Education of Looked After Children (FOI)Education of Looked After Children (FOI)
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Request
A
Please name all reports that have been compiled over the past five years on the school performance data of 'vulnerable' children, Looked After Children (LAC) and Pupil Premium recipients for both primary and secondary schools. Please provide copies of these reports.
B
Please provide the total number of LAC receiving education in: Jersey primary schools, Jersey secondary schools, and with alternative curriculum arrangements, broken down by key stage.
C
For each of these categories, please provide the average attendance rate for each over the past five years, broken down by key stage.
D
Please provide the percentage of LAC with an attendance rate below 90% in each of the key stages.
E
Please provide the GCSE pass rate for LAC over the past five years, broken down by year.
F
Please provide the pass rate for reading in KS2 among LAC over the past five years, broken down by years.
G
Please provide the total number of exclusions from primary schools over the past five years.
For each yearly total, please state what percentage related to LAC.
H
Please provide the total number of exclusions from secondary schools over the past five years.
For each yearly total, please state what percentage related to LAC.
I
Please provide a breakdown of Pupil Premium spending on the island over the past five years (additional teaching support / equipment / staff training and so on).
Response
A
The number of Children Looked After (CLA) in each year are small and therefore attainment data is not reported separately. The following reports present attainment data for pupils in receipt of Jersey Premium.
Overall attainment data for primary schools along with Jersey Premium evaluations are published on their websites.
Link to Primary School websites:
List of primary schools
Link to Secondary School websites:
List of secondary schools
B
CLA as at 20 October 2020 | Key Stage | No. Pupils |
| Primary | Foundation Stage | <5 |
| Primary | Key Stage 1 | <5 |
| Primary | Key Stage 2 | 7 |
| Secondary | Key Stage 3 | 11 |
| Secondary | Key Stage 4 | <5 |
| Secondary | Key Stage 5 | <5 |
| Alternative Curriculum / Special | Key Stage 2 | <5 |
| Alternative Curriculum / Special | Key Stage 4 | <5 |
Where the number is lower than five, disclosure control has been applied to the data in order to protect the identity of individuals.
C
The table below shows the average attendance rate of Children Looked After (CLA) in January of each year. Therefore, each year will represent a different group of individuals.
Average Attendance Rate |
CLA as at January each year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Primary | Foundation Stage | 94% | 92% | 95% | - | - |
| Primary | Key Stage 1 | 95% | 95% | 95% | 96% | 91% |
| Primary | Key Stage 2 | 98% | 97% | 97% | 96% | 95% |
| Secondary | Key Stage 3 | 96% | 96% | 85% | 97% | 91% |
| Secondary | Key Stage 4 | 90% | 81% | 97% | 85% | 85% |
| Secondary | Key Stage 5 | - | 24% | 26% | 92% | 60% |
| Alternative Curriculum / Special | Foundation Stage | - | 97% | - | - | - |
| Alternative Curriculum / Special | Key Stage 1 | - | - | 97% | 94% | - |
| Alternative Curriculum / Special | Key Stage 2 | 98% | 98% | - | - | 94% |
| Alternative Curriculum / Special | Key Stage 3 | 99% | 99% | 78% | 93% | 90% |
| Alternative Curriculum / Special | Key Stage 4 | 72% | 67% | 28% | 39% | 41% |
| Alternative Curriculum / Special | Key Stage 5 | - | - | 96% | - | - |
D
The table below shows the percentage of Children Looked After (CLA) in January of each year with attendance below 90%. Therefore, each year will represent a different group of individuals.
| Percentage with attendance below 90% |
CLA as at January each year | 2016 | 1017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Primary | Foundation Stage | 0% | 0% | 0% | - | - |
| Primary | Key Stage 1 | 11% | 0% | 14% | 0% | 50% |
| Primary | Key Stage 2 | 0% | 8% | 0% | 8% | 0% |
| Secondary | Key Stage 3 | 13% | 9% | 20% | 0% | 10% |
| Secondary | Key Stage 4 | 22% | 44% | 0% | 30% | 33% |
| Secondary | Key Stage 5 | - | 100% | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| Alternative Curriculum / Special | Foundation Stage | - | 0% | - | - | - |
| Alternative Curriculum Special | Key Stage 1 | - | - | 0% | 0% | - |
| Alternative Curriculum/Special | Key Stage 2 | 0% | 0% | - | - | 0% |
| Alternative Curriculum/Special | Key Stage 3 | 0% | 0% | 33% | 50% | 0% |
| Alternative Curriculum/Special | Key Stage 4 | 75% | 50% | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| Alternative Curriculum/Special | Key Stage 5 | - | - | 0% | - | |
E
A GCSE pass rate is a Grade 1/G or above.
Year | CLA GCSE Pass Rate |
| 2016 | 100% |
| 2017 | 79% |
| 2018 | 67% |
| 2019 | 93% |
| 2020 | 100% |
F
There is not a pass rate for Key Stage 2 reading therefore this information is not held.
G
For each yearly total, please state what percentage related to LAC.
Primary Exclusions | Total No. Exclusions | % CLA |
| 2015 / 2016 | 12 | 10% |
| 2016 / 2017 | 11 | 0% |
| 2017 / 2018 | 86 | 10% |
| 2018 / 2019 | 93 | 10% |
| 2019 / 2020 | 69 | 0% |
Percentages have been independently rounded to the nearest five. Disclosure control has been applied to the data in order to protect the identity of individuals.
H
For each yearly total, please state what percentage related to LAC.
Secondary Exclusions | Total No. Exclusions | % CLA |
| 2015 / 2016 | 357 | 0% |
| 2016 / 2017 | 325 | 0% |
| 2017 / 2018 | 655 | 5% |
| 2018 / 2019 | 967 | 5% |
| 2019 / 2020 | 687 | 5% |
Percentages have been independently rounded to the nearest five. Disclosure control has been applied to the data in order to protect the identity of individuals.
I
This information can be found in a previous response published at the following link:
Part-time pupils and Jersey Premium (FOI)
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