(2) how many and what proportion of children classified as having (a) hearing and (b) vision impairment achieved five A* to C grades in their GCSE exams in each of the last 10 years;
(3) how many and what proportion of children classified as having (a) hearing and (b) vision impairment achieved five A* to C grades including mathematics and English in their GCSE exams in each of the last 10 years.
The Department only collects data by type of special educational need for children at School Action Plus or with statements. School Action Plus, under the SEN Code of Practice, enables a school to receive some external help to meet a child's SEN. An SEN statement is drawn up by a local authority, following an assessment, when it is necessary to determine the special educational provision which a child's learning difficulties call for.
The available 2007 information is attached to the Statistical First Release (SFR) National Curriculum Assessment, GCSE and Equivalent Attainment and Post-16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics, in England 2006/07.
KS2 can be found in Table 73 (key stage 2 attainment by SEN stage and primary SEN type) and at KS4 is in Table 74 (key stage 4 attainment for pupils at School Action Plus or with statements by primary SEN type). This information can be found at
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000759/SFR38_2007_Additional_100708.xls.
A similar analysis was also carried out in 2006 and the relevant information is given as follows.
This information is not available for years before 2005 when type of SEN information for pupils was not collected. Information for 2005 can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Having published this data in 2007, the Department will publish it for subsequent years when the data are available.
The analysis only relates to the primary SEN type of pupils. Some of these children may also have a secondary SEN type which has not been taken into consideration in the analysis.
Number of pupils with a hearing impairment at School Action Plus = 505 Number of pupils with a visual impairment at School Action Plus = 320 Number of pupils with a hearing impairment with statements = 415 Number of pupils with a visual impairment with statements = 230 Reading Writing Maths Science School Action Plus Hearing impairment 73 65 80 78 Visual impairment 64 58 75 73 Statement Hearing impairment 40 34 53 45 Visual impairment 52 51 62 61 Note: Figures relate to seven-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August) in maintained schools.
English Maths Science Percentage achieving Level 4+ Total eligible pupils Percentage achieving Level 4+ Total eligible pupils Percentage achieving Level 4+ Total eligible pupils School Action Plus Hearing impairment 63 550 61 550 75 550 Visual impairment 67 290 63 290 81 290 Statement Hearing impairment 30 495 36 500 48 500 Visual impairment 48 300 49 300 66 300 Note: Figures relate to 11-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August) in maintained schools.
English Maths Science Percentage achieving Level 5+ Total eligible pupils Percentage achieving Level 5+ Total eligible pupils Percentage achieving Level 5+ Total eligible pupils School Action Plus Hearing impairment 59 655 63 655 57 655 Visual impairment 59 285 68 285 65 285 Statement Hearing impairment 29 565 39 580 31 585 Visual impairment 47 395 53 390 49 390 Note: Figures relate to 13-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August) in maintained schools.
Number of pupils with a hearing impairment at School Action Plus = 595 Number of pupils with a visual impairment at School Action Plus = 240 Number of pupils with a hearing impairment with statements = 505 Number of pupils with a visual impairment with statements = 370 5 or more GCSE A*-C grades (or equivalent) 5 or more GCSE A*-C grades including English and Mathematics (or equivalent) School Action Plus Hearing impairment 46 33 Visual impairment 46 32 Statement Hearing impairment 31 18 Visual impairment 44 30 Note: Figures relate to pupils at the end of key stage 4 in maintained schools.