§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the percentage of pupils attaining five or more O-levels in each of the years 1978 to 1986, inclusive, who were educated at independent schools.
§ Mr. DunnThe proportions of English school leavers with five or more higher grades at O-level/CSE who left from independent schools are as shown. Information for 1985–86 is not yet available.
Academic year Percentage 1977–78 18.4 1978–79 18.0 1979–80 18.2 1980–81 18.2 1981–82 17.2 1982–83 16.3 1983–84 16.3 1984–85 17.3 Source: School Leavers Survey. Data subject to sampling error.