§ Lord Northbourneasked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, and if so to what extent, girls are performing better in maintained schools than boys; and whether, if this is the case, there are significant variations in this respect between ethnic groups. [HL249]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Baroness Ashton of Upholland)The tables below show, for pupils in maintained schools in England, the attainment of boys, girls and all pupils from different ethnic backgrounds at key stages 1, 2 and 3 and GCSE/ GNVQ in 2002. The figures indicate the proportions of pupils achieving:
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- (a) level 2 or above at key stage 1
- (b) level 4 or above at key stage 2
- (c) level 5 or above at key stage 3
- (d) 5 or more grades A✶-C GCSE/GNVQ
Reading Writing Maths Ethnic Group Boys Girls All Boys Girls All Boys Girls All (c) Key Stage 3—Percentage of pupils achieving level 5 or above White 59 76 67 68 69 68 68 68 68 Black Caribbean 40 64 52 45 50 47 43 50 47 Black African 48 65 56 49 53 51 47 52 49 Black Other 47 69 58 52 55 53 48 56 52 Bangladeshi 46 67 57 53 51 52 44 44 44 Pakistani 46 63 54 50 49 50 43 44 43 Indian 69 83 76 74 74 74 69 70 70 Chinese 73 86 79 87 88 87 79 81 80 Other 54 71 62 62 64 63 59 62 60 Unclassified 54 73 63 65 66 65 64 66 65 New Codes 58 71 63 64 64 63 65 63 62 All ethnic groups 58 75 66 67 67 67 66 67 66
5A✶-C Ethnic Group Boys Girls All (d) GCSE/GNVQ—Percentage of 15 year-old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A ✶-C White 46 57 52 Black Caribbean 23 38 31 Black African 34 47 40 Black Other 30 45 38 Bangladeshi 40 50 45 Pakistani 34 46 40 Indian 58 70 64 Chinese 71 77 73 Other 44 58 50 Unclassified 43 55 49 New Codes 21 29 25 All ethnic groups 44 55 49