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Written question asked by Adrian Flook (Conservative) on Wednesday, 5 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 November 2003. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Monday, 17 November 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, how many pupils entered secondary education in Somerset in each of the last six years; and how many secondary school admission appeals there were in the Somerset Local Education Authority in the same periods, broken down by (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful appeals. - Including table.
Answer

Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils entered secondary education in Somerset in each of the last six years; and how many secondary school admission appeals there were in the Somerset local education authority in the same periods, broken down by (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful appeals. [137382] Mr. Miliband: The available information is shown in the table. Maintained secondary schools: appeals lodged by parents against non-admission of their children 1996/97 to 2001/02 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Somerset local education authority Appeals heard Appeals decided in parent's favour Number of Number of Number Percentage1 Number Percentage2 admissions appeals 1996/97 6,163 115 88 76.5 43 48.9 1997/98 6,333 186 157 84.4 90 57.3 1998/99 6,466 160 122 76.3 60 49.2 1999/2000 6,869 141 83 58.9 47 56.6 2000/01 6,787 321 190 59.2 127 66.8 2001/02 37,700 361 236 65.4 153 64.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Number of appeals heard expressed as a percentage of number of appeals lodged. 2 Number of appeals decided in parent's favour expressed as a percentage of number of appeals heard. 3 Due to changes in the underlying data collection the number of admissions shown here is not directly comparable with those for earlier years. In previous years the number of admissions reflected the total number of pupils of the school's basic entry age who started school at the start of the academic year. In 2001/02 the coverage is extended to all new admissions to schools regardless of pupils' age. Rounded to nearest 100. Source: Annual Schools' Census and Admission Appeals Survey

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
137382; 413 c554W
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Admissions Appeals Secondary education Somerset
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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