Written question asked by Barry Sheerman (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 December 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 December 2012. It was answered by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 19 December 2012 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Schools: Admissions

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education for what reasons his Department does not gather information on pupil turnover rates.

[132095]

Answer

The Department's approach is to collect data at child level that can then be used for a wide range of analyses. The National Pupil Database (NPD) is populated with data from child level data collections and to an extent it is possible to use NPD data to calculate measures of pupil turnover by tracking where pupils attend school at different points in time. Pupil turnover can however be defined in a number of ways, depending on the purpose.

The 2012 School and College Performance Tables will for the first time include a measure linked to turnover. Key Stage 2 tables will show the attainment and progress of non-mobile pupils, defined as those who have been in the same school throughout years 5 and 6. Similarly, the Key Stage 4 tables will include non-mobile pupils, defined as those who have been in the same school throughout years 10 and 11.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 132095; 555 c843W
Session: 2012-13
Subjects: Admissions Schools
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

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