HC Deb 14 July 1986 vol 101 cc352-3W
Mr. Phillip Oppenheim

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the percentage and number of school leavers in Derbyshire from maintained and independent schools, separately, in 1979, 1981, 1983 and the latest year for which figures are available who attained one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, or eight or more higher grade 0-level or CSE grade 1 passes, one or more A-levels, and no graded 0-level or CSE results.

Mr. Dunn

The information requested is given in the following table.

1978–79 1980–81 1982–83 1984–85
Number of leavers (000s) Percentage leavers Number of leavers (000s) Percentage leavers Number of leavers (000s) Percentage leavers Number of leavers (000s) Percentage leavers
Total 0.57 87.7 0.43 97.7 0.53 86.9 0.49 90.7
Leavers with 1 or more GCE A level pass 0.25 38.5 0.23 52.2 0.33 54.1 0.31 57.4
Leavers wih no graded result at GCE or CSE 0.01 1.5 0.01 1.6
Source: School leavers sample survey Data on examination results subject to sampling error.
* O level grades A-C or CSE grade 1.