Service Children's Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what proportion of 11-year-olds in schools operated by Service Children's Education achieved level 4 in (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) science, (d) reading, (e) writing, (f) reading and writing and (g) reading, writing and mathematics in each year since 1997. (156042)

The information for 2005 and 2006 is shown in the table:

*SCE Key Stage 2 Student Performance—Level 4*
	2005	2006
Subject	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
English	700	83	611	82
Mathematics	634	75	598	79
Science	749	89	696	92
Reading	740	87	648	87
Writing	550	65	495	67
Reading and Writing	543	64	485	65
Reading, Writing and Mathematics	488	58	450	60

Academic results for 2007 await formal validation. They will be published in the Service Children’s Education Annual Report and Accounts, copies of which will be placed in the Library of the House in due course.

I also refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 2 February 2006, Official Report, columns 708-709W, by the then Under Secretary of State for Defence, my hon. Friend the Member for gave answers for the years from 1997 to 2004.

Volume 465: debated on Thursday 25 October 2007