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EDUCATION – KEY ACHIEVEMENTS 1997-2010
Per pupil spending, doubled from £2,500 to well over £5,000!
Results:
· Primary: English up from 65% to 79% since 1998 and Maths up from 59% to 76%. 95,000 more 11-year olds now achieving the target level in English and 83,000 more in Maths at KS2 compared to 1997. · Since 1998 primary schools in the areas of highest poverty have improved at nearly twice the rate of schools in the most affluent areas. · In 1997 nearly half of primary schools were achieving below 65% in English and mathematics – now four out of five primary schools are achieving above this level. · Over 58% of pupils achieve 5 good GCSEs compared to 45% in 1997. · The number of all-ability secondary's with fewer than a quarter of pupils gaining 5 good GCSEs down from 616 in 1997 to 62 in 2006; in 2005 the number of all-ability secondary's where 70% or more pupils gain 5 good GCSEs has risen six-fold to 517, up from 83 · Only 1 London borough now has fewer than 46% of pupils achieving five good GCSEs, whereas in 1997 nearly two thirds (23) of London boroughs were achieving below this level. · Academies have seen a 4.2%pt improvement in the proportion of 15 year olds gaining 5 good GCSEs (up to 41%) – over twice the national average.
Schools:
· Record teacher numbers - 36,400 more since 1997 with 287,100 support staff · As much new school building since 2001 as there was in the preceding 25 years. Renewing or rebuilding every state secondary school · 46 Academies open as of Sept 2006; 200 by 2010 · 82% of secondary schools are now specialist with over 2.6 million pupils attending · More than 1,500 failing schools turned around.
Early Years:
· Doubled the number of registered childcare places stood at over 1.26 million (almost double the 1997 level). · 1,000 Children’s Centres open with one in every community by 2010 £3bn investment in Sure Start
Further/Higher:
· Since 1997/98, the number of young people from low participation neighbourhoods going to University is up by 7,000 (+26%). · 255,000 young people on Apprenticeship programmes (compared to 75,000 in ‘97) · Since April 2000 launch, nearly 2.1 million learners have enrolled on nearly 5 million learndirect courses |
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