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Armed Forces: Service Children's Education

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Derek Twigg) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The chief executive of Service Children’s Education has been set the following key targets for 2008-09. Key Target 1 To match England performance at key stages 1, 2 and 3 in all subject elements. Key Target 2 In each of the key stages 1, 2 and 3 exceed national (England) achievement by 3 per cent in a majority of the 12 subject elements. At the higher levels of attainment (that is, level 3+ at key stage1, level 5+ at key stage 2, level 6+ at key stage 3) match or exceed the national level of performance in 10 of the 12 subject elements. Key Target 3 At GCSE level, improve the percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more A* to C (including mathematics and English) from 2007-08 (45 per cent). At GCSE level, achieve an average points score within 10 points of the national (England) ““capped”” upper quartile figure. At GCE A-level, achieve 72 per cent of pupil entries obtaining grades A to C.       Key Target 4 SCE to achieve a notional position in the English local authority league tables, within the leading 25 (of 150) LAs at each of key stages 1, 2 and 3. Key Target 5 To achieve grade 3, or above, for the overall effectiveness of the school in 100 per cent of schools inspected, and grade 2, or above, in not less than 66 per cent of schools inspected.  Key Target 6 To achieve an overall parental customer satisfaction rating of at least 85 per cent in the 2008-09 parental survey.