Education written question – answered at on 13 July 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of (a) looked after children and (b) other children gained five GCSEs or equivalents at grades A* to C in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2010; and how many of those included GCSEs or equivalents in English and mathematics.
Information on the percentage of looked after children who achieve five GCSEs, as well as those who achieve five GCSEs including English and mathematics, is available in table 3.1 of the Department's Statistical First Release, Outcomes for Children Looked After by Local Authorities in England, as at
http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000978/index.shtml
Information taken from table 3.1 is shown in table 1; this follows the current practice of comparing the GCSE performance of children looked after continuously for 12 months with that of all children. Information on the GCSE performance of children who are not looked after can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Table 1: Key Stage 4 performance of children who have been looked after continuously for at least 12 months at 31 March (1) compared to Key Stage 4 performance of all children, years: 2006-10—coverage: England | |||||||
Percentage of children | |||||||
Who achieved (GCSE or equivalent) | |||||||
Number eligible to sit GCSEs (2) | Entered for at least 1 GCSE or equivalent | Entered for at least 5 GCSEs or equivalent | Any pass | 5+ GCSEs at grades A*-G | 5+ GCSEs at grades A*-C | 5+ GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and mathematics | |
2006 | 4,900 | 62.5 | 49.0 | 61.8 | 40.7 | 11.8 | 5.9 |
2007 | 4,900 | 61.8 | 48.5 | 61.3 | 40.8 | 13.5 | 6.9 |
2008 | 5,000 | 66.3 | 53.0 | 66.3 | 46.1 | 16.6 | 8.5 |
2009 | 5,000 | 68.5 | 56.0 | 68.7 | 49.7 | 21.1 | 9.8 |
2010 | 5,100 | 77.6 | 58.9 | 78.0 | 50.6 | 25.1 | 11.6 |
All children (3) | |||||||
2006 | 648,800 | 92.3 | 97.5 | 97.3 | 90.1 | 59.0 | 45.6 |
2007 | 655,100 | 94.4 | 99.5 | 98.0 | 90.9 | 61.4 | 46.3 |
2008 | 653,000 | 93.8 | 99.1 | 98.6 | 91.6 | 65.3 | 47.6 |
2009 | 634,500 | 98.8 | 94.3 | 98.9 | 92.3 | 70.0 | 49.8 |
2010 | 639,700 | 98.8 | 94.3 | 99.0 | 92.7 | 75.3 | 53.4 |
(1) Children looked after continuously for at least 12 months as at 31 March excluding those children in respite care. (2) Number of eligible children based dh those aged 15 at the start of the academic year i.e. 31 August. (3) Figures (or all children are taken from Statistical First Release. GCSE and Equivalent Results in England, 2009/10 (Revised). Figures on GCSE entries are taken from equivalent earlier publications. Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100. Source: CLA-NPD matched data |
Information on the GCSE attainment of children looked after continuously for 12 months in 1997 is not available. The earliest data available are for 2000 and relate to all children looked after continuously at
Table 2: GCSE performance of looked-after children in Year 11 compared with all children, school years ending 30 September 2000 and 2001, England | ||||||
Numbers and percentages | ||||||
Looked-after children | All children (1) | |||||
Numbers | Percentages (2) | Percentages | ||||
2000 | 2001 | 2000 | 2001 | 2000 | 2001 | |
Number in Year 11 | 3,900 | 4,200 | — | — | — | — |
Number who sat at least 1 GCSE or GNVQ(3) | 2,100 | 2,200 | 53.5 | 54.1 | — | — |
Number who obtained at least: | ||||||
1 GCSE at grade A* to G or a GNVQ | 1,900 | 2,100 | 40.2 | 49.6 | 94 | 95 |
5 GCSE's at grade A* to G | 1,400 | 1,400 | 35.5 | 33.1 | 89 | 90 |
5 GCSE's at grade A* to C | 280 | 330 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 49 | 48 |
(1) Source: DfES statistical bulletin: GCSE/GNVQ and GCE A/ASA/CE/Advanced GNVQ Examination Results 2000/01—England. Issued May 2002. (2) Expressed as a percentage of all looked after children in Year 11. (3) DfES did not collect this data item for all children. |
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