Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in how many secondary schools fewer than 60 per cent of pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics in the most recent three years for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The information requested can be derived from published key stage 4 school performance tables data for 2012[1], 2013[2] and 2014[3].
[1] File labelled KS4 XLS files at: www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2012/download_data.html
[2] File labelled KS4 XLS files at: www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2013/download_data.html
[3] File labelled KS4 XLS files at: www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in how many primary schools fewer than 85 per cent of pupils achieved expected standards in national curriculum tests in the most recent three years for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The information requested can be derived from published key stage 2 school performance tables data for 2012[1], 2013[2] and 2014[3].
[1] File labelled KS2 XLS files at: www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2012/download_data.html
[2] File labelled KS2 XLS files at: www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2013/download_data.html
[3] File labelled KS2 XLS files at: www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils attended schools that were rated (a) inadequate and (b) requires improvement in each local authority area in each of the most recent five years for which figures are available.
Answered by David Laws
I am pleased that over one million more children are now in schools that are good or better than in 2010. Ofsted publish data for each local authority area and I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw to write to you on this matter. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children under the age of one (a) started an episode of need, (b) were referred to children's social care services, (c) were subject to a child protection plan and (d) were in care in each local authority area in each of the most recent five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The information requested has been placed in the House Library.
Only the last three years of data have been provided. Figures for 2010 and 2011 could only be made available at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children in each local authority had (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight, (i) nine, (j) 10 or more, (k) 20 or more, (l) 30 or more, (m) 40 or more and (n) 50 or more placements in (i) the most recent year for which figures are available and (ii) while they were in care.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The requested information is not held in this format due to confidentiality with the small numbers involved.
The national data on the number of placements during the year (1, 2, 3 or more) is published in Table A3 and the numbers of placements in the care history is published in Table D5 of the ‘Children looked after, including adoption’ statistical first release. [1]
[1] www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2.
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many weapons were confiscated from pupils in each age group in schools in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department for Education does not collect data on how many weapons have been confiscated from pupils in schools.
The Department has produced and updated advice for schools which makes it clear that school staff can search pupils for their possessions, without consent where there are reasonable grounds to do so. If a pupil refuses to be searched, the school may bar them from the premises. The advice is available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/searching-screening-and-confiscation.
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils attended (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five and (f) more than five (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in the most recent school year for which figures are available.
Answered by David Laws
Information in the form requested is not readily available and could be calculated only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in each year group received (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five and (f) more than five fixed-term exclusions in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by David Laws
The number of pupil enrolments by fixed period exclusion count and national curriculum year group, for the 2012/13 academic year, can be found in the attached table.
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were excluded from school for (a) possession and (b) supply of illegal drugs in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department for Education does not collect information on the number of pupils excluded from school for the possession and supply of illegal drugs. The Department publishes information on the number of pupils excluded permanently or for a fixed period for ‘drug and alcohol’ related reasons. Guidance to schools clarifies that this category includes exclusions for alcohol abuse, drug dealing, inappropriate use of prescribed drugs, possession of illegal drugs, smoking and substance abuse.
Information showing the number of drug and alcohol related exclusions for 2008/09 to 2012/13 has been included in the attached Excel document. Further information on permanent and fixed period exclusions can be found in the “Statistics: exclusions” series [1].
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils in England in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools were classed as persistent truants in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department for Education does not collect data on truancy.
Information on the number and proportion of pupils classified as persistent absentees in the 2012/13 academic year is published in the “Pupil absence in schools in England: 2012 to 2013” Statistical First Release[1].
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-2012-to-2013