HC Deb 03 February 1997 vol 289 cc460-2W
Mr. Pearson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list for each local education authority in rank order the percentage change in the number of students gaining five or more GCSEs at grade C or above from 1995 to 1996. [13387]

Mrs. Gillan

The percentage change in the number of 15-year-old pupils in maintained schools gaining five or more GCSEs at grade C or above from 1995 to 1996 by local education authority in England is as follows:

Percentage change in the number of 15-year-olds in maintained schools gaining five or more GCSEs Grade C or above from 1995 to 1996 analysed by local education authority in England
Percentage change 1995–1996
Isles of Scilly 72.7
Kensington and Chelsea 44.7
Islington 37.6
Newham 25.2
Westminster 21.8
Knowsley 19.8
Isle of Wight 19.5
Manchester 19.1
Newcastle upon Tyne 17.3
Redbridge 16.9
Southwark 16.9
Rochdale 16.3
Tower Hamlets 16.1
Doncaster 15.3
Richmond upon Thames 15.0
Coventry 14.3
Wandsworth 13.7
Dudley 13.4
Northamptonshire 12.8
Hillingdon 12.4
Stockport 11.6
Hammersmith and Fulham 11.4
Trafford 11.1
Brent 11.1
Bexley 11.0
Bedfordshire 11.0
Lambeth 10.5
Sutton 10.3
Somerset 10.3
Staffordshire 10.1
Tameside 10.1
Cambridgeshire 10.1
Birmingham 9.9
Bury 9.6
Hounslow 9.5
Calderdale 8.9
Salford 8.9
Camden 8.8
Oldham 8.7
Bromley 8.7
Dorset 8.6
Enfield 8.3
Derbyshire 8.3
Cumbria 8.3
Wirral 8.3
Hereford and Worcester 8.2
St. Helens 7.7
Nottinghamshire 7.5
Hackney 7.3
Waltham Forest 7.3
Kent 7.0
Leeds 7.0
Lewisham 6.9
Rotherham 6.7
Kingston upon Thames 6.6
North Tyneside 6.4
Bradford 6.4
Cheshire 6.0
Bolton 5.9
Oxfordshire 5.8
Gloucestershire 5.7
Liverpool 5.6
Ealing 5.5
Hampshire 5.4
Wigan 5.4
Barnet 5.3
Hertfordshire 5.3
Lancashire 5.3
Sheffield 5.2
Warwickshire 5.2
Percentage change in the number of 15-year-olds in maintained schools gaining five or more GCSEs Grade C or above from 1995 to 1996 analysed by local education authority in England
Percentage change 1995–1996
Suffolk 5.2
Croydon 5.1
Walsall 5.1
East Sussex 5.1
Havering 5.0
Haringey 5.0
Leicestershire 5.0
Solihull 4.9
Kirklees 4.9
Durham 4.7
Merton 4.5
Buckinghamshire 4.4
Barking and Dagenham 4.3
Devon 4.2
South Tyneside 4.1
Cornwall 4.1
Surrey 3.3
Essex 3.2
Harrow 3.1
Northumberland 3.0
Sefton 3.0
Shropshire 3.0
Wakefield 2.7
Wiltshire 2.0
West Sussex 2.0
Lincolnshire 1.9
Sunderland 1.8
Sandwell 1.8
Berkshire 1.7
Gateshead 1.1
Norfolk 0.9
Barnsley -1.2
Wolverhampton -3.0
Greenwich -4.1