Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 1 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 December 2003. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 December 2003 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in how many specialist (a) technology, (b) sports, (c) arts and (d) languages colleges the proportion of selective admissions exceeds 10 per cent. of their pupil intake. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in how many specialist (a) technology, (b) sports, (c) arts and (d) languages colleges the proportion of selective admissions exceeds 10 per cent. of their pupil intake. [141795] Mr. Miliband: The information requested is set out in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Specialism Grammar schools Selection exceeds 10 per cent. Total (Non-Grammar) (a) Arts 5 1 6 (b) Language 24 -- 24 (c) Sports 6 -- 6 (d) Technology 18 5 23 Total 53 6 59 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Our figures suggest that 40 specialist schools selected by aptitude in 2001. Most of these specialist schools which select by aptitude were selecting by aptitude prior to the 1998 Act, therefore some schools select more than 10 per cent. of their pupils on this basis.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 415 c967W; 141795
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Admissions Arts Languages Schools Sports Technology Specialist schools Physical education
Contains statistics: Yes
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