COMPREHENSIVE CHAMPIONS CAMPAIGN

Early day motion 996, tabled 13 March 2002 by David Chaytor (Labour). Signed by 48 members.

That this House welcomes the launch of the Comprehensive Champions Campaign and Website organised by the Campaign for State Education; notes the success of comprehensive education in significantly reducing to close to zero the number of school leavers with no qualifications whatsoever, increasing the number of school leavers with five GCSE A-C grades, increasing the number of 16 year-olds choosing to continue their education or training and increasing the number of young people qualified to go on to university; further notes the most recent research from the National Foundation for Educational Research demonstrating that the most able pupils perform as well, if not better, in comprehensive schools than in selective schools; recognises the evidence provided by the Higher Education Funding Council that, for any given total of A level points score, comprehensive school pupils perform better in terms of degree class than pupils from private schools; further recognises that comprehensive and selective are mutually exclusive terms; and calls on the Government to instigate a national inquiry into the relationship between standards in education in England and school admission policies.

Signatures by party: Labour 39, Liberal Democrat 7, Labour/Co-operative 2.