HC Deb 27 October 1981 vol 10 c333W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students left secondary schools in the maintained sector last year with (a) no academic qualifications, (b) one CSE, (c) one to five CSEs, (d) one O-level, (e) one to five O-levels and (f) five to 10 O-levels.

Dr. Boyson:

The information readily available on qualifications of leavers from English maintained schools in 1979–80 is as follows:

Five or more higher* grades at O-level or CSE 147.5
1–4 higher* grades at O-level or CSE 201.3
No higher* grades but one or more other grades 266.8
No CSE or O-level qualifications 90.5
All leavers 706.1
*O-level grades A-C and CSE grade 1 are classified as higher grades. All other graded results are classified as other grades.

Information for leavers in 1980–81 is not yet available.

Mr. Colvin

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of young people leave school without any approved educational qualification.

Dr. Boyson:

A total of 12.2 per cent. of all English school leavers in 1979–80 had no CSE or GCE graded examination result.

Teachers (Efficiency Assessment)

Mr. Dickens

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to introduce a procedure to assess the efficiency of individual teachers at regular intervals following qualification.

Dr. Boyson:

My right hon. Friend recognises the importance to education of the quality of teachers performance; and it is a topic to which he intends to give further attention. He does not, however, have any plans at this stage to introduce new procedures.