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In London, since 1997/98...:

  • Average<glossary> funding per pupil (for those aged 3 to 19) in London has gone up by £1,390
  • The number of 11-year-olds getting the required standard in English has risen from 64% to 78% and gone up from 56% to 73% in Maths
  • There are another 5,900 teachers
  • The number of 15-year-old pupils in state schools getting 5 or more GCSEs at grades A* to C (or equivalent) has risen from 42% to 54%
  • Under the Building Schools for the Future initiative, projects worth £328m are in procurement for improving secondary school buildings and facilities in three London authorities, covering 15 schools.
  • 55 Sure Start Centres have been created so far

In the North East, since 1997/98...:

  • Average<glossary> funding per pupil (for those aged 3 to 19) in the North East has gone up by £1,320
  • The number of 11-year-olds getting the required standard in English has risen from 62% to 78% and gone up from 58% to 75% in Maths
  • There are 500 more teachers than there were
  • The number of 15-year-old pupils in state schools getting 5 or more GCSEs at grades A* to C (or equivalent) has risen from 37% to 52%
  • LEAs<glossary> will receive a total of £28.5m for modernisation
  • Six LEAs<glossary> in the region are going to get money from the Building Schools for the Future programme. Another seven will share £63m from the Targeted Capital Funding programme to rebuild and refurbish schools.

In the North West since 1997/98...:

  • Average funding per pupil (for those aged 3 to 19) has gone up by £1,240
  • The number of 11-year-olds achieving the required standard in English has risen from 65% to 80% and gone up from 60% to 77% in Maths
  • The number of infants in classes of more than 30 has fallen from 30,000 to 2,300 since 1999
  • There are 2,900 more teachers in schools
  • The number of 15-year-old pupils in state schools getting 5 or more GCSEs at grades A* to C (or equivalent) has risen from 42% to 53%
  • £119m has been promised in government funding for school renovations in the North West.
  • Many schools are being given money from the Building Schools for the Future programme
  • The Government is going to test out covering half the cost of training staff for their first level 3 NVQ in a number of areas

In the West Midlands:

  • Average funding per pupil (for those aged 3 to 19) in the West Midlands has increased in real terms by £1,220 since 1997/8.
  • The number of 11-year-olds achieving the required standard in English has risen from 63% to 77% and gone up from 55% to 73% in Maths.
  • There are 3,300 more teachers in the West Midlands than in 1997.
  • The number of 15-year-old pupils in maintained schools in the West Midlands achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grades A* to C (or equivalent) has risen from 41% to 51% since 1997/8.
  • Almost £53m has been allocated to the West Midlands to develop extended schools between 2005 -2008.
  • Solihull and Stoke-on-Trent are included in the first wave of the £2.2bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme for 2005/6

 

In the East Midlands:

  • Average funding per pupil (for those aged 3 to 19) in the East Midlands has increased in real terms by £1,090 since 1997/8
  • The number of 11-year-olds achieving the required standard in English has risen from 62 % to 78 % and gone up from 57% to 75% in Maths
  • There are 2,700 more teachers in the East Midlands than in 1997
  • The number of 15-year-old pupils in maintained schools in the East Midlands achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grades A* to C (or equivalent) has risen from 43 % to 51 %
  • Over £97m has been allocated under the New Deal for Schools initiative for school renovation schemes. This includes:

 

In the East of England:

  • Average funding per pupil (for those aged 3 to 19) in the East of England has increased in real terms by £1,040 since 1997/8
  • The number of 11-year-olds achieving the required standard in English has risen from 66% to 79% and gone up from 58% to 75% in Maths
  • There are 3,900 more teachers
  • The number of 15-year-old pupils in stateschools in the East of England achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grades A* to C (or equivalent) has risen from 48% to 55% since 1997/8

 

In the South East:

  • Average funding per pupil (for those aged 3 to 19) in the South East has increased in real terms by £1,040 since 1997/8
  • The number of 11-year-olds achieving the required standard in English has risen from 67% to 79% and gone up from 60% to 75% in Maths
  • There are now 6,500 more teachers in the South East area than in 1999
  • The number of 15 year-old pupils in maintained schools in the South East achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grades A* to C (or equivalent) has risen from 49% to 57% since 1997/8
  • New Deal for Schools provided nearly £164m for school renovation projects in the South East between 1997 and 2001, and a further £365.5m for 2003/4

 

In the South West:

  • Average funding per pupil (aged 3 to 19) has increased in real terms by £1,020 since 1997/98
  • The number of 11-year-olds achieving the required standard in English has risen from 66% to 79%, and gone up from 59% to 75% in Maths
  • There are 4,300 more teachers in the South West than in 1997
  • The number of 15-year-old pupils in maintained schools in the South West achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grades A* to C (or equivalent) has risen from 49% to 56% since 1997/98
  • Large-scale PFI projects worth over £243m have provided new and replacement schools across the region. These include:
  • A £38.8m project resulted in the building of a new school in Chippenham, Wiltshire, and the replacement of schools in Wootton Bassett and Malmesbury, all operational from March 2002
  • A £60.7m project has led to the repair and rationalisation of four split site secondary schools and their feeder primaries in Cornwall; all schools were operational by 2001. A further £71m project will result in the extension and modernisation of 3 secondary schools and 21 primaries, including a new-build secondary and two new primaries; the contract was signed in March 2004, and all schools should be operational by September 2007
  • Bristol: A £57.3m project will result in the rebuild and refurbishment of four secondary schools, including Special Educational Needs provision in the form of an autistic unit at one of the schools; all schools should be operational by September 2006
    A £15.6m project led to the rebuild of the Sir John Colfox County Secondary School in Bridport, Dorset, the first PFI school to open in England; the school became operational in September

 

In Yorkshire & the Humber:

  • Average funding per pupil (for those aged 3 to 19) in Yorkshire and The Humber has increased in real terms by £1,220 since 1997/8
  • The number of 11-year-olds achieving the required standard in English has risen from 61% to 77% and gone up from 56% to 74% in Maths
  • There are over 2,700 more teachers in Yorkshire and The Humber than in 1997
  • The number of 15-year-old pupils in maintained schools in Yorkshire and The Humber achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grades A* to C (or equivalent) has risen from 39% to 51% since 1997/8
  • Almost £1.3bn was allocated for school renovation projects in Yorkshire & Humber region between 1998/9 and 2002/3 with a further £275m for 2003/4
  • Bradford, Leeds and Sheffield were approved for the first wave of the DfES Building Schools for the Future programme, announced in 2004, a £2bn a year national capital investment programme to refurbish or rebuild every secondary school in England. Hull has been approved for the second wave, and Barnsley and North Lincolnshire have been approved for the third wave as announced November 2004

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