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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the level of attainment at Key Stage 4 of pupils in Pupil Referral units. [194764] Mr. Miliband: Through the pupil level annual school census (taken in January of each year) it is possible to identify which pupils are recorded on the roll of a school. Pupils in Pupil Referral Units can also be recorded on the roll of a mainstream school. In these cases the pupil is counted at the mainstream school, leaving only those pupils solely registered at a PRU contributing towards results for PRUs. The majority of pupils should only be in Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) for a short time, as the focus should be primarily on getting them back in to a mainstream school as soon as possible. Levels of attainment by pupils solely registered in PRUs are variable. Provisional figures for 2004 indicate that 0.4 per cent. of 15-year-old pupils in Pupil Referral Units in England achieved 5 or more grades A*-C at GCSE and Equivalent, 4.7 per cent. achieved 5 or more grades A*-G and 48.6 per cent. achieved at least one pass in an approved qualification. The attainment by pupils, who are solely-registered at a PRU at the time of the Pupil Level Annual School Census, over the last 3 years is shown within the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of 15- Proportion of 15-year-old pupils in PRUs Proportion of 15-year-old pupils Nationally year-old achieving: achieving: pupils in PRUs 5+ A*-C 5+ A*-G Any passes 5+ A*-C 5+ A*-G Any passes 20041 4,727 0.4 4.7 48.6 53.4 88.6 4.2 2003 3,999 0.4 4.4 36.5 52.9 88.8 5.2 2002 2,960 1.5 8.6 63.0 51.6 88.9 5.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Provisional. The 2004 figures quoted within the table relate to results in GCSEs and a wide range of other qualifications approved for use pre-16 which are being reported for the first time this year. Figures shown for 2002 and 2003 are based on results on GCSEs and GNVQs only.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

194764; 426 c2154W;426 c2160W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Assessments Pupils Standards GCSE Pupil referral units

Contains statistics

Yes

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