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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools (a) opened a new sixth form and (b) closed their sixth form in each of the last three years; in which learning and skills councils area they are located; and what the average A level points score was of each school listed under (a). [18380] Mr. Ivan Lewis: Proposals have been approved for the following schools to open new, or close existing, sixth forms during the past three years. (a) New sixth forms _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year/name of school LEA LSC area Average point score per student based on 2001 A/AS/AGNVQ results 2001 Kesgrave High School Suffolk Suffolk n/a 2000 Hamstead Hall School Birmingham Birmingham and Solihull 16.6 The Axe Valley Community College Devon Devon and Cornwall n/a St. Edwards RC/CofE VA School Poole Bournemouth/Dorset/Poole 15.2 1999 The Compton High School and Ealing London West 4.7 Sports College Filsham Valley School East Sussex Sussex 10.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (b) Closed sixth forms _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Name of school LEA LSC area 2001 St. Edmunds Catholic School Portsmouth Hampshire and Isle of Wight Normanton Freeston Voluntary Controlled High Wakefield West Yorkshire School The Petersfield School Hampshire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Hull Trinity House School Kingston upon Hull Humberside 2000 Beaumont Leys School Leicester City Leicestershire Breckfield Community Comprehensive School Liverpool Merseyside and Halton Campion Catholic High School Liverpool Merseyside and Halton St. Benedict's Catholic High School Wirral Merseyside and Halton 1999 Babington Community Technology College Leicester City Leicestershire Malory School Lewisham London East Our Lady's Catholic High School Liverpool Merseyside and Halton Broadoak Community School North Somerset West of England _________________________________________________________________________________________________. n/a = not available

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

18380; 376 c452-4W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Closures Qualifications Pupils Location Schools Sixth form education GCE A-level

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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