§ Lord Pilkington of Oxenfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish data for Wales showing for all state schools, independent schools and all schools separately, the percentage of all 16-year old pupils in each of the years 1994 to 1997 obtaining one or more GCSE passes at grades A* to C and one or more passes at grades A* to G, showing data separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including, 111WA for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of 16-year old pupils. [HL3714]
§ Lord Williams of MostynInformation on GCSE results is usually given for those pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year (i.e., those that become 16 during the school year). Information for these pupils, for schools in Wales, is given in the following tables.
Percentage of 15-year old boys achieving 1 or more GCSEs1 Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Maintained schools2 Number of schools with 15-year old pupils 273 273 280 280 Number of 15-year old boys 15,966 18,108 18,600 17,808 Percentage of 15-year old boys achieving: 1 or more GCSE grades A* to C 58 58 60 61 1 or more GCSE grades A* to G 88 87 87 88 Independent schools Number of schools with 15-year old pupils 38 38 38 37 Number of 15-year old boys 532 493 507 434 Percentage of 15-year old boys achieving: 1 or more GCSE grades A* to C 83 90 90 89 1 or more GCSE grades A* to G 87 92 92 92 All schools Number of schools with 15-year old pupils 311 311 318 317 Number of 15-year old boys 16,498 18,601 19,107 18,242 Percentage of 15-year old boys achieving: 1 or more GCSE grades A* to C 59 59 61 61 1 or more GCSE grades A* to G 88 87 87 88 1Age given is the age at the start of the academic year. 2Local Education Authority and grant maintained secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units. 112WA
Percentage of 15-year old girls achieving 1 or more GCSEs1 Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Maintained schools2 Number of schools with 15-year old pupils 273 273 280 280 Number of 15-year old girls 15,414 16,856 17,529 17,293 Percentage of 15-year old girls achieving: 1 or more GCSE grades A* to C 69 70 71 72 1 or more GCSE grades A* to G 92 92 91 91 Independent schools Number of schools with 15-year old pupils 38 38 38 37 Number of 15 year-old girls 424 477 486 446 Percentage of 15-year old girls achieving: 1 or more GCSE grades A* to C 99 96 98 95 1 or more GCSE grades A* to G 100 96 100 96 All schools Number of schools with 15-year old pupils 311 311 318 317 Number of 15-year old girls 15,838 17,333 18,015 17,739 Percentage of 15-year old girls achieving: 1 or more GCSE grades A* to C 70 71 71 72 1 or more GCSE grades A* to G 92 92 91 91 1Age given is the age at the start of the academic year. 2LEA and grant maintained secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units.
Percentage of 15-year old pupils achieving 1 or more GCSEs1 Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Maintained schools2 Number of schools with 15-year old pupils 273 273 280 280 Number of 15-year old pupils 31,380 34,952 36,034 35,101 Percentage of 15-year old pupils achieving: 1 or more GCSE grades A* to C 64 64 65 66 1 or more GCSE grades A* to G 90 89 89 90 Independent schools Number of schools with 15-year old pupils 38 38 38 37 Number of 15-year old pupils 956 970 993 880 Percentage of 15-year old pupils achieving: 1 or more GCSE grades A* to C 90 93 94 92 1 or more GCSE grades A* to G 93 94 96 94 All schools Number of schools with 15-year old pupils 311 311 318 317 Number of 15-year old pupils 32,336 35,922 37,027 35,981 Percentage of 15-year old pupils achieving: 1 or more GCSE grades A* to C 64 65 66 67 1 or more GCSE grades A* to G 90 89 89 90 1Age given is the age at the start of the academic year. 2LEA and grant maintained secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units.