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Special Educational Needs: National Curriculum Tests

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number of pupils (a) in receipt of and (b) not in receipt of free school meals who achieved level five in English, mathematics and science at Key Stage 2 in (a) 1997, (b) 2004 and (c) the latest year for which figures are available. (260538)

The requested information is not available for 1997 as prior to 2002 individual pupil characteristic information was not collected. The introduction of the pupil level annual school census (PLASC) in January 2002, which collects such information, meant that from 2002, pupil characteristic data could be matched to attainment data, allowing analyses of different groups of pupils.

The 2004 information are shown as follows:

Eligible pupilsNumber of pupils achieving level 5

English

Maths

Science

English

Maths

Science

Number of pupils achieving level 5 in all three subjects

Non-FSM

483,573

483,842

483,902

143,011

164,078

223,803

92,266

FSM

105,452

105,537

105,583

11,864

15,074

23,202

5,871

All pupil1

592,159

592,516

592,629

155,356

179,703

247,783

98,398

The 2007 information are shown as follows:

Eligible pupilsNumber of pupils achieving level 5

English

Maths

Science

English

Maths

Science

Number of pupils achieving level 5 in all three subjects

Non-FSM

475,767

475,905

475,904

173,009

167,087

237,385

109,277

FSM

93,197

93,218

93,249

13,989

14,295

24,699

6,787

All pupil1

571,345

571,501

571,531

187,438

181,761

262,688

116,267

1 Includes pupils for which information was not sought or for which information was refused.

The above figures are based on ‘final’ KS2 data.

The National Curriculum Assessments by Pupil Characteristics, GCSE and Equivalent Attainment and Post-16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics, in England 2004 can be found in SFR08/2005 at:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000564/index.shtml

The National Curriculum Assessments by Pupil Characteristics, GCSE and Equivalent Attainment and Post-16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics, in England 2006/07 can be found in SFR38/2007 at:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000759/index.shtml

However, figures in SFR08/2005 and SFR38/2007 are based on provisional data and do not contain figures for pupils achieving level 5 in English, mathematics and science.