Academies: Bury St Edmunds

(asked on 18th July 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
(Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)

Question to the Department for Education:

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.

Answered by
Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
This question was answered on 26th July 2016

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.

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