HC Deb 06 February 1987 vol 109 cc847-8W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing the percentage of school leavers who secured three or more O-level passes in each of the education authorities in England and Wales.

Mr. Dunn

Data on leavers from maintained schools in England are given below. figures for Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.

Percentage of leavers from Maintained Schools with three or more GCE 0 level passes at Grades A, B or C
Average of academic years 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85
Barking 12.1
Barnet 45.9
Bexley 34.1
Brent 24.4
Bromley 37.4
Croydon 32.0
Ealing 26.4
Enfield 29.6
Haringey 17.8
Harrow 43.9
Havering 31.3
Hillingdon 27.5
Hounslow 26.1
Kingston-upon-Thames 40.3
Merton 36.0
Newham 11.9
Redbridge 30.5
Richmond-upon-Thames 34.3
Sutton 40.1
Waltham Forest 18.2
ILEA 18.8
Birmingham 21.2
Coventry 23.5
Dudley 25.0
Sandwell 15.1
Solihull 31.1
Walsall 22.5
Wolverhampton 19.7
Knowsley 15.6
Liverpool 22.2
St. Helens 28.1
Sefton 34.3
Wirral 29.0
Bolton 28.6
Bury 30.6
Manchester 21.8
Oldham 22.8
Rochdale 25.0
Salford 21.3
Stockport 33.7
Tameside 27.0
Trafford 31.2
Wigan 28.8
Barnsley 18.5
Doncaster 22.3
Rotherham 23.2

Average of academic years 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85
Sheffield 25.1
Bradford 23.4
Calderdale 26.7
Kirklees 28.7
Leeds 26.8
Wakefield 15.9
Gateshead 21.7
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 22.2
North Tyneside 25.6
South Tyneside 23.7
Sunderland 21.0
Avon 28.4
Bedfordshire 27.2
Berkshire 32.1
Buckinghamshire 36.7
Cambridgeshire 31.5
Cheshire 30.4
Cleveland 26.4
Cornwall 28.8
Cumbria 25.1
Derbyshire 25.8
Devon 27.5
Dorset 32.8
Durham 23.6
East Sussex 34.2
Essex 29.9
Gloucestershire 31.7
Hampshire 30.3
Hereford and Worcester 27.6
Hertfordshire 35.8
Humberside 26.3
Isle of Wight 24.7
Kent 31.9
Lancashire 28.2
Leicestershire 27.2
Lincolnshire 26.3
Norfolk 25.1
North Yorkshire 36.2
Northamptonshire 25.2
Northumberland 30.3
Nottinghamshire 22.7
Oxfordshire 33.6
Shropshire 29.9
Somerset 26.1
Staffordshire 24.1
Suffolk 26.1
Surrey 40.2
Warwickshire 30.9
West Sussex 38.2
Wiltshire 29.4
Total England 27.7

Source: School Leavers Survey Data subject to sampling error.

Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of school leavers in England and Wales secured three or more O-level passes in the most recent year.

Mr. Dunn

In 1984–85, 31.4 per cent. of school leavers in England had gained three or more higher grade GCE O level passes. Information for Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.