Jo Churchill – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Churchill on 2016-07-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of (a) trends in the take-up of academy places and (b) the performance of academies in Bury St Edmunds constituency in the last five years.
Edward Timpson
The number of pupils on roll in the nine academies in the Bury St Edmunds Constituency for the years when they were open as academies from January 2012 to January 2016 is provided in the table below:
|
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
|
Bury St Edmunds County Upper School |
1009 |
993 |
957 |
978 |
987 |
|
Horringer Court Middle School |
296 |
272 |
307 |
356 |
371 |
|
Westley Middle School |
468 |
466 |
470 |
468 |
478 |
|
Priory School |
121 |
117 |
129 |
135 |
143 |
|
Tollgate Primary School |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
224 |
273 |
|
Great Barton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
200 |
|
Rattlesden Church of England Voluntary Controlled School |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
123 |
|
Thurston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
197 |
|
Woolpit Community Primary School |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
171 |
Source: School Census, January 2012 to 2016
The percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above in reading, writing and maths at key stage 2 in 2012 to 2015 for academies with results in 2015 in the Bury St Edmunds constituency was as follows:
|
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
|
Horringer Court Middle School |
64% |
72% |
79% |
83% |
|
Westley Middle School |
67% |
70% |
80% |
78% |
Source: School Performance Tables
The percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and mathematics GCSEs at key stage 4 in 2012 to 2015 for the academy with results in 2015 in the Bury St Edmunds constituency was as follows:
|
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
|
Bury St Edmunds County Upper School |
74% |
77% |
70% |
70% |
Source: School Performance Tables
There were no open academies in Bury St Edmunds constituency before August 2011 and no academy results before 2012. Key stage 4 results from 2014 reflect the removal of many equivalent vocational qualifications and other reforms.
