GCSE: Children in Care
(asked on 7th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of looked-after children in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey, (c) the South East and (d) the UK have achieved at least five GCSEs at grade A* to C in each year since 2010.
The proportion of looked after children who obtained five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C in each year are given in the table below. There were multiple methodological changes in 2014, and further changes in 2015, meaning that figures for 2014 and 2015 are not comparable with earlier years.
Percentage of children who have been looked after continuously for at least twelve months1 achieving at least five GCSEs at grades A* to C at key stage 42 | ||||||
| 20103 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 20144 | 20155 |
Surrey | 31.5 | 38.9 | 21.3 | 25.0 | 15.9 | 20.7 |
South East | 24.8 | 27.0 | 29.9 | 32.1 | 15.3 | 17.6 |
England | 28.8 | 33.5 | 37.2 | 37.2 | 16.5 | 18.3 |
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1. Children looked after continuously for at least 12 months as at 31 March excluding those in respite care. Only children who are matched to key stage 4 data are included. | ||||||
2. Figures for 2015 are based on amended data. Figures for all other years are based on final data. | ||||||
3. 2010 figures may have been subject to some minor revisions since their publication which have not been taken into account. | ||||||
4. There were multiple methodological changes in 2014. The Wolf review restricted the qualifications included, prevented any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE, and capped the number of non-GCSE qualification included in performance measures at two per pupil. The early entry policy meant that for exams in English Baccalaureate subjects (English, mathematics, science, a language, and history or geography) sat after 29 September 2013, the results from a pupil's first attempt at the exam was counted, rather than their best. | ||||||
5. Early entry policy extended to all subjects. | ||||||
Information on looked after children who were studying A-levels could only be produced at disproportionate cost.
The proportion of eligible care leavers who were in higher education in each year are given in the table below. Please note that for 2010 to 2013, figures are based on all young people aged 19 years old, who were looked after on 1 April 2007 to 2010, then aged 16 years old, whereas for 2014 onwards, figures are based on young people aged 19 to 21 years old who were looked after for at least 13 weeks, which began after they had reached the age of 16. Figures for 2014 to 2016 are therefore not comparable with earlier years.
Percentage of care leavers who were in higher education1 | |||||||
| 20102 | 20112 | 20122 | 20132 | 20143 | 20153 | 20163,4 |
Surrey | x | x | x | x | 6 | x | . |
South East | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | . |
England | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
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1. Figures exclude children who were looked after under an agreed series of short term placements, those who have died since leaving care, and those who have returned home to parents or someone with parental responsibility for a continuous period of at least six months. | |||||||
2. Between 2010 and 2013, data was collected for 19 year olds only who were looked after aged 16. | |||||||
3. The care leavers cohort changed in 2014 along with the addition of collecting data for 20 and 21 year olds. Figures for 2014 to 2016 are based on young people aged 19 to 21 years old who were looked after for at least 13 weeks which began after they had reached the age of 14 and ended after they had reached the age of 16. Due to the change in cohort, data for 2014 should be treated with caution, and comparisons with earlier years should not be made. | |||||||
4. Local authority and regional figures for 2016 have not yet been published. | |||||||
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x Figures not shown in order to protect confidentiality | |||||||
Information for the whole of the UK is not covered by the Department. Percentages for England have been included. Constituency level information for looked after children is not collected by the Department. All information is taken from looked after children statistical first releases, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children.