HL Deb 12 November 1998 vol 594 cc110-2WA
Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

asked 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, for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of 16-year old pupils. [HL3714]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

Information 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.

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.