§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the LEA area which achieved the best(a) A level results and (b) GCSE results in 1997, indicating the extent to which each operates a selective education system. [24074]
§ Dr. HowellsThe 1997 Performance Tables show that the Isles of Scilly achieved the highest proportion of maintained school pupils gaining five or more GCSE grades A*-C or GNVQ equivalent, and pupils in Buckinghamshire maintained schools achieved the highest average GCE A/AS point score per examination entry. Forty-seven per cent. of all pupils in maintained secondary schools (excluding special schools) in Buckinghamshire attend schools with a selective admissions policy. The Isles of Scilly has one maintained non-selective secondary school.