HC Deb 19 May 1980 vol 985 cc75-6W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of A and O-level passes, respectively, was obtained by pupils of State secondary and other secondary schools respectively, in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Dr. Boyson

Provisional figures of the percentages of O and A-level passes obtained by school leavers in 1978–79 from maintained and non-maintained schools in England are as follows:

Percentage of O-level passes
Maintained schools 82
Direct grant and independent schools 18
Percentage of A-level passes
Maintained schools 75
Direct grant and independent schools 25