§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will give a ranking by county of the percentage of female school leavers leaving school with five or more GCSEs at grades A to C.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe table gives details of the ranking by county of the percentage of female school leavers estimated to be leaving maintained schools in England in 1992 with five or more GCSEs at grades A to C. The latest year for which the information is available is 1991–92, when the school examinations survey was undertaken with a reduced sample of 3 per cent.
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Female school leavers achieving 5 or more grades A-C at GCSE in English schools in 1991–92 Per cent. Rank Avon 46.1 16 Bedfordshire 50.2 12 Berkshire 38.3 30 Buckinghamshire 53.1 6 Cambridgeshire 41.5 25 Cheshire 42.8 21 Cleveland 32.3 37 Cornwall 52.4 9 Cumbria 38.4 29 Derbyshire 38.8 27 Devon 48.8 15 Dorset 43.7 19 Durham 45.5 17 East Sussex 49.5 13 Essex 49.2 14 Gloucestershire 51.5 11 Hampshire 52.0 10 Hereford and Worcester 34.3 35 Hertfordshire 54.1 3 Humberside 34.4 34 Isle of Wight 52.5 8 Kent 43.7 19 Lancashire 32.6 36 Leicestershire 30.4 38 Lincolnshire 35.2 32 Norfolk 38.5 28 North Yorkshire 42.2 22 Northamptonshire 41.2 26 Northumberland 53.0 7 Nottinghamshire 35.0 33 Oxfordshire 44.0 18 Shropshire 42.1 23 Somerset 53.3 4 Staffordshire 41.6 24 Surrey 63.6 2 Warwickshire 68.4 1 West Sussex 53.2 5 Wiltshire 35.4 31 Source: School Examinations Survey 1991–92.