Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) GCSE, (b) AS and (c) A-level exam results have (i) increased, (ii) decreased and (iii) stayed the same following an appeal in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
These are matters for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have therefore asked its Chief Regulator, Glenys Stacey to write directly to the Honourable Member. A copy of her replies will be placed in the House of Commons Library.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure that exams are marked accurately on the first occasion.
Answered by Nick Gibb
These are matters for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have therefore asked its Chief Regulator, Glenys Stacey to write directly to the Honourable Member. A copy of her replies will be placed in the House of Commons Library.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) GCSE, (b) AS and (c) A-level exam results have been appealed against in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
These are matters for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have therefore asked its Chief Regulator, Glenys Stacey to write directly to the Honourable Member. A copy of her replies will be placed in the House of Commons Library.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many GCSEs were awarded for foreign language courses in Dartford constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department for Education publishes information at local authority level on the percentage of pupils achieving the languages component of the English Baccalaureate in the “Statistics: GCSEs (key stage 4)” series[1]. Information at parliamentary constituency level is not routinely published.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new (a) primary and (b) secondary school places have been created in (i) Dartford constituency and (ii) Kent in the last 12 months.
Answered by David Laws
The Department for Education collects information from local authorities on the number of school places (school capacity) in state-funded primary and secondary schools (except special schools) as part of the annual School Capacity Collection. The most recent data available relates to the position in May 2013 and can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2012-to-2013.
In Kent, between May 2012 and May 2013, the number of places in schools deemed as primary schools increased by 960 and the number of places in schools deemed as secondary schools increased by 2,011. Schools that cross phases, for example middle schools, are deemed as either primary or secondary.
Data on the number of school places for the past 12 months is not yet available as this information is currently being collected from local authorities and will be published in due course. Information about the number of school places is not available at constituency level.