Secondary Education: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children aged 11 to 16 years (a) there were in Newcastle-upon-Tyne local education authority schools and (b) were resident in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in each year from 2004 to 2007. (178192)

The information requested is set out as follows:

*Local authority cross border movement of pupils resident in England*
Newcastle upon Tyne local authority	2007	2006	2005	2004
Secondary^{1, 2}
Number of pupils residing in LA³	14,574	14,812	15,059	14,038
Number of pupils⁴ attending schools maintained by the LA	14,115	14,414	14,687	13,920
Number of pupils in residence and attending schools maintained by the LA	13,316	13,565	13,820	13,054

Special^{1, 5}
Number of pupils residing in LA³	291	286	244	246
Number of pupils⁴attending schools maintained by the LA	306	306	296	296
Number of pupils in residence and attending schools maintained by the LA	248	246	218	214
¹ Excludes pupils reported to be boarders. ² Includes; Solely registered and main registration of dually registered pupils. Pupils aged 11 to 15 as at 31 August attending local authority maintained secondary middle deemed secondary, city technology colleges and academies. ³Includes pupils attending maintained schools outside the LA. ⁴Includes unmatched records, (i.e. with missing or invalid postcodes) ⁵Includes: Solely registered and main registration of dually registered pupils. Pupils aged 11 to 15 as at 31 August 2006 attending maintained and non-maintained special schools.

Volume 470: debated on Tuesday 22 January 2008