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Teaching Methods: Portsmouth

Volume 459: debated on Tuesday 17 April 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when Admiral Lord Nelson Business and Enterprise College in Portsmouth adopted the two year Key Stage 3 approach referred to in the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority secondary curriculum review supporting materials; and what results were achieved at Key Stage 3 in (a) the year before adopting this approach and (b) each year since adopting this approach. (130317)

Admiral Lord Nelson Business and Enterprise College in Portsmouth adopted a two year Key stage 3 approach five years ago.

Results achieved by schools at Key Stage 3 have only been published since 2002. The Admiral Lord Nelson Business and Enterprise College Key Stage 3 results from 2002 onwards are reproduced in the following table.

Percentage of pupils achieving level 5 or above: English

Percentage of pupils achieving level 5 or above: Maths

Percentage of pupils achieving level 5 or above: Science

2002

78

74

70

2003

85

80

76

2004

77

83

59

2005

68

72

61

2006

74

82

72