HC Deb 12 November 1980 vol 992 cc220-3W
Mrs.René Short

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the percentage of pupils remaining at school beyond the statutory leaving age in each local education authority in the latest available year; and what are the comparable figures for each of the last five years.

Dr. Boyson

The percentages of pupils aged 16 years in January who remained at maintained schools—other than special schools—beyond the statutory leaving age in each local education authority in England for the years 1975 to 1980 are given below. The proportions are based on pupils born in the months January to August. Pupils who continued their education in tertiary colleges or other further education establishments are here counted as having left school.

January of each year 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
Solihull 18.4 20.8 19.8 16.1 17.1 19.7
Walsall 19.6 25.5 23.4 20.7 21.7 19.9
Wolverhampton 22.1 26.2 27.4 21.7 22.8 20.1
Merseyside
Knowsley 11.2 13.8 13.6 13.2 15.0 12.9
Liverpool 19.7 21.5 21.7 20.0 20.0 20.7
St. Helens 13.9 12.1 16.0 22.8 22.1 21.3
Sefton 21.0 23.4 24.6 24.0 23.5 25.1
Wirral 23.8 25.6 26.2 24.8 24.5 27.4
Greater Manchester
Bolton 15.3 16.3 17.8 17.3 16.3 19.3
Bury 15.8 18.3 16.6 17.7 13.7 25.0
Manchester 20.8 22.9 21.7 22.8 24.0 25.6
Oldham 12.8 12.8 12.0 10.8 11.1 12.9
Rochdale 17.9 19.6 18.1 19.9 19.6 19.7
Salford 11.9 13.4 11.8 18.2 19.2 18.5
Stockport 27.6 30.1 29.0 29.1 30.5 27.2
Tameside 12.5 13.7 10.9 12.2 11.0 13.8
Trafford 18.7 18.4 19.0 19.4 18.7 16.4
Wigan 21.1 21.0 17.1 16.0 15.2 16.1
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 13.1 13.4 13.3 11.3 11.6 16.2
Doncaster 21.2 21.4 22.2 20.8 21.4 20.6
Rotherham 16.1 18.6 20.2 18.0 18.8 18.3
Sheffield 19.8 22.9 22.6 21.9 20.2 21.9
West Yorkshire
Bradford 23.4 23.6 23.4 25.2 24.1 24.1
Calderdale 21.4 23.8 23.2 22.0 23.7 23.6
Kirklees 23.1 22.7 23.8 22.6 22.3 22.4
Leeds 21.2 23.3 23.5 22.2 25.1 26.5
Wakefield 16.4 15.5 16.0 14.5 14.9 16.5
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 15.3 14.5 14.9 13.6 15.9 15.4
Newcastle upon Tyne 21.8 21.9 20.0 21.5 23.7 24.0
North Tyneside 21.6 26.0 22.9 23.0 22.2 24.6
South Tyneside 15.1 14.6 15.4 12.8 14.0 17.2
Sunderland 15.9 16.1 17.2 15.8 16.2 16.0
Non-Metropolitan counties
Avon 24.6 27.0 28.9 27.6 26.4 26.9
Bedfordshire 17.9 22.2 21.8 21.6 21.8 23.6
Berkshire 29.1 30.7 32.5 31.2 30.5 20.20
Buckinghamshire 29.3 30.3 32.4 31.1 30.9 30.2
Cambridgeshire 20.4 21.2 22.1 23.1 23.3 23.9
Cheshire 20.3 21.2 22.2 22.0 21.0 22.2
Cleveland 18.6 18.5 19.2 18.3 18.6 20.2
Cornwall 23.7 25.7 26.9 26.4 26.9 26.8
Cumbria 23.1 23.8 22.0 21.0 29.9 21.1
Derbyshire 19.7 20.0 19.7 18.4 17.3 17.1
Devon 17.6 19.5 18.8 18.3 18.8 18.6
Dorset 21.0 22.2 22.0 20.7 23.5 22.4
Durham 17.3 16.3 16.9 16.1 15.3 16.7
East Sussex 26.3 27.5 29.9 31.4 31.7 33.2
Essex 25.8 27.5 29.3 28.1 27.4 26.9
Gloucestershire 25.7 27.3 26.5 25.8 25.6 26.2
Hampshire 23.1 24.7 28.3 27.0 28.2 29.2
Hereford and worcester 21.2 23.6 23.8 21.9 21.4 22.1
Hertfordshire 33.1 35.0 36.6 35.0 33.5 34.8
Humberside 21.6 23.8 22.4 21.2 20.1 21.6
Isle of Wight 27.5 28.9 28.9 25.7 26.7 28.4
Kent 27.4 29.5 30.4 29.0 29.4 29.4
Lancashire 14.6 14.1 14.6 14.7 17.7 17.7
Leicestershire 22.2 24.0 26.1 25.7 25.6 27.6
Lincolnshire 20.5 22.0 20.1 19.2 18.5 19.3
Norfolk 16.1 16.8 16.6 16.3 15.7 16.9
North Yorkshire 26.0 26.4 26.8 25.5 26.6 26.3
Northamptonshire 18.7 21.6 22.8 20.7 20.6 20.8
Northumberland 18.6 22.6 24.5 25.7 26.5 25.1
Nottinghamshire 16.3 17.3 17.8 17.9 18.4 18.9
Oxfordshire 26.7 30.5 30.2 28.2 30.5 30.1
Shropshire 22.2 23.0 23.4 21.8 24.5 23.5
Somerset 15.1 15.0 16.7 14.2 15.0 15.9
January of each year 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
Staffordshire 17.8 19.1 19.0 16.9 17.5 18.5
Suffolk 17.3 20.2 20.6 20.3 21.1 23.0
Surrey 37.1 41.9 41.8 40.1 41.2 41.6
Warwickshire 22.4 22.7 22.6 22.3 20.5 21.3
West Sussex 35.5 36.4 38.0 37.1 35.4 38.4
Wiltshire 22.6 24.1 24.7 23.1 24.7 23.4
England 23.4 25.0 25.5 24.4 24.5 25.0
* Number of pupils aged 16 years by preceding September expressed as a percentage of the relevant number aged 14 years two years earlier.