Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 June 2003. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Monday, 23 June 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 10th June, 406 c784W, on specialist status schools, if he will make a statement on the variation in the average capped GCSE/GNVQ point scores among pupils attending (a) languages colleges, (b) sports colleges, (c) arts colleges and (d) technology colleges.

Answer: Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 10 June 2003, Official Report, column 784W, on specialist status schools, if he will make a statement on the variation in the average capped GCSE/GNVQ point scores among pupils attending (a) languages colleges, (b) sports colleges, (c) arts colleges and (d) technology colleges. [119793] Mr. Miliband: In 2002, specialist schools outperformed non-specialist schools where the GCSE capped average point score was considered. When considering the individual specialist subjects, technology colleges had the highest average point score of the four specialisms. Technology, language and arts colleges all performed above the non-specialist average. The performance of sports colleges was slightly below the non-specialist average.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 119793; 407 c555W;407 c558W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Arts Languages Secondary education Sports Technology Specialist schools GCSE GNVQs
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