§ Mr. Spellerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report a list of local education authorities in order of achievement, according to the number of A-level passes obtained, expressed as a percentage of the total number which could have been obtained; and if he will include in the compilation of the list figures relating to tertiary colleges of education as well as secondary schools.
§ Mr. DunnThe information is shown in the table.
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Percentage of maintained school leavers* with one or more A-level passes Average over the three academic years 1980–81 1981–82, 1982–83 Average Richmond-upon-Thames *32.4. Barnet 27.9 Harrow 25.9 Sutton 24.1 Surrey 22.0 Kingston-upon-Thames 21.6 304W
Average Buckinghamshire 21.0 Wigan *20.6 Hertfordshire 19.9 West Sussex 19.5 Bromley 19.3 Redbridge 18.1 Cheshire *18.0 North Yorkshire 17.9 Sefton 17.8 Oxfordshire 17.5 Stockport 17.4 Hounslow 17.1 East Sussex 17.1 Havering 17.0 Berkshire 16.8 Kent 16.8 Gloucestershire 16.7 Lancashire *16.5 Somerset *16.5 Wirral 16.4 Leicestershire 16.4 Solihull 16.3 Dorset 16.3 Enfield 16.3 Croydon 16.1 Hampshire *16.0 Devon *16.0 Merton 15.8 Northumberland 15.6 Calderdale 15.4 Bexley 15.3 Warwickshire 15.2 Hillingdon 15.2 Kirklees 15.1 Leeds 15.0 Trafford 14.6 Cumbria 14.5 Cambridgeshire 14.3 Isle of Wight 14.3 Essex 14.3 Bury 14.2 Derbyshire *14.2 St. Helens 14.1 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 14.1 Cornwall 14.0 Avon 13.9 Shropshire *13.8 Bolton 13.7 Hereford & Worcester 13.7 Brent 13.4 Cleveland 13.4 Dudley *13.4 Lincolnshire 13.3 Sheffield 13.2 Ealing 13.1 North Tyneside 13.1 Wiltshire 13.0 Bradford 13.0 Rochdale 12.9 Walsall 12.8 Humberside 12.6 Coventry 12.6 Bedfordshire 12.5 Staffordshire 12.2 Liverpool 12.0 Nottinghamshire 12.0 Suffolk 12.0 Northamptonshire 11.9 Birmingham 11.7 Doncaster 11.6 Durham 11.5 Salford 11.5 Haringey 11.4 Waltham Forest 11.2 Norfolk 10.9 ILEA 10.5 Gateshead 10.2
Average Rotherham 10.0 Manchester 9.9 Barking 9.6 South Tyneside 9.6 Wolverhampton 9.6 Sunderland 9.3 Barnsley 9.1 Wakefield *9.0 Tameside 8.7 Sandwell 7.6 Knowsley 7.6 Newham 7.4 Oldham 7.1 * The figures include estimates of the percentage of those in the 16–18 age group who left school without attempting A levels but achieved at least one A level pass at tertiary college. Source: Statistical Bulletin 13/84.