Written question asked by Mike Hall (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 September 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 October 2003. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 October 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 (a) boys and (b) girls reached the required standards in (i) English and (ii) maths at key stage (A) 1, (B) 2, (C) 3 and (D) 4 in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority, using value added data. - Includes ref to information requested in this question in Library in answer to PQ127922.

Answer: Mr. Mike Hall: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) boys and (b) girls reached the required standards in (i) English and (ii) maths at key stage (A) 1, (B) 2, (C) 3 and (D) 4 in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority, using value added data. [131467] Mr. Miliband: The information requested in this question has been placed in the Library in answer to PQ127922. The tables show, for each local education authority, the number of boys and girls in maintained schools who achieved the expected level in each year from 1997 to 2002. The figures shown are based on: Pupils achieving level 2 or above at Key Stage 1 in reading and in maths Pupils achieving level 4 or above at Key Stage 2 in English and in maths Pupils achieving level 5 or above at Key Stage 3 in English and in maths Pupils achieving good grades (A*--C) at GCSE in English and in maths.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 131467; 411 c130W;411 c166W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Education English language Local education authorities Pupils Standards Secondary education Literacy Mathematics Numeracy
Contains statistics: Yes
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