on pupils aged 15.
³ Provisional data.

Further information by constituency is provided within the Department's 'In Your Area' website available at"http://www.dfes.gov.uk/inyourarea"Information available at constituency level includes the number of specialist schools, number of operational academies, number of teaching assistants and other support staff, number of teachers and pupil:teacher ratios. Where information is not available at constituency level it has been provided at local authority level.Additional information could be provided at only disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c164W; 310336
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Department for Children, Schools and Families Vauxhall
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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