Written question asked by Helen Jones (Labour) on Monday, 23 February 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 March 1998. It was answered by Stephen Byers (Labour) on Monday, 2 March 1998 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of schools scoring 100 per cent. in the latest SATs tests for 11 year olds were schools where 15 pupils or less took the tests. - Inc table. (Holding answer 26 February 1998).

Answer: Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of schools scoring 100 per cent. in the latest SATs tests for 11 year olds were schools where 15 pupils or fewer took the tests. [31386] Mr. Byers: [holding answer 26 February 1998]: The information requested is given in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. English Mathematics Science All schools with 100% 615 634 1,014 achievement{1} Schools with 100% achievement{1} 447 477 723 and 15 or fewer pupils Percentage of schools with 100% 73 75 71 achievement{1} who have 15 or fewer pupils _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} All pupils achieving level 4 or above in the 1997 Key Stage 2 National Curriculum assessment tests.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 31386; 307 c481W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Assessments Class sizes National curriculum tests Primary education Standards
Contains statistics: Yes