To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools had over 5 per cent. absence levels from Key Stage 3 tests in the years 2005 to 2008; and if he will make a statement. (203145)

Information on schools’ Key Stage 3 (KS3) test absence levels for the years 2005-07 can be found on the Department’s Achievement and Attainment Tables website at:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/performancetables/.

Information on schools’ KS3 test absence levels for the KS3 2008 tests will be published on the Achievement and Attainment Tables website in February 2009.