HC Deb 28 November 2001 vol 375 cc921-2W
Mr. Flight

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on difference in performance at GCSE between state secondary schools(a) with and (b) without a sixth form in Arundel and South Downs. [18325]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The proportion of 15-year-olds achieving five or more GCSEs at A* to C in Arundel and South Downs in 2001 was as follows (the results of the individual schools included in the averages are also given):

Percentage
Arundel and South Down Individual schools
(a) Schools with sixth forms 56.7
The Angmering School 54
Steyning Grammar School 58
The St. Philip Howard Catholic High School 58

Percentage
Arundel and South Down Individual schools
(b) Schools without sixth forms 63.4
Westergate Community School 42
Downlands Community School 74