Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills why the figures for the total number of secondary schools where fewer than 50 per cent. of pupils achieved level 5 or above in each subject at key stage 3 published in SFR 07/2007 differs from the total number of secondary schools given in the sixth column of table 1 in SFR 38/2006. (125162)

SFR 07/2007 shows progress towards the PSA target. This school level target covers all maintained mainstream schools published with key stage 3 results in the achievement and attainment tables. SFR 38/2006 contains figures collected during the school census in January 2006. The number of secondary schools given in the sixth column of table 1 includes all those open on 19 January 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of pupils who took the Key Stage 3 tests in (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) science in 2006 attained each level at Key Stage 2. (125327)

The information requested has been placed in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of pupils who took the Key Stage 3 tests in (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) science in 2006 attained the same level or below the level they attained at Key Stage 2, broken down by those who attained (i) level 3, (ii) level 4 and (iii) level 5 at Key Stage 2. (125329)

The information requested is shown in the table.

*Pupils attaining level 3, level 4 or level 5*¹ *in the 2006 Key Stage 3 tests who attained level 3, level 4 or level 5 in the 2003 Key Stage 2 tests*² *analyzed by subject*
Achievement at Key Stage 2	Number achieving same level or below at Key Stage 3^3,4	Percentage achieving same level or below at Key Stage 3
English Level 3	19,100	19
English Level 4	37,400	13
English Level 5	27,700	18
Mathematics Level 3	10,600	9
Mathematics Level 4	15,500	6
Mathematics Level 5	2,500	2
Science Level 3	19,400	33
Science Level 4	75,900	27
Science Level 5	45,300	19
¹ Includes pupils at levels 2, 3, 4, 5, B, N at Key Stage 3. ² Results of Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 tests, not Teacher Assessments. ³ Numbers rounded to the nearest hundred. ⁴ Number of pupils attaining level 3, level 4 or level 5 in 2006 Key Stage 3 tests and attaining level 3, level 4 or level 5 in Key Stage 2 tests expressed as a percentage of all pupils attaining level 3, level 4 or level 5 in Key Stage 2 tests.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of pupils who attained level 4 or below in the 2006 key stage 3 tests in (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) science had attained level 4 or above at key stage 2. (125332)

The information can be found in the following table.

*Pupils attaining level 4 or below*¹ *in the 2006 key stage 3 tests who attained level 4 or above in the 2003 key stage 2 tests*² *analyzed by subject.*
Subject	Key stage 2 level 4 and above^3,4	Percentage
English	38,200	9
Mathematics	15,800	4
Science	80,400	16
¹ Includes pupils at levels 2, 3, 4, B, N at key stage 3. ² Results of key stage 2 and key stage 3 tests, not teacher assessments. ³ Numbers rounded to the nearest 100. ⁴ Number of pupils attaining level 4 or below in 2006 key stage 3 tests and attaining level 4 or above in key stage 2 tests expressed as a percentage of all pupils attaining level 4 or above in key stage 2 tests.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of pupils who attained level 5 or below in the 2006 key stage 3 tests in (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) science had attained level 5 or above at key stage 2. (125333)

The information requested is shown in the table.

*Pupils attaining level 5 or below*¹ *in the 2006 key stage 3 tests who attained level 5 in the 2003 key stage 2 tests*² *analyzed by subject*
Key stage 3 tests	Number of pupils^3,4	Proportion of pupils
English	27,700	18
Mathematics	2,500	2
Science	45,300	19
¹ Includes pupils at levels 2, 3, 4, 5, B, N at key stage 3. ² Results of key stage 2 and key stage 3 tests, not teacher assessments. ³ Numbers rounded to the nearest 100. ⁴ Number of pupils attaining level 5 or below in 2006 key stage 3 tests and attaining level 5 in key stage 2 tests expressed as a percentage of all pupils attaining level 5 in key stage 2 tests.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many maintained mainstream schools there were where (a) at least one pupil, (b) more than 10 pupils and (c) more than 50 per cent. of 14-year-old pupils attained a lower or the same level at key stage 3 in 2006 than they had attained at key stage 2. (125334)

The information requested is shown in the following table.

*Number of maintained mainstream schools where 14-year-old pupils attained a lower or the same level at key stage 3 in 2006*¹ *than they had attained at key stage 2*
Number of schools	English	Mathematics	Science
At least one pupil	3,065	2,889	3,083
More than 10 pupils	2,373	924	2,883
More than 50 per cent.	11	0	99
¹ Revised data

Volume 458: debated on Wednesday 28 March 2007