§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of A-level examination papers have been graded at grade A for each of the last 20 years; how many A-level examinations have been entered in each of these years; and if she will make a statement. [11489]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe proportion of GCE A-level examinations that resulted in a grade A over the last 20 years in England, together with the number of examinations in those years, are shown as follows. Corresponding figures are not available for the intervening years 1986 to 1990.
Proportion of examination papers resulting in A grades (percentage) Total number of examinations 1980 8.8 567,027 1981 9.2 588,249 1982 8.9 614,153 1983 9.4 632,127 1984 9.6 627,669 1985 9.8 609,215 1991 11.5 635,093 1992 12.6 669,584 1993 13.4 677.093 1994 14.3 675,572 1995 15.4 668,941 1996 15.7 677,295 1997 15.7 713,569 1998 16.8 724,852 1999 17.4 720,304 2000 17.6 709,580
§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average points score at A-level was for(a) pupils educated in local authorities which retain grammar schools, (b) pupils educated in local authorities which have no grammar schools and (c) the country as a whole, at the latest date for which figures are available. [11634]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe average GCE A-level point score of pupils aged 16 to 18 in maintained schools in England in 1999–2000 was(a) 17.8 for pupils educated in local authorities which retain grammar schools, (b) 15.9 for pupils educated in local authorities which have no grammar schools and (c) 16.6 for pupils in all maintained schools. The overall figure for all schools in England, including independent schools, was 17.9.