To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will list the (a) top 20 and (b) bottom 20 maintained secondary schools in England on the basis of the proposition of pupils obtaining five A* to C GCSEs in 2007, setting out in each case (i) GCSE performance, (ii) percentage of children eligible for free school meals, (iii) school type, (iv) local authority, (v) OFSTED classification and (vi) percentage of statemented children. (166030)

This information is not available until the publication of the KS4 Achievement and Attainment Tables on 10 January 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of secondary schools had fewer than (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent., (c) 30 per cent., (d) 40 per cent., (e) 50 per cent., (f) 60 per cent., (g) 70 per cent., (h) 80 per cent. and (i) 90 per cent., of pupils obtaining five A* to C grades in GCSEs (i) including English and mathematics and (ii) in all subjects in the latest year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. (168199)

Information on secondary schools and the pupils in each school achieving 5+ A*-C and 5+ A*-C including English and mathematics is included in the 2006 key stage 4 achievement and attainment tables. Full details of each school and the requested information can be found in the House of Commons Library. 2007 figures will be available from January 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools in each local education authority area had fewer than (a) 30 per cent. and (b) 40 per cent. of pupils achieving five passes at GCSE including mathematics and English in each of the last three years. (170290)

[holding answer 3 December 2007]: Information for each of the years individually is in the Library.

We have summarised the figures in the following table showing the number of schools in each local authority achieving fewer than (a) 30 per cent. and (b) 40 per cent. in all of the last three years.

These figures relate to maintained schools only. Schools without published results for each of the last three years are not included in the analysis.

To answer this question, figures for the academic years 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 have been used as the data for 2006-07 have not yet been published. Schools and colleges will get the chance to amend their results before the revised data are published in January 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which secondary schools had less than 30 per cent. of pupils securing five A*-C GCSEs including mathematics and English in the latest reporting period, broken down by local authority; what percentage of pupils in each school (a) were eligible for free school meals and (b) secured five A*-C GCSEs, including mathematics and English; and whether specialist status had been achieved by each. (170790)

The information required has been placed in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of students at Key Stage 3 achieved (a) no GCSE passes and (b) fewer than five GCSE passes in each year between 1996 and 2007. (174195)

The information requested is contained in the following table.

Figures for pupils at the end of key stage 4 are only available from 2004/05 onwards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils failed in GCSE exams in (a) history, (b) geography, (c) mathematics, (d) French, (e) science, (f) physics, (g) chemistry and (h) physical education in each year from 1997 to 2007. (174197)

The available information on GCSE exams is shown in the following table. The revised 2007 data will be available in SFR 01/2008 GCSE and equivalent examination results in England 2006-07 (revised) and will be published on the Department's website in January.