HC Deb 24 January 1996 vol 270 cc288-95W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will provide the GCSE average point scores per pupil in 1995 for each individual 20th group, and also for the cumulative 20th group, of all 15-year-old pupils when ranked according to their average point scores, where A* = 7 for (a) all such pupils in England, (b) all such pupils of the local education authority maintained sector only, excluding those of grant-maintained schools, (c) all such pupils of the grant-maintained sector only, (d) all such pupils of the whole maintained sector only, excluding those of independent schools and (e) all such pupils of the independent sector only. [42202]

Mr. Robin Squire

[holding answer 8 November 1995]: The GCSE average point scores per pupil in 1995 for each individual 20th group, and also for the cumulative 20th groups of all 15-year-old pupils when ranked according to their average point scores where A* = 7 are shown in the following tables:

GCSE average point scores by each twentieth of the 15-year-olds 1994–95 provisional figures
Cumulative totals
All schools1 Grant maintained Independent
Average GCSE points Number 15-year-olds Total point score Average GCSE points Number 15-year-olds Total point score Average GCSE points Number 15-year-olds Total point score
21.823 346,916 7,570,643 26.228 57,299 1,502,835 37.591 28,491 1,071,011
23.496 375,826 8,830,343 27.750 62,074 1,722,550 39.212 30,865 1,210,267
25.123 404,736 10,168,051 29.228 66,849 1,953,858 40.717 33,240 1,353,446
26.716 433,646 11,585,492 30.674 71,624 2,197,008 42.109 35,614 1,499,672
28.290 462,555 13,085,748 32.100 76,398 2,452,391 43.400 37,988 1,648,678
29.854 491,465 14,672,377 33.518 81,173 2,720,772 44.624 40,362 1,801,098
31.431 520,375 16,355,717 34.953 85,948 3,004,113 45.873 42,737 1,960,481
33.036 549,284 18,146,009 36.429 90,723 3,304,934 47.112 45,111 2,125,259
34.827 578,194 20,137,007 38.102 95,498 3,638,642 48.467 47,485 2,301,460
1Includes LEA and grant-maintained schools, independent schools, hospital schools and pupil referral units.

Maintained1 LEA maintained
Average GCSE points Number 15-year-olds Total point score Average GCSE points Number 15-year-olds Total point score
0.000 26,416 0 0.000 21,641 0
0.502 52,832 26,509 0.221 43,282 9,569
2.749 79,248 217,826 2.111 64,924 137,027
5.292 105,664 559,146 4.474 86,565 387,315
7.733 132,081 1,021,317 6.818 108,206 737,741
10.019 158,497 1,588,019 9.047 129,847 1,174,775
12.136 184,913 2,244,018 11.134 151,488 1,686,656
14.122 211,329 2,984,408 13.099 173,130 2,267,840
15.997 237,745 3,803,121 14.962 194,771 2,914,229
17.781 264,161 4,697,065 16.740 216,412 3,622,833
19.490 290,577 5,663,336 18.447 238,053 4,391,259
21.135 316,993 6,699,751 20.094 259,694 5,218,197
22.737 343,409 7,808,110 21.699 281,336 6,104,623
24.301 369,825 8,986,961 23.269 302,977 7,050,001
25.833 396,242 10,235,997 24.810 324,618 8,053,922
27.348 422,658 11,558,679 26.336 346,259 9,119,118
28.862 449,074 12,961,258 27.861 367,900 10,250,138
30.394 475,490 14,451,924 29.404 389,542 11,454,202
31.976 501,906 16,048,730 31.003 411,183 12,747,745
33.750 528,322 17,830,804 32.790 432,824 14,192,162
1Includes LEA and grant-maintained schools, independent schools, hospital schools and pupil referral units.

GCSE average point scores by each twentieth of the 15-year-olds 1994–95 provisional figures
Individual totals
All schools1 Grant maintained Independent
Average GCSE points Number 15-year-olds Total point score Average GCSE points Number 15-year-olds Total point score Average GCSE points Number 15-year-olds Total point score
0.000 28,910 0 0.218 4,775 1,042 0.000 2,374 0
0.826 28,909 23,892 7.284 4,775 34,779 2.300 2,375 5,463
7.097 28,910 205,180 14.402 4,775 68,768 16.663 2,374 39,558
13.074 28,910 377,970 19.506 4,775 93,142 32.700 2,374 77,629
17.966 28,910 519,386 23.597 4,775 112,678 39.761 2,374 94,393
22.101 28,909 638,923 27.162 4,774 129,670 44.059 2,375 104,639
25.693 28,910 742,774 30.290 4,775 144,635 47.136 2,374 111,902
29.039 28,910 839,511 33.128 4,775 158,185 49.806 2,374 118,240
32.150 28,909 929,431 35.952 4,775 171,669 51.969 2,374 123,375
35.110 28,910 1,015,023 38.544 4,775 184,046 53.890 2,375 127,988
37.999 28,910 1,098,540 41.070 4,775 196,109 55.567 2,374 131,916
40.818 28,909 1,180,013 43.584 4,775 208,112 57.249 2,374 135,908
43.573 28,910 1,259,700 46.014 4,775 219,715 58.659 2,374 139,256
46.271 28,910 1,337,708 48.441 4,775 231,308 60.286 2,375 143,179
49.029 28,910 1,417,441 50.921 4,775 243,150 61.595 2,374 146,226
51.896 28,909 1,500,256 53.495 4,774 255,383 62.766 2,374 149,006
54.882 28,910 1,586,629 56.205 4,775 268,381 64.204 2,374 152,420
58.227 28,910 1,683,340 59.338 4,775 283,341 67.109 2,375 159,383
61.929 28,909 1,790,292 62.999 4,775 300,821 69.409 2,374 164,778
68.869 28,910 1,990,998 69.886 4,775 333,708 74.221 2,374 176,201
1Includes LEA and grant-maintained schools, independent schools, hospital schools and pupil referral units.

Individual totals
Maintained1 LEA maintained
Average GCSE points Number 15-year-olds Total point score Average GCSE points Number 15-year-olds Total point score
0.000 26,416 0 0.000 21,641 0
1.004 26.416 26,509 0.442 21,641 9,569
7.242 26,416 191,317 5.889 21,642 127,458
12.921 26416 341,320 11,565 21,641 250288
17.495 26,417 462,171 16.193 21,641 350,426
21.453 26,416 566,702 20.195 21,641 437,034
24,833 26,416 655,999 23.653 21,641 511881
28.028 26,416 740,390 26.854 21,642 581,184
30.993 26,416 818,713 29.869 21,641 646,389
33.841 26,416 893,944 32.744 21,641 708,604
36.579 26,416 966,271 35.508 21,641 768,426
39.234 26,416 1,036,415 38.212 21,641 826,938
41.958 26,416 1,108,359 40.959 21,642 886,426
44.626 26,416 1,178,851 43.685 21,641 945,378
47.282 26,417 1,249,036 46.390 21,641 1,003,921
50.071 26,416 1,322,682 49.221 21,641 1,065,196
53.096 26,416 1,402,579 52.263 21,641 1,131,020
56.430 26,416 1,490,666 55.636 21,642 1,204,064
60.448 26,416 1,596,806 59.773 21,641 1,293,543
67.462 26,416 1,782,074 66.744 21,641 1,444,417

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will provide the average GCSE point scores, where A* = 7, per 15-year-old pupil by local education authority and for 1995, and also by gender in each case for (a) the local education authority maintained sector only, (b) the grant-maintained sector only and (c) the whole maintained sector; and if he will state the averages in each case for each standard Department for Education region. [42203]

Average GCSE point scores (based on A* equals 7)
LEA maintained Grant maintained Maintained sector
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Corporation of London — — — — — — — — —
Camden 25.8 32.9 29.8 42.3 41.2 41.5 28.6 35.0 32.3
Greenwich 26.3 30.5 28.4 — — — 26.3 30.5 28.4
Hackney 21.7 28.8 25.9 — — — 21.7 28.8 25.9
Hammersmith and Fulham 16.9 30.0 24.3 40.0 0.0 40.1 24.1 30.0 26.9
Islington 20.2 24.2 21.9 — — — 20.2 24.2 21.9
Kensington and Chelsea 28.3 30.6 29.6 50.6 — 50.6 36.5 30.6 33.7
Lambeth 14.1 26.1 21.4 29.0 32.5 30.9 22.9 29.3 26.5
Lewisham 24.8 30.6 27.6 — — — 24.8 30.6 27.6
Southwark 17.4 26.9 22.0 30.5 34.8 32.7 20.6 28.9 24.7
Tower Hamlets 21.2 26.7 23.8 31.5 32.2 31.8 21.9 27.1 24.4
Wandsworth 20.7 19.4 20.3 29.7 34.3 32.3 25.5 31.3 28.2
Westminster 22.8 30.6 26.9 — — — 22.8 30.6 26.9
Barking and Dagenham 26.2 30.1 28.1 — — — 26.2 30.1 28.1
Barnet 30.2 41.3 36.8 40.7 45.5 42.6 36.7 43.1 39.8
Bexley 31.7 38.3 35.4 37.1 40.0 37.9 33.5 38.5 36.0
Brent 20.1 30.4 24.6 30.4 36.4 33.4 28.6 35.5 32.0
Bromley 28.2 30.7 29.8 37.7 42.5 40.0 36.3 39.4 37.8
Croydon 27.4 33.3 30.3 31.4 39.9 35.7 29.2 36.3 32.7
Ealing 25.5 33.6 29.4 28.5 36.0 32.7 26.6 34.7 30.8
Enfield 26.2 34.6 31.0 35.9 38.6 36.7 30.3 35.3 32.7
Haringey 21.9 28.6 25.1 — — — 21.9 28.6 25.1
Harrow 35.8 41.1 38.5 38.4 — 38.4 36.1 41.1 38.5
Havering 31.7 34.9 33.1 43.8 45.4 44.9 33.3 38.5 35.9
Hillingdon 27.6 31.4 29.7 31.4 35.9 33.7 30.8 35.1 33.0
Hounslow 29.1 35.6 32.1 38.1 44.9 41.5 30.2 37.0 33.4
Kingston upon Thames 28.8 43.5 39.0 45.0 36.7 43.1 38.1 42.5 40.4
Merton 30.6 32.5 31.4 — 43.3 43.3 30.6 35.3 32.8
Newham 22.6 27.9 25.2 23.0 33.9 28.7 22.6 28.1 25.3
Redbridge 36.1 38.5 37.3 34.0 39.2 36.8 36.0 38.5 37.2
Richmond upon Thames 34.2 39.8 36.9 — — — 34.2 39.8 36.9
Sutton 24.9 30.0 27.7 46.3 50.5 48.1 38.0 40.4 39.1
Waltham Forest 25.1 31.7 28.4 33.9 42.6 37.7 26.8 33.4 30.0
Birmingham 23.4 28.6 25.9 36.1 38.8 37.4 26.3 30.7 28.5
Coventry 27.9 33.5 30.6 — — — 27.9 33.5 30.6

Mr. Squire

[holding answer 8 November 1995]: The average GCSE point scores, where A* = 7 per 15-year-old pupil by local education authority and for 1995, and also by gender in each case for (a) the local authority maintained sector only, (b) the grant-maintained sector only and (c) the whole maintained sector are shown in the following table. The averages for each standard Department for Education region are also shown at the end of the following table:

Average GCSE point scores (based on A* equals 7)
LEA maintained Grant maintained Maintained sector
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Dudley 30.3 35.9 33.1 34.5 37.4 35.8 31.4 36.3 33.8
Sandwell 25.4 30.3 27.8 23.7 26.6 25.2 25.3 30.0 27.6
Solihull 34.2 39.4 36.9 — — — 34.2 39.4 36.9
Walsall 22.1 27.8 24.9 34.9 39.1 37.0 26.5 31.8 29.1
Wolverhampton 26.6 30.0 28.2 24.5 37.9 32.6 26.4 31.4 28.9
Knowsley 21.7 23.8 22.8 16.1 23.5 19.7 21.3 23.8 22.5
Liverpool 21.7 27.1 24.4 34.0 36.1 34.7 23.2 27.7 25.4
St. Helens 29.6 35.0 32.1 — — — 29.6 35.0 32.1
Sefton 32.3 37.8 35.1 — — — 32.3 37.8 35.1
Wirral 28.2 35.6 32.1 56.8 49.8 55.5 33.8 36.3 35.0
Bolton 30.1 35.2 32.5 37.1 43.0 40.1 31.2 36.6 33.7
Bury 34.3 38.1 36.1 — — — 34.3 38.1 36.1
Manchester 21.5 26.3 23.8 — — — 21.5 26.3 23.8
Oldham 26.3 32.9 29.5 — — — 26.3 32.9 29.5
Rochdale 27.2 31.8 29.4 32.2 38.7 35.4 28.0 33.0 30.4
Salford 23.5 28.1 25.8 39.0 41.9 40.4 24.0 28.5 26.3
Stockport 33.3 38.0 35.5 — — — 33.3 38.0 35.5
Tameside 25.9 32.1 29.2 36.0 41.1 37.6 28.4 33.2 30.7
Trafford 34.4 39.2 36.9 27.3 31.1 29.0 32.5 37.4 35.0
Wigan 32.1 38.3 35.1 — — — 32.1 38.3 35.1
Barnsley 24.8 30.8 27.8 — — — 24.8 30.8 27.8
Doncaster 25.9 30.1 27.8 43.1 49.7 46.3 26.8 31.2 28.8
Rotherham 29.7 34.4 32.0 — — — 29.7 34.4 32.0
Sheffield 28.3 32.6 30.4 37.5 39.5 38.6 28.8 33.1 30.9
Bradford 24.0 29.4 26.6 28.5 33.9 31.0 24.9 30.2 27.4
Calderdale 22.3 27.1 24.5 34.8 39.5 37.0 28.7 33.7 31.1
Kirklees 28.3 34.6 31.4 57.5 53.8 55.7 29.0 35.1 31.9
Leeds 27.8 33.2 30.4 35.9 36.1 36.0 28.0 33.3 30.6
Wakefield 28.5 33.8 31.2 — — — 28.5 33.8 31.2
Gateshead 30.1 33.6 31.9 — — — 30.1 33.6 31.9
Newcastle upon Tyne 26.0 27.8 26.9 — — — 26.0 27.8 26.9
North Tyneside 30.9 34.8 32.8 — — — 30.9 34.8 32.8
South Tyneside 28.7 34.5 31.6 — — — 28.7 34.5 31.6
Sunderland 27.0 32.9 29.9 — — — 27.0 32.9 29.9
Isles of Scilly 38.6 50.9 46.2 — — — 38.6 50.9 46.2
Avon 31.5 36.4 33.9 37.3 41.1 39.0 31.7 36.6 34.1
Bedfordshire 32.1 37.2 34.6 34.9 40.1 37.4 32.9 38.0 35.4
Berkshire 33.2 39.5 36.3 40.0 39.5 39.8 34.6 39.5 37.0
Buckinghamshire 36.4 41.2 38.8 37.1 39.5 38.3 36.6 40.7 38.6
Cambridgeshire 33.3 38.3 35.8 36.2 39.1 37.6 34.3 38.6 36.4
Cheshire 34.1 39.1 36.6 36.3 41.3 38.8 34.2 39.2 36.7
Cleveland 28.3 32.5 30.4 — — — 28.3 32.5 30.4
Cornwall 34.9 39.3 37.1 — — — 34.9 39.3 37.1
Cumbria 30.4 35.1 32.7 36.5 41.3 38.9 32.6 37.4 35.0
Derbyshire 29.2 34.3 31.6 34.5 39.7 37.0 30.8 35.9 33.3
Devon 31.7 38.3 35.0 43.4 44.9 43.9 32.8 38.6 35.6
Dorset 35.3 40.1 37.5 43.6 46.7 45.4 37.0 42.0 39.4
Durham 28.5 34.1 31.2 — — — 28.5 34.1 31.2
East Sussex 33.1 37.2 35.1 — — — 33.1 37.2 35.1
Essex 28.1 33.5 30.8 35.5 40.8 38.1 33.2 38.5 35.8
Gloucestershire 32.1 35.8 34.0 37.6 42.1 39.7 35.9 40.0 37.9
Hampshire 33.9 39.2 36.5 39.1 45.2 42.1 34.9 40.4 37.6
Hereford and Worcester 32.5 37.3 34.9 34.9 40.1 37.7 32.7 37.5 35.1
Hertfordshire 32.6 38.7 35.6 38.2 42.8 40.5 34.6 40.1 37.3
Humberside 28.3 32.9 30.6 — — — 28.3 32.9 30.6
Isle of Wight 33.3 35.9 34.5 — — — 33.3 35.9 34.5
Kent 29.5 35.4 32.7 34.2 38.3 36.0 32.1 36.7 34.4
Lancashire 30.8 35.4 33.0 46.9 49.3 48.1 31.8 36.3 34.0
Leicestershire 30.3 35.6 32.9 38.5 41.9 39.9 30.4 35.6 33.0
Lincolnshire 28.1 36.7 32.8 37.1 38.0 37.5 32.7 37.2 35.0
Norfolk 31.2 37.5 34.3 33.6 38.8 36.1 31.8 37.8 34.8
North Yorkshire 36.1 40.9 38.5 — — — 36.1 40.9 38.5
Northamptonshire 32.5 38.0 35.3 32.6 35.2 33.8 32.6 37.4 35.0
Northumberland 33.2 38.2 35.7 28.6 35.8 31.7 33.0 38.1 35.5
Nottinghamshire 28.7 33.2 30.9 26.1 34.2 30.0 28.6 33.2 30.9
Oxfordshire 33.3 39.4 36.3 — — — 33.3 39.4 36.3
Shropshire 32.7 38.9 35.8 37.0 39.8 38.3 33.5 39.1 36.2
Somerset 34.5 39.9 37.2 30.4 44.5 32.6 34.4 39.9 37.1
Staffordshire 30.1 35.2 32.6 32.1 33.8 33.0 30.2 35.1 32.6
Suffolk 35.7 40.7 38.2 — — — 35.7 40.7 38.2

Average GCSE point scores (based on A* equals 7)
LEA maintained Grant maintained Maintained sector
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Surrey 34.3 39.6 36.9 38.3 43.1 40.6 35.6 40.7 38.1
Warwickshire 32.1 36.8 34.4 32.8 40.2 37.0 32.2 37.5 34.9
West Sussex 36.9 42.1 39.4 — — — 36.9 42.1 39.4
Wiltshire 33.2 38.4 35.8 37.6 43.4 40.3 35.0 40.3 37.6
Total 30.2 35.5 32.8 36.2 40.2 38.1 31.3 36.3 33.7
Regions
North 29.1 33.7 31.3 35.8 40.9 38.3 29.5 34.1 31.8
Yorkshire and Humberside 38.7 33.7 31.1 34.0 38.4 36.1 29.0 34.0 31.4
North-west 29.5 34.6 32.0 39.4 41.6 40.4 30.2 35.0 32.5
East Midlands 29.8 35.1 32.4 34.9 38.0 36.3 30.8 35.6 33.1
West Midlands 28.9 34.1 31.5 34.2 38.1 36.1 29.7 34.7 32.1
East Anglia 33.5 39.0 36.2 35.1 39.0 37.0 33.8 39.0 36.4
Greater London 26.6 32.9 29.8 35.8 39.7 37.6 29.3 34.7 32.0
South-east 33.1 38.5 35.8 36.2 40.8 38.4 34.1 39.2 36.6
South-west 33.1 38.3 35.6 39.0 43.5 41.1 34.2 39.3 36.6
Total 30.2 35.5 32.8 36.2 40.2 38.1 31.3 36.3 33.7

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will provide for all 15-year-old pupils in(a) England, (b) the local education authority maintained, (c) grant-maintained and (d) independent sectors, on the same basis as in the annual school performance tables, and also by gender (i) their GCSE average point score where A* = 7 and where A* = 8 and (ii) the percentage achieving (1) at least five GCSEs at grades A* = C, (2) at least one GCSE at grade C or higher, (3) at least five GCSEs at grade G or higher and (4) at least one GCSE at grade G or higher. [42204]

School performance tables 1995
Average point score Percentage of 15-year-olds achieving
A* = 7 A* = 8 5+ A* -C 1+ A* -C 5+ A* -G 1+ A* -G
(A) England
Boys 32.5 32.7 39.0 63.5 83.4 90.7
Girls 37.3 37.6 48.1 75.0 88.1 93.2
Total 34.8 35.1 43.5 69.1 85.7 91.9
(B) LEA maintained
Boys 30.2 30.3 33.6 59.4 82.2 90.1
Girls 35.5 35.7 43.6 72.1 87.2 92.5
Total 32.8 33.0 38.5 65.7 84.7 91.3
(C) Grant maintained
Boys 36.2 36.4 44.8 71.0 90.0 95.3
Girls 40.2 40.5 53.0 81.0 92.5 96.1
Total 38.1 38.4 48.7 75.7 91.2 95.7
(D) Independent
Boys 47.3 48.2 76.9 87.9 85.8 90.7
Girls 49.8 50.9 83.1 82.6 89.7 93.9
Total 48.5 49.5 79.9 90.1 87.8 92.9

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