Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average total A-level point score was for (a) White British, (b) Indian, (c) Bangladeshi, (d) Pakistani, (e) Black African, (f) Black Caribbean, (g) mixed ethnicity and (h) all pupils in each of the last 20 years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The information is not available in the format requested.
The most equivalent A level attainment statistic is the Average Point Score (APS) per entry, data for 2018/19 is available from the file ‘2019_REVISED_Performance_measures_by_characteristics’ in the ‘Underlying data: 2019 revised 16 to 18 results csv’ link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2018-to-2019-revised.
Similarly, data is available from the underlying data produced for the equivalent publications in 2016/17 and 2017/18 as set out below:
‘2018_REVISED_Performance_measures_by_characteristics’ from the underlying data available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2017-to-2018-revised.
‘SFR03_2018_Performance_measurse_by_characteristics’ from the underlying data available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2016-to-2017-revised.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, after accounting for changes to the classification of student loans, how much (a) was spent on higher education in each of the last 10 years and (b) has been allocated in each year of the forecast period.
Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Higher education spending is reflected in the national accounts in different ways. Net spending by government on higher education over the year contributes to Public Sector Net Borrowing (PSNB), also known as the deficit.
Grants to students and providers are government spending and increase the deficit. The recent classification decision by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) changed the way that student loans contribute to the deficit. Under the reclassification, the part of the maintenance and tuition loan which is not expected to be repaid is considered spending and increases the deficit. Any accruing interest which is expected to be repaid is considered as income, decreasing the deficit. The difference between spending on loans which are not expected to be repaid and expected interest income represents the net spending by the government on student loans over the year.
More detail on the reclassification by the ONS is at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/methodologies/studentloansinthepublicsectorfinancesamethodologicalguide.
A table summarising the total deficit cost of higher education is attached. Figures are not yet available for the 2019/20 academic year.
Historic information on student loans is published by the Student Loans Company and available at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/student-loans-company/about/statistics.
The Office for Students (OfS) is responsible for distributing funding to the sector on behalf of the department. Details of future teaching grant allocation budgets from the department to the OfS are published at https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/regulation/guidance-from-government/.
The Office for Budget Responsibility publishes the forecast impact of student loans on PSNB. This is available in table 3.24 of the ‘March 2020 Economic and Fiscal Outlook’: https://cdn.obr.uk/EFO_March-2020_Accessible.pdf. These figures include student loans funded by the devolved administrations and the department.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in (a) state and (b) independent schools achieved the equivalent of AAA or better in each English region in each year since 2005.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The information requested is not available in the format requested.
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 9 July 2020 to Question 69679, which covered the percentage of pupils achieving 3 A*-A grades or better at A level by region between 2009-10 and 2018-19.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils there were in (a) year 11 and (b) year 13 in (i) state and (ii) independent schools in each English region in each year since 2003.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The number of pupils by year group is available in the National statistics publication ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers.
This includes the number of pupils by national curriculum year group for state-funded schools. National curriculum year group is not collected for independent schools, however the same publication contains the number of pupils by age at school, local authority, region and national level.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils in each UK region and nation progressed to a Russell Group university in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
The attached tables show the number and percentage of students who progressed to a Russell Group university in the year after reaching the end of 16 to 18 study in state-funded schools and colleges in each region of England. The tables cover the last 8 years for which data is available. The tables only include students who took approved level 3 qualifications, including A levels. Only students who were enrolled for at least 2 terms in the destination year are counted.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils achieved the equivalent of AAA or better at A-level in each English region in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The table below provides information on the percentage of students achieving 3 A*-A grades or better at A level by region between 2009/10 to 2018/19[1],[2]
Region | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013[3] | 20143 | 20153 | 2016[4] | 20174 | 20184 | 20194 |
State-funded sector | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 10.8 |
North East | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 10.2 |
North West | 10.4 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 10.2 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 10.0 |
East Midlands | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 9.1 |
West Midlands | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.3 |
East of England | 10.3 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 11.6 |
London | 9.9 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.6 |
Inner London | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 11.3 |
Outer London | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 11.7 |
South East | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 11.8 |
South West | 10.0 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
[1] Covers students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A level, applied single A level, applied double A level or combined A/AS level during 16-18 study, excluding critical thinking and general studies. This measure only includes A level students who have entered less than a total of size 1 in other academic, applied general and tech level qualifications.
[2] An applied double award A level at grade A*A* counts as two grade A*s, AA counts as two grade As and an award at grade AB counts as one grade A.
[3] Figures from 2012/13 to 2014/15 cover students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A level, applied single award A level, applied double award A level or combined A/AS level in the reporting year. Figures for earlier years cover students who were entered for at least one A level, applied single award A level, applied double award A level or combined A/AS level in the summer of the reporting year.
[4] Figures for 2015/16 onwards cover students at the of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A/AS level, applied single A/AS level, applied double A/AS level or combined A/AS level during their 16-18 study. As a result there was a jump in the A level cohort in 2016, since gradually reversed with reforms to A Levels, with the progressive decoupling of AS and A Level subjects. Therefore figures are not directly comparable to earlier years.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) White British, (b) Indian, (c) Bangladeshi, (d) Pakistani, (e) Black African , (f) Black Caribbean, (g) mixed ethnicity and (h) all pupils achieved five good passes at GCSE in each of the last 20 years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The attached table shows the percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more GCSEs (including English and mathematics) at grades A*-C (or equivalent) at the end of Key Stage 4 by ethnic grouping. The time series runs from 2004/05 to 2018/19 (the latest available). Care should be taken when comparing results over time due to the way the measures have changed in response to various reforms, e.g. Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education.
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