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Building Schools for the Future Programme

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of GCSE results at grade A* to C were achieved by schools that have had (a) full and (b) partial refurbishment under the Building Schools for the Future programme in each of the last five years. (219284)

There are currently 13 schools which have completed their full or partial refurbishment through the Building Schools for the Future programme and so the contribution made by these schools to the number of A*-C grades at GCSE is very small. Following is a table of the percentage of pupils achieving five or more A*-C GCSE grades (or equivalent) in each school.

New build schools

Name

Local authority

Percentage of pupils GCSE achieving 5 A*-C grades (or equivalent)

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Solihull Centre for Inclusive Learning (Merston and Forest Oak Special Schools)

Solihull

1

0

0

0

0

Bamburgh School

South Tyneside and Gateshead

14

5

22

8

14

Sixth Form Centre

Haringey

2

2

2

2

2

Brunel Academy3

Bristol

31

23

25

23

n/a

Sandon High School

Stoke

47

49

42

49

42

The Michael Tippett School

Lambeth

1

1

0

0

0

Bristol Metropolitan College4

Bristol

31

31

31

28

43

All Saints

Newcastle

13

23

40

32

48

The Chaucer Business and Enterprise College

Sheffield

25

24

27

20

39

Oxclose

Sunderland

71

66

69

62

66

The Elmgreen School

Lambeth

5

5

5

5

5

Birches Head

Stoke

33

32

36

49

45

The Ifield School

Kent

0

0

0

0

0

1 No pupils entered

2 Not available. Not in KS4 tables

3 Previously known as Speedwell Technology College

4 Previously known as Whitefields Fishponds

5 Not available. Opened in September 2007

Note:

Figures relate to 15-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August)

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many Building Schools for the Future projects are planned to take place in schools which had fewer than 30 per cent. of their pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at grade C or above, including English and mathematics in 2007; and how much funding is due to be allocated to such schools for the programme; (219285)

(2) how many Building Schools for the Future projects are due to take place in schools that did not achieve 30 per cent. of their pupils obtaining five A* to C grades at GCSE in 2007; and what the expenditure on those projects will be.

As explained in my response to the hon. Gentleman’s question 217564 on 15 July, Official Report, column 378W, Building Schools for the Future (BSF) funding is provided to local authorities as an ‘envelope’ to allow allocation of resources to individual schools reflecting the local view on priorities and needs. Details of allocations to BSF local authorities are included in the answer to his question 217532 on 15 July, Official Report, column 377W.

15 secondary schools, where in 2007 fewer than 30 per cent. of pupils attained five or more good GCSEs including English and mathematics, are expected to open in new or remodelled BSF buildings this financial year. A further 256 will benefit from funding as part of current Building Schools for the Future projects, either through Local Education Partnerships, the Partnerships for Schools National Framework or as One School Pathfinders. An additional 73 are included in pre-BSF private finance initiative projects, and 29 are being, or have been built under the DCSF Academies programme.