§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list local education authorities in England in order of achievement according to (a) the percentage of school leavers obtaining two or more A-level passes and separately (b) the percentage of school leavers obtaining five or more O-level passes.
§ Mr. Dunn[pursuant to his reply, 11 February 1985, c. 7]: The information requested is shown in the tables:
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Leavers from Maintained Schools in England Examination attainments of School Leavers averaged over the academic years 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83 LEA Percentage with five or more higher grade passes at O-level or CSE* Harrow 37.2 Barnet 35.7 Sutton 33.5 Buckinghamshire 33.1 Surrey 33.0 Kingston-upon-Thames 31.5 West Sussex 31.2 Hertfordshire 30.6 Bromley 28.8 North Yorkshire 28.5 Sefton 28.1 Richmond-upon-Thames 27.7 East Sussex 27.6 Gloucestershire 27.4 Stockport 26.9 Dorset 26.8 Oxfordshire 26.5 Solihull 26.3 Bury 26.3 Trafford 26.3 Wirral 25.8 Cambridgeshire 25.8
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LEA Percentage with five or more higher grade passes at O-level or CSE* Redbridge 25.6 Kent 25.6 Northumberland 25.5 Bexley 25.4 Berkshire 25.4 Croydon 25.3 Cornwall 25.3 Havering 25.2 Cheshire 25.1 Warwickshire 25.1 Hampshire 24.9 Dudley 24.7 Merton 24.5 Wiltshire 24.2 Kirklees 23.9 Cumbria 23.9 Essex 23.7 Hereford and Worcester 23.5 Lincolnshire 23.5 Shropshire 23.5 Bolton 23.2 Calderdale 23.2 North Tyneside 23.0 Enfield 22.9 Wigan 22.9 Avon 22.9 Cleveland 22.7 Leicestershire 22.7 St. Helens 22.6 Leeds 22.6 Devon 22.3 Hounslow 22.2 Lancashire 21.9 Coventry 21.7 Derbyshire 21.5 Hillingdon 21.4 Bedfordshire 21.2 Suffolk 21.0 Humberside 20.6 Staffordshire 20.6 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 20.5 Somerset 20.5 Sheffield 20.4 Isle of Wight 20.1 Isles of Scilly 20.0 Walsall 19.6 Ealing 19.4 Norfolk 19.3 Durham 19.2 Tameside 19.1 Nottinghamshire 19.0 Birmingham 18.8 Sunderland 18.8 Northamptonshire 18.8 Bradford 18.6 South Tyneside 18.5 Liverpool 18.3 Rotherham 18.2 Rochdale 18.0 Brent 17.8 Doncaster 17.5 Gateshead 17.4 Salford 16.9 Wakefield 16.9 Wolverhampton 16.6 Waltham Forest 16.3 Manchester 15.8 Barnsley 15.8 Haringey 14.8 ILEA 14.4 Barking 13.5 Sandwell 13.2 Oldham 12.8
LEA Percentage with live or more higher grade passes at O-level or CSE* Knowsley 12.5 Newham 11.4 Total 22.1 * O-level grades A-C, CSE Grade 1.
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LEA Percentage with 2 or more A-levels Bamet 22.4 Harrow 21.2 Sutton 20.2 Kingston-upon-Thames 17.8 Buckinghamshire 17.4 Surrey 17.4 West Sussex 15.5 North Yorkshire 15.3 Hertfordshire 14.9 Sefton 14.6 Bromley 14.4 Redbridge 14.1 Solihull 14.1 Stockport 14.0 Wirral 14.0 Cheshire 13.9 Leicestershire 13.8 Oxfordshire 13.7 Dorset 13.6 Kent 13.6 Gloucestershire 13.5 East Sussex 13.4 Trafford 13.3 Enfield 13.1 Berkshire 13.0 Kirklees 12.7 Warwickshire 12.6 Bolton 12.4 Cumbria 12.3 Hounslow 12.3 Leeds 12.2 Havering 12.1 Croydon 12.0 Calderdale 11.9 Bexley 11.8 Northumberland 11.8 Bury 11.6 Hampshire 11.6 Isle of Wight 11.6 Hillingdon 11.4 Merton 11.4 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 11.4 Cornwall 11.1 Avon 11.0 Essex 11.0 Cleveland 10.9 Lincolnshire 10.9 Wiltshire 10.9 St. Helens 10.8 Cambridgeshire 10.8 Dudley 10.7 Sheffield 10.6 Hereford and Worcester 10.5 Ealing 10.4 Walsall 10.4 Rochdale 10.2 Staffordshire 10.1 Humberside 10.0 Nottinghamshire 10.0 Derbyshire 9.9 Lancashire 9.9 Bedfordshire 9.8 Shropshire 9.8
LEA percentage with 2 or more A-levels Liverpool 9.5 North Tyneside 9.5 Coventry 9.4 Doncaster 9.4 Suffolk 9.4 Bradford 9.3 Northamptonshire 9.3 Durham 9.1 Brent 8.8 Birmingham 8.7 Norfolk 8.7 Salford 8.5 Wigan 8.5 Devon 8.4 Haringey 8.2 Rotherham 8.1 Waltham Forest 8.0 Manchester 8.0 Gateshead 7.5 Tameside 7.3 Sunderland 7.3 Wolverhampton 7.0 Barnsley 6.9 ILEA 6.8 Barking 6.7 South Tyneside 6.7 Sandwell 6.2 Somerset 6.1 Wakefield 6.0 Oldham 5.9 Newham 4.9 Knowsley 4.8 Richmond-upon-Thames — Isles of Scilly — Total 11.1