§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will list the number of children sitting(a) CSE exams, (b) O-level exams and (c) A-level exams in each local education authority in England as a percentage of the total number in the relevant year groups in each authority for the latest available year;
(2) if he will list by each local educational authority in England the total number of children achieving (a) CSE grades 2 to 5, (b) O-level grades A to C and CSE grade 1 and (c) A-level grades A to E as a percentage of the total number of pupils in the relevant year group in each authority, for the latest available year.
§ Mr. DunnThe information requested for maintained schools, expressed as percentages of school leavers, is given in the table.
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1 Percentages Attempting Achieving Total leavers (000's) CSE O level A level 2Lower grades 3Higher grades A level passes Barnet 3.54 71.6 80.2 37.1 79.2 67.4 31.7 Bexley 3.50 68.5 67.6 19.8 78.1 53.7 17.3 Brent 2.82 76.0 58.8 15.9 76.3 44.4 14.3 Bromley 3.68 73.1 74.4 22.0 81.7 55.5 19.6 Croydon 4.26 80.6 65.9 14.1 82.2 54.9 13.1 Ealing 3.19 86.3 68.7 12.6 84.1 46.9 10.5 Enfield 3.13 76.5 59.3 21.6 81.9 49.2 18.1 Haringey 1.96 79.6 69.1 17.0 80.1 53.2 13.5 Harrow 2.16 79.4 79.1 33.4 83.1 70.5 31.2 Havering 3.79 81.4 69.3 17.8 82.2 56.7 15.2 Hillingdon 3.08 87.3 65.5 16.1 88.4 53.1 13.2 Hounslow 2.91 79.2 58.5 15.8 80.5 50.1 13.1 Kingston-upon-Thames 1.52 60.6 73.6 25.0 74.3 65.3 22.0 Merton 2.22 74.7 64.8 15.6 79.2 48.6 13.6 Newham 2.94 72.5 48.7 12.3 70.5 41.2 8.8 Redbridge 3.10 71.8 68.2 22.6 78.7 53.2 20.2 Richmond-upon-Thames 1.39 84.2 81.1 — 82.7 52.8 — Sutton 2.03 71.7 61.8 18.8 82.8 50.0 18.3 Waltham Forest 2.55 81.5 54.9 10.2 78.7 41.2 8.8 ILEA 23.50 75.4 51.0 12.9 74.8 44.6 10.6 West Midlands Birmingham 16.71 80.6 66.0 12.3 79.5 44.7 10.1 Coventry 5.01 88.2 76.5 14.6 85.8 50.8 11.5 Dudley 5.03 85.7 76.5 10.2 83.9 48.0 9.0 Sandwell 4.13 83.8 65.1 8.0 82.2 36.8 6.4 Solihull 3.44 92.7 80.1 18.9 88.5 57.2 17.4 Walsall 4.97 79.1 62.2 14.7 77.2 47.7 13.1 Wolverhampton 4.44 80.1 61.7 10.6 80.6 43.5 7.7 Merseyside Knowsley 2.56 76.1 58.0 6.0 72.5 33.4 6.0 Liverpool 7.13 72.2 67.2 12.3 70.3 44.1 9.8 St. Helens 3.54 84.2 71.2 13.1 79.4 47.0 11.9 Sefton 4.39 82.9 83.8 19.8 84.2 53.2 16.8 Wirral 5.17 86.6 78.2 15.6 82.3 51.6 13.0 Greater Manchester Bolton 4.26 86.6 82.1 16.7 82.9 52.0 15.7 Bury 2.58 81.6 83.6 20.7 81.1 63.7 20.3 Manchester 7.50 71.0 64.7 14.1 71.3 44.2 12.2 Oldham 2.95 85.7 73.5 8.8 81.2 42.1 7.7 Rochdale 3.27 85.2 80.4 13.8 82.1 52.8 10.8 Salford 3.62 85.8 79.1 15.4 79.7 48.7 15.1 Stockport 3.81 82.3 86.5 18.6 79.0 60.9 14.5 Tameside 3.87 84.1 82.0 13.0 83.7 53.8 11.3 Trafford 3.00 80.7 88.1 17.6 81.3 65.5 16.6 Wigan 5.63 88.8 82.6 16.1 80.6 59.1 14.1 South Yorkshire Barnsley 3.46 85.8 77.7 8.1 82.7 35.8 7.5 Doncaster 4.38 89.7 79.7 13.9 84.6 42.5 12.0 Rotherham 4.51 84.8 70.6 13.0 81.4 42.2 12.6 Sheffield 8.84 88.2 78.6 12.5 83.5 48.4 10.5 West Yorkshire Bradford 7.24 78.8 72.1 12.9 73.1 41.0 10.6 Calderdale 2.76 81.7 78.6 15.5 79.7 49.0 13.0 Kirklees 6.29 87.9 83.6 18.7 82.4 53.4 15.1 Leeds 10.40 85.9 81.3 14.7 81.4 51.0 13.3 Wakefield 5.66 86.0 70.7 8.2 81.3 45.8 6.4 Tyne and Wear Gateshead 2.89 82.0 60.8 12.7 80.5 45.9 9.9 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3.60 77.8 52.9 13.7 77.4 41.8 10.8 North Tyneside 2.83 82.6 69.6 12.3 84.9 48.6 10.1 South Tyneside 2.33 86.1 55.0 15.0 88.3 40.7 11.4 Sunderland 5.11 89.5 75.4 9.5 90.5 51.2 7.5 Counties Avon 12.08 86.7 62.6 15.7 86.8 55.2 14.1 Bedfordshire 7.41 90.6 70.9 18.2 88.0 56.5 16.1 Berkshire 9.64 80.6 60.6 21.2 83.6 54.6 19.4 Buckinghamshire 8.45 72.8 65.7 23.2 82.8 61.6 21.6
1 Percentages Attempting Achieving Total leavers (000's) CSE O level A level 2Lower grades 3Higher grades A level passes Cambridgeshire 7.87 86.2 70.0 11.4 87.5 51.8 10.1 Cheshire 14.67 85.1 82.2 17.7 83.6 54.7 16.1 Cleveland 9.89 84.8 69.2 16.6 83.6 51.3 15.4 Cornwall 6.65 85.2 60.5 16.2 85.2 56.8 15.0 Cumbria 7.36 84.2 69.6 15.4 84.3 54.2 15.1 Derbyshire 14.48 86.0 59.9 12.6 86.6 51.5 10.8 Devon 12.38 84.7 59.7 11.9 85.2 54.4 10.8 Dorset 8.09 82.7 63.0 14.7 86.5 61.0 13.1 Durham 8.73 85.4 61.8 10.7 85.1 50.4 9.0 East Sussex 7.50 80.2 68.2 19.4 85.5 54.0 16.1 Essex 22.35 84.1 72.7 15.8 84.8 56.2 14.0 Gloucestershire 7.67 82.2 61.6 18.7 87.4 56.1 16.6 Hampshire 21.43 87.6 61.7 14.5 88.4 57.4 12.7 Hereford and Worcester 8.88 84.9 76.6 21.0 86.1 55.1 19.1 Hertfordshire 14.28 83.6 74.3 20.1 84.1 60.4 17.3 Humberside 13.73 85.2 68.3 13.5 83.9 46.5 12.0 Isle of Wight 1.65 84.8 50.1 14.4 88.4 48.9 10.6 Kent 21.34 74.0 62.2 18.5 83.5 52.7 16.9 Lancashire 21.28 84.1 78.5 10.8 81.6 55.2 96 Leicestershire 12.02 83.4 60.6 17.7 83.2 44.8 15.1 Lincolnshire 8.01 80.4 64.2 16.4 85.5 52.3 13.7 Norfolk 10.44 81.9 62.6 11.8 79.6 49.2 11.1 North Yorkshire 9.83 84.3 82.8 21.3 82.9 58.6 19.5 Northamptonshire 8.69 86.6 64.6 16.3 87.9 52.5 14.3 Northumberland 4.11 81.1 73.2 20.8 81.9 58.3 18.6 Nottinghamshire 15.50 86.7 56.4 12.8 86.0 40.8 11.3 Oxfordshire 7.57 87.9 59.8 16.8 89.8 55.2 14.8 Shropshire 6.29 88.6 73.9 16.2 86.3 57.4 14.2 Somerset 6.12 86.1 57.1 9.8 89.0 51.9 83 Staffordshire 16.33 82.8 71.6 13.7 82.1 52.0 12.3 Suffolk 8.96 87.0 71.0 16.5 86.0 50.9 14.5 Surrey 12.80 78.4 74.6 24.5 84.5 62.1 21.8 Warwickshire 7.12 83.3 75.2 17.7 84.9 55.4 16.2 West Sussex 8.77 86.4 64.6 21.7 87.4 61.0 19.4 Wiltshire 6.57 87.3 58.8 12.2 86.8 51.0 11.1 Total England 673.55 82.8 68.3 15.5 83.1 52.0 13.6 Source: School leavers sample survey. Data subject to sampling error. 1 Excludes examination attainments at tertiary colleges or other FE establishments. 2 O level grades D, E, CSE grades 2–5. 3 O level grades A-C, CSE grade 1.