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Schools (Opportunity to Study for Qualifications)

Ten minute rule motion for leave to bring in a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 194). To be read a second time on 27 March.

Lead member

Chris Skidmore

Answering member

Fiona Mactaggart

Type

Debates on bills

Date

24 March 2015

Reference

594 cc1323-8

House

House of Commons

Languages: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils were not entered for a modern foreign language GCSE in each year since 1997.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 December 2011

Reference

80868; 537 c1224W

House

House of Commons

Pupils: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils there were where English was an additional language in the last 12 months.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 February 2011

Reference

35021; 522 c969-70W

House

House of Commons

Pupils: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of primary schools had more than 50 per cent. of pupils with English as an additional language in each year since 1997.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 January 2011

For answer on

19 January 2011

Answered on

3 February 2011

The requested information is shown in the following table:

Number and percentage of primary schools¹ with more than 50% of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English² January 1997 to 2010—England
	Number of primary schools¹
	With more than 50% of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English²	Total	Percentage
1997³	685	18,392	3.7
1998	789	18,312	4.3
1999	762	18,234	4.2
2000	793	18,158	4.4
20014	903	18,069	5.0
2002	935	17,985	5.2
2003	933	17,861	5.2
2004	976	17,762	5.5
2005	1,019	17,642	5.8
2006	1,069	17,504	6.1
2007	1,149	17,361	6.6
2008	1,216	17,205	7.1
2009	1,284	17,064	7.5
2010	1,328	16,971	7.8
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed.
² Pupils of compulsory school age and above, as at 31 August prior to each year shown, were classified by first language. Excludes dual registrations.
³ Includes four schools where pupils below compulsory school age may have been included in the count of pupils whose first language was known or believed to be other than English.
4 Includes 78 schools where pupils below compulsory school age may have been included in the count of pupils whose first language was known or believed to be other than English.
Source:
School Census

Date

3 February 2011

Reference

34996; 522 c970W

House

House of Commons

GCE A-level

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many pupils in further education colleges were entered for a modern foreign languages A-level in (a) comprehensive schools, (b) maintained selective schools and (c) independent schools in each year since 1997; and what proportion this represented of the total number...

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

25 October 2010

For answer on

27 October 2010

Answered on

29 November 2010

The information is shown in the following tables.

Number and percentage of students in further education who were entered for a modern foreign languages A-level by type of institution
	Comprehensive schools	Maintained selective schools	Independent schools
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
1997	13,436	14.6	4,031	23.8	11,117	30.6
1998	13,022	13.4	3,898	22.2	10,907	29.8
1999	12,374	12.5	3,614	20.4	10,664	29.0
2000	10,897	11.0	3,386	18.9	9,965	28.0
2001	11,080	10.7	3,538	19.3	9,902	28.8
2002	9,695	8.8	3,339	18.3	9,525	29.0
2003	9,257	8.0	3,094	16.4	9,667	28.3
2004	8,984	7.7	3,073	15.9	9,535	27.4
2005	8,897	7.6	3,061	15.3	9,225	27.5
2006	9,609	8.2	3,071	15.3	9,423	27.9
2007	9,814	8.7	3,350	16.2	9,168	27.5
2008	10,318	8.8	3,416	16.1	9,560	27.7
2009	10,184	8.5	3,213	15.2	10,022	28.4
2010¹	10,839	8.6	3,571	16.2	9,087	25.5

Number and percentage of students in further education who were entered for a chemistry A-level by type of institution
	Comprehensive schools	Maintained selective schools	Independent schools
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
1997	14,460	15.7	3,961	23.4	8,703	24.0
1998	14,718	15.2	4,200	23.9	8,996	24.6
1999	14,333	14.5	4,162	23.5	8,833	24.0
2000	14,318	14.4	4,248	23.7	8,521	24.0
2001	13,601	13.1	4,307	23.4	8,326	24.2
2002	13,236	12.0	4,264	23.3	7,922	24.1
2003	12,202	10.6	4,246	22.5	7,788	22.8
2004	12,528	10.7	4,405	22.8	8,185	23.5
2005	13,031	11.2	4,532	22.7	7,980	23.8
2006	13,592	11.7	4,858	24.2	8,072	23.9
2007	13,861	12.3	5,013	24.3	7,850	23.6
2008	14,286	12.2	5,396	25.5	7,966	23.0
2009	14,770	12.3	5,321	25.1	7,968	22.6
2010¹	16,674	13.3	6,019	27.4	8,078	22.7

Number and percentage of students in further education who were entered for a psychology A-level by type of institution
	Comprehensive schools	Maintained selective schools	Independent schools
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
1997	6,230	6.8	837	4.9	463	1.3
1998	7,782	8.0	1,021	5.8	575	1.6
1999	8,586	8.7	1,168	6.6	595	1.6
2000	9,669	9.8	1,283	7.1	790	2.2
2001	11,109	10.7	1,468	8.0	751	2.2
2002	14,066	12.8	2,034	11.1	1,404	4.3
2003	16,830	14.6	2,702	14.3	2,033	6.0
2004	19,484	16.7	3,113	16.1	2,505	7.2
2005	21,696	18.6	3,585	17.9	2,507	7.5
2006	23,003	19.7	3,883	19.4	2,799	8.3
2007	22,743	20.1	3,890	18.9	2,820	8.5
2008	23,379	20.0	3,948	18.6	3,035	8.8
2009	23,910	19.9	3,821	18.0	3,134	8.9
2010¹	25,604	20.4	4,264	19.4	3,315	9.3

Number and percentage of students in further education who were entered for a physics A-level by type of institution
	Comprehensive schools	Maintained selective schools	Independent schools
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
1997	12,126	13.2	3,305	19.5	6,454	17.8
1998	12,546	12.9	3,582	20.4	6,648	18.2
1999	12,694	12.8	3,575	20.2	6,734	18.3
2000	12,098	12.2	3,622	20.2	6,467	18.2
2001	12,052	11.6	3,568	19.4	6,455	18.7
2002	12,221	11.1	3,603	19.7	6,190	18.9
2003	11,175	9.7	3,537	18.8	6,143	18.0
2004	10,202	8.7	3,298	17.1	6,037	17.3
2005	10,313	8.9	3,339	16.7	5,469	16.3
2006	9,916	8.5	3,167	15.8	5,651	16.7
2007	9,921	8.8	3,291	16.0	5,423	16.3
2008	10,118	8.7	3,491	16.5	5,627	16.3
2009	10,748	9.0	3,527	16.7	5,796	16.4
2010¹	11,875	9.5	3,817	17.4	6,144	17.2
¹ Figures for 2010 are provisional, all other years are final.
Source:
Achievement and Attainment Tables (AATs).

Date

29 November 2010

Reference

20224; 519 c519-22W

House

House of Commons

Languages: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils were entered for a GCSE in a modern foreign language in 2009 in each local authority; and what proportion this represented of the total number of pupils entered for GCSEs in 2009 in each case.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

25 October 2010

For answer on

27 October 2010

Answered on

22 November 2010

The requested information is shown in the following table.

Pupils at the end of KS4 entered for modern foreign language GCSEs: year 2009. Coverage: Pupils in maintained schools (including academies and CTCs). Figures do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas or those in hospital schools or PRUs— only entries in full GCSE courses are included
	Number of pupils at end KS4	Number of pupils entered for at entered for at least one MFL	% entered for at least one MFL
England (maintained sector average across all LAs)	576,421	238,657	41

North East	30,670	10,159	33
Darlington	1,188	390	33
Durham	5,740	2,060	36
Gateshead	2,160	929	43
Hartlepool	1,244	320	26
Middlesbrough	1,741	279	16
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,725	876	32
North Tyneside	2,290	853	37
Northumberland	3,800	1,284	34
Redcar and Cleveland	1,914	434	23
South Tyneside	1,913	518	27
Stockton-on-Tees	2,430	947	39
Sunderland	3,525	1,269	36

North West	83,352	32,397	39
Blackburn with Darwen	1,803	469	26
Blackpool	1,648	583	35
Bolton	3,611	1,244	34
Bury	2,221	1,228	55
Cheshire East	4,013	1,741	43
Cheshire West and Chester	3,979	1,631	41
Cumbria	6,077	2,097	35
Halton	1,542	418	27
Knowsley	1,645	589	36
Lancashire	13,657	5,756	42
Liverpool	5,357	2,070	39
Manchester	4,685	1,428	30
Oldham	3,036	862	28
Rochdale	2,612	778	30
Salford	2,347	552	24
Sefton	3,537	1,709	48
St. Helens	2,156	714	33
Stockport	3,041	1,392	46
Tameside	2,994	1,049	35
Trafford	2,895	1,677	58
Warrington	2,570	1,013	39
Wigan	3,929	1,588	40
Wirral	3,997	1,809	45

Yorkshire and Humber	60,857	22,581	37
Barnsley	2,642	717	27
Bradford	5,876	2,174	37
Calderdale	2,630	1,092	42
Doncaster	3,681	846	23
East Riding of Yorkshire	4,015	1,793	45
Kingston upon Hull, City of	2,914	787	27
Kirklees	4,708	1,870	40
Leeds	8,272	3,054	37
North East Lincolnshire	1,955	661	34
North Lincolnshire	2,030	738	36
North Yorkshire	6,990	3,187	46
Rotherham	3,676	1,112	30
Sheffield	5,740	1,839	32
Wakefield	4,014	1,739	43
York	1,714	972	57

East Midlands	51,663	21,950	42
Derby	2,862	1,203	42
Derbyshire	8,909	3,471	39
Leicester	3,496	1,628	47
Leicestershire	7,391	3,520	48
Lincolnshire	8,473	3,841	45
Northamptonshire	8,027	3,487	43
Nottingham	2,788	1,051	38
Nottinghamshire	9,243-	3,491	38
Rutland	474	258	54

West Midlands	64,883	24,246	37
Birmingham	12,292	4,531	37
Coventry	3,534	1,209	34
Dudley	3,965	1,411	36
Herefordshire	1,920	828	43
Sandwell	3,615	692	19
Shropshire	3,214	1,477	46
Solihull	3,074	1,260	41
Staffordshire	9,853	4,187	42
Stoke-on-Trent	2,720	658	24
Telford and Wrekin	2,115	740	35
Walsall	3,710	986	27
Warwickshire	5,942	2,484	42
Wolverhampton	2,742	919	34
Worcestershire	6,187	2,864	46

East of England	65,171	27,354	42
Bedford	1,859	641	34
Cambridgeshire	5,843	2,659	46
Central Bedfordshire	2,867	1,054	37
Essex	16,136	6,201	38
Hertfordshire	13,000	7,015	54
Luton	2,410	725	30
Norfolk	8,922	3,483	39
Peterborough	2,287	1,016	44
Southend-on-Sea	2,203	894	41
Suffolk	7,772	3,026	39
Thurrock	1,872	640	34

London	73,721	35,798	49
Inner London	22,960	10,577	46
Camden	1,442	752	52
Hackney	1,346	710	53
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,051	592	56
Haringey	2,160	810	38
Islington	1,414	605	43
Kensington and Chelsea	569	323	57
Lambeth	1,560	734	47
Lewisham	2,136	779	36
Newham	3,401	1,945	57
Southwark	2,366	821	35
Tower Hamlets	2,353	894	38
Wandsworth	1,854	1,029	56
Westminster	1,308	583	45

Outer London	50,761	25,221	50
Barking and Dagenham	2,044	513	25
Barnet	3,236	1,927	60
Bexley	3,187	1,363	43
Brent	2,793	1,473	53
Bromley	3,509	1,624	46
Croydon	3,651	2,065	57
Ealing	2,793	1,408	50
Enfield	3,622	1,983	55
Greenwich	2,415	797	33
Harrow	2,155	1,088	50
Havering	3,024	1,596	53
Hillingdon	2,919	1,143	39
Hounslow	2,542	1,601	63
Kingston upon Thames	1,487	951	64
Merton	1,561	575	37
Redbridge	3,241	1,726	53
Richmond upon Thames	1,407	719	51
Sutton	2,595	1,551	60
Waltham Forest	2,580	1,118	43

South East	89,497	39,634	44
Bracknell Forest	1,112	464	42
Brighton and Hove	2,289	955	42
Buckinghamshire	5,584	2,848	51
East Sussex	5,197	1,776	34
Hampshire	14,084	6,550	47
Isle of Wight	1,513	460	30
Kent	16,698	6,619	40
Medway	3,385	1,157	34
Milton Keynes	2,642	1,148	43
Oxfordshire	6,309	3,022	48
Portsmouth	1,993	701	35
Reading	958	407	42
Slough	1,488	913	61
Southampton	2,257	717	32
Surrey	10,511	5,244	50
West	Berkshire	2,000	1,207
West	Sussex	8,230	3,832
Windsor and Maidenhead	1,542	783	51
Wokingham	1,705	831	49

South West	56,607	24,538	43
Isles of Scilly	15	4	27
Bath and North East Somerset	2,172	1,099	51
Bournemouth	1,780	666	37
Bristol, City of	3,131	1,078	34
Cornwall	5,987	2,033	34
Devon	7,704	3,154	41
Dorset	4,366	2,349	54
Gloucestershire	6,882	3,325	48
North Somerset	2,265	856	38
Plymouth	2,966	1,474	50
Poole	1,684	956	57
Somerset	5,688	1,937	34
South Gloucestershire	3,107	1,538	50
Swindon	2,259	656	29
Torbay	1,518	619	41
Wiltshire	5,083	2,794	55

Date

22 November 2010

Reference

20226; 519 c98-104W

House

House of Commons

Teachers: Languages

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many maintained mainstream secondary schools do not employ a teacher with a specialism in a modern foreign language.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 November 2010

Reference

518 c55W; 20236

House

House of Commons

	Number of pupils who were not entered¹ for a modern foreign language GCSE²
1997³,5	153,500
20104,5	366,500
20114,5	377,600
¹ Includes students who were entered but received a grade X in the subject.
² Figures are given to the nearest hundred.
³ 1997 figures relate to pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year.
4 Figures for pupils at the end of key stage 4.
5 2011 figures are provisional results unchecked by schools, all other figures are final.
Source:
School and College Performance Tables.

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