§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students left secondary schools in the maintained sector in 1980–81 with (a) no academic qualifications, (b) one CSE, (c) one to five CSEs, (d) one O-level, (e) one to five O-levels and (f) over five O-levels.
§ Dr. BoysonInformation on school leavers in 1980–81 is not yet available. As I said to my right hon. Friend the Member for Leek (Mr. Knox) on 21 October, the information readily available on qualifications of leavers from English maintained schools in 1979–80 is as follows:
Leavers with Thousands Five or more higher* grades at O-level or CSE 147.5 1–4 higher* grades at O-level or CSE 201.3 No higher* grades but one or more other grades 266.8 No CSE or O-level qualifications 90.5 All leavers 706.1 * O-level grades A to C and CSE grade 1 are classified as higher grades. All other graded results are classified as other grades.