HC Deb 20 May 1985 vol 79 cc307-9W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of the pupils with five or more O-levels or O-level equivalents remain in full-time education for one or more years in each local authority in England.

Mr. Dunn

Information is not available in the form requested. The proportions of school leavers with five or more higher grade O level/CSE passes who had either stayed-on at school for sixth form study or who had left at the minimum school leaving age, intending to continue full-time education elsewhere are shown below.

Averages over the Academic Years 1980–81 to 1982–83
Per cent.
Barking 84.4
Barnet 94.9
Bexley 89.8
Brent 91.8
Bromley 88.0
Croydon 90.4
Ealing 92.2
Enfield 92.0
Haringey 92.4
Harrow 93.2
Havering 84.7
Hillingdon 91.5
Hounslow 91.7
Kingston-upon-Thames 94.9
Merton 88.0
Newham 88.6
Redbridge 89.5
Richmond-upon-Thames 90.0

Per cent.
Sutton 93.8
Waltham Forest 92.7
ILEA 92.9
Birmingham 85.5
Coventry 86.5
Dudley 83.0
Sandwell 79.9
Solihull 87.9
Walsall 85.0
Wolverhampton 82.0
Knowsley 86.3
Liverpool 88.0
St. Helens 80.9
Sefton 90.2
Wirral 88.2
Bolton 80.7
Bury 83.0
Manchester 85.3
Oldham 83.9
Rochdale 84.9
Salford 85.6
Stockport 86.6
Tameside 76.0
Trafford 84.7
Wigan 80.8
Barnsley 81.7
Doncaster 86.2
Rotherham 77.0
Sheffield 84.8
Bradford 91.6
Calderdale 89.5
Kirklees 90.9
Leeds 89.1
Wakefield 87.3
Gateshead 84.7
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 92.4
North Tyneside 89.7
South Tyneside 81.6
Sunderland 79.9
Avon 88.8
Bedfordshire 85.7
Berkshire 89.9
Buckinghamshire 91.9
Cambridgeshire 87.7
Cheshire 87.0
Cleveland 81.7
Cornwall 92.7
Cumbria 85.7
Derbyshire 83.6
Devon 88.5
Dorset 88.3
Durham 81.8
East Sussex 90.0
Essex 86.8
Gloucestershire 87.7
Hampshire 89.0
Hereford and Worcester 88.7
Hertfordshire 91.6
Humberside 85.2
Isle of Wight 94.5
Kent 92.1
Lancashire 83.8
Leicestershire 89.6
Lincolnshire 89.1
Norfolk 85.3
North Yorkshire 89.1
Northamptonshire 85.4
Northumberland 86.6
Nottinghamshire 85.6

Per cent.
Oxfordshire 89.1
Shropshire 91.8
Somerset 85.1
Staffordshire 83.2
Suffolk 84.6
Surrey 93.9
Warwickshire 86.6
West Sussex 92.4
Wiltshire 87.5
TOTAL 87.9

Source: School leavers sample survey. Proportions are subject to sampling error.