§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, pursuant to the answer of 15 March, Official Report, columns 304–306, regarding the order of achievement in examination results of each local education authority in England, he will give the equivalent figures for each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DunnThe information readily available is shown in the table.
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Percentage of maintained school leavers* in England with one or more A-level passes Average over the academic years 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80. Percentage Harrow 25.2 Richmond-upon-Thames* 24.9 Barnet 24.3 Bromley 21.1 Kingston-upon-Thames 20.8 Sutton 20.5 Surrey 19.6 Hertfordshire 18.9 Stockport 18.2 Buckinghamshire 18.2 North Yorksire 17.6 West Sussex 17.4 Merton 17.3 Hounslow 16.4 Berkshire 16.2 Havering 16.0 Oxfordshire 15.9 Enfield 15.8 Redbridge 15.5 East Sussex 15.2 Wigan* 15.0 Kent 14.9 Sefton 14.6 Hampshire* 14.6 Gloucestershire 14.5 459W
Percentage Trafford 14.4 Shropshire* 14.2 Devon* 14.1 Croydon 13.9 Leeds 13.9 St. Helens 13.9 Lancashire* 13.8 Sheffield 13.8 Somerset* 13.8 Leicestershire 13.8 Essex 13.7 Calderdale 13.6 Dorset 13.6 Brent 13.5 Wirral 13.5 North Tyneside 13.3 Cheshire* 13.2 Northmberland 13.1 Cornwall 13.1 Ealing 12.9 Hereford & Worcester 12.9 Dudley* 12.8 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 12.8 Hillingdon 12.8 Cumbria 12.8 Avon 12.7 Cambridgeshire 12.6 Solihull 12.5 Warwickshire 12.4 Bury 12.3 Isle of Wight 12.2 Bexley 12.1 Kirklees 12.0 Lincolnshire 11.9 Cleveland 11.7 Derbyshire* 11.7 Manchester 11.6 Bradford 11.4 Birmingham 11.2 Humberside 11.2 Wilthire 11.1 Staffordshire 11.1
Percentage Nottinghamshire 11.0 Rotherham 10.9 Suffolk 10.9 Bolton 10.9 Coventry 10.8 Haringey 10.8 Doncaster 10.7 Walsall 10.7 Rochdale 10.5 Wolverhampton 10.5 Bedfordshire 10.4 Durham 10.3 ILEA 10.2 Northamptonshire 9.8 Waltham Forest 9.7 Liverpool 9.6 Salford 9.5 Sunderland 9.4 Tameside 9.2 Norfolk 9.1 Wakefield* 8.8 Gateshead 8.5 South Tyneside 8.2 Oldham 7.4 Barnsley 7.4
School Leavers, England Academic Percentage of leavers from: Percentage of leavers with: Percentage of leavers from maintained schools with: Comprehensive schools Independent* schools 5 or more higher† grade passes at O level or CSE 2 or more A level passes 5 or more higher† grade passes at O level or CSE 2 or more A level passes 1961–62 ‡4.5 ‡5.8 ‡14.0 ‡6.4 ‡11.0 ‡4.8 1964–65 ‡7.6 ‡7.1 ‡20.5 ‡10.3 ‡16.7 ‡8.1 1967–68 17.5 7.4 22.5 12.2 ‡18.6 ‡9.6 1970–71 33.0 7.0 23.5 13.2 ‡19.9 ‡10.5 1973–74 54.1 6.5 23.0 12.2 ‡19.5 ‡9.6 1976–77 73.6 6.0 23.5 12.4 ‡20.3 ‡9.9 1979–80 82.4 5.9 24.0 12.6 20.9 10.0 1982–83 85.2 5.7 26.2 13.9 23.3 11.3 1983–84 85.6 5.9 26.7 14.1 23.8 11.3 Source: School Leavers Survey. Data on school leavers examination attainments are subject to sampling error. * For 1979–80 and earlier years including the former direct grant schools. †From 1975 O-level grades A-C, CSE grade 1. Prior to 1975 O-level examinations were graded pass or fail. CSE examinations were introduced in 1965. ‡ Figures are for England and Wales.