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Extracts from the SUPPORT KENT SCHOOLS Campaign 'Raising standards - offering choice' 8 Faversham Road, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent ME17 2PN. TEL: (01822) 851351 Fact Sheet One
1. Cost of re-organisation on comprehensive lines in Kent The cost to change present system to all-through 11 -18 comprehensive schools without split sites is estimated to be at least £150 million! Source: Kent Education and Libraries Committee December 1998 Note: Re-organisation to a Sixth Form College system may cost less, but will result in the major movement of students and staff from school to school, causing heavy disruption in education for an entire generation of children. 2. Government Assistance for cost of Re-organisation - Nil Source: Many, including letters from Ministers and answer to question in House of Commons on 17th December, 1998 3. Key Stage Three Examinations (1998) Percentage of pupils reaching expected level of attainments for their age:
Source: Times Education Supplement 22/1/99 based on DfEE figures. Note: This demonstrates conclusively that Kent students in Grammar and High Schools improve performance when compared to the rest of the country, between the ages of 11 and 14. Selection works for all. 4. Performance of Kent Students in maintained schools at GCSE (1997)
Source: DfEE and Kent Ofsted Report January 1999 5. Performance of Kent Schools at A Level in Maintained Schools (1997) Average Point Score per pupil
Source: DfEE and Kent Ofsted Report January 1999 Note: The gap here is less than for GCSE because of the high proportion of Kent students staying on in post 16 full time education (see below) 6. Participation in Education Post 16 Percentage of pupils aged 16 remaining in full time education:
Source: Kent Ofsted Report, January 1998; Kent Careers Service - Destination Survey 1997 7. Size of Kent Secondary Schools
Source: Education Authority's Directory 1998 Note: Several of the larger schools are rural comprehensives, not affected by re-organisation. There is national consensus that six forms of entry are needed for a comprehensive school, i.e. 900 plus sixth form. Current government policy that small sixth forms are not effective may require eight forms of entry. 8 . Other Costs of Re-organisation Staff redeployment, retraining, early retirement, redundancy. Specialist facilities for Grammar/High schools would need to be redeployed, extended. Loss of quality of education provided for a generation of children. 9 . Cost of Educating Students Taking all pupil costs into account, in 1997/8 each High School pupil on average cost Kent £2,299. Each Grammar School pupil cost £2,260. Source: Section 122: Schools Budget Statement, Kent Education and Libraries Committee, 1998/9. 10. OFSTED Report There is no criticism whatever of the selective system in the Kent OFSTED Report. There are recommendations for improvement to the selective process, mainly to speed up appeals. KCC is already proposing to implement these
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