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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many (a) Pakistani, (b) black African, (c) Bangladeshi, (d) white, (e) Indian, (f) Chinese and (g) black Caribbean (i) males and (ii) females achieved (A) level 2 or above at Key Stage 1, (B) level 5 or above at Key Stage 3 and (C) level 4 or above at Key Stage 2 in (1) English, (2) mathematics and (3) science in each year since 1994 in Greater London, broken down by borough; [173256] (2) how many (a) black Caribbean, (b) Pakistani, (c) black African, (d) Bangladeshi, (e) white, (f) Indian and (g) Chinese (i) males and (ii) females achieved five A*-C grades at GCSE in each year since 1994 in Greater London, broken down by borough. [173255] Mr. Miliband: I will answer these questions together. Prior to 2002 national level analyses by pupil characteristic were not possible. In January 2002 the Annual Schools' Census (ASC) introduced a major change in that maintained primary, secondary and special schools reported data at an individual pupil level for the first time. The introduction of the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) in 2002 meant that for the first time pupil characteristic information could be matched to pupil attainment data, allowing comparisons of the performance of different groups of pupils. The information requested has been placed in the Library.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

421 c915W; 173256;173255

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Assessments Women Greater London Ethnic groups English language National curriculum tests Minority groups Men Standards Science Afro-Caribbeans Asians GCSE Mathematics

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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