Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 July 2003. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 July 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, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd June, 407 c555W, on specialist schools, if he will list average point scores for each of the four specialisations.

Answer: Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his Answer of 23 June, Official Report, column 555W, on specialist schools, if he will list average point scores for each of the four specialisations. [124171] Mr. Miliband: The 2002 results, for those schools which were operational specialist schools1 as at September 2001, are shown in the following table. 2002 average capped GCSE/GNVQ point score _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Arts Colleges 34.2 Language Colleges 39.1 Sports Colleges 33.7 Technology Colleges 36.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Special schools are excluded from these figures.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 124171; 408 c683W;408 c681W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Arts Languages Secondary education Sports Technology Specialist schools GCSE GNVQs
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