§ Mr. BowisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what percentage of school leavers during the academic years 1985–86 and 1986–87 had no graded examination results in(a) England, (b) the Inner London education authority, (c) Birmingham, (d) Croydon, (e) Leeds, (f) Manchester, (g) Liverpool, (h) Kingston, (i) Barnet and (j) Harrow;
(2) what percentage of all school leavers in the academic years 1985–86 and 1986–87 had at least five exam passes at grades A, B or C in 0-level or grade one in CSE in (a) England, (b) the Inner London education authority, (c) Birmingham, (d) Croydon, (e) Leeds, (f) Manchester, (g) Liverpool, (h) Kingston, (i) Barnet and (j) Harrow.
§ Mr. DunnInformation for the authorities requested is given in the table.
Leavers from maintained schools Average of academic years 1983–84, 1984–85 and 1985–86 Percentage of leavers with 5 or more higher1 grades at GCE O level or CSE No graded result at GCE or CSE England 23.7 10.0 ILEA 15.5 21.3 Birmingham 18.4 14.6 Croydon 24.9 9.2 Leeds 22.3 10.4 Manchester 18.2 21.0 Liverpool 17.3 20.9 Kingston-upon-Thames 35.8 8.6 Barnet 39.9 5.8 Harrow 38.9 5.5 Source:
School Leavers Sample Surrey. Data subject to sampling error.
Note:
1 O level grades A-C, CSE grade 1