§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many children, expressed as a percentage of the total number leaving at 16, leave school at 16 (a) with no O-levels or CSEs and (b) with no O-levels and CSE grades 4 and below;
(2) if he will give the number of children who have taken O-levels in Hampshire, in what subjects and how many have passed, in the last five years;
(3) if he will give the number of children in Hampshire who have undertaken the CSE examination in the last five years, indicating subjects taken.
§ Mr. Dunn[pursuant to his reply, 16 June 1986, c. 383]: Information is not available in exactly the form requested. It is estimated that in 1984–85 13.1 per cent. of pupils who left English maintained secondary schools during their minimum school leaving age year had not obtained any graded results in O-levels or CSE examinations. A further 48.4 per cent. achieved one or more results at lower grade(s)† only. On the same basis the percentages for leavers from maintained schools in Hampshire were 8.2 per cent. and 47.8 per cent. respectively.
Information on the number of school leavers, of all ages, from Hampshire maintained schools who attempted, and achieved higher graded O-level/CSE results in, specified subjects or combinations of subjects are:
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Academic year 1979–80 Thousands 1980–81 Thousands 1981–82 Thousands 1982–83 Thousands 1983–84 Thousands 1984–85 Thousands Number gaining O level grades A to C in: English 7.12 7.45 8.21 7.61 8.63 7.56 Mathematics 4.73 4.94 5.49 5.69 6.45 5.62 A science 5.51 5.24 6.07 5.65 6.27 5.46 A modern language 2.35 2.26 2.82 2.35 2.92 2.59 English and mathematics 3.96 4.14 4.72 4.71 5.32 4.66 Mathematics and science 3.65 3.53 4.37 4.17 4.85 4.05 English, mathematics and science 3.26 3.09 3.90 3.65 4.19 3.56 English, mathematics and a modern language 1.79 1.75 2.22 1.86 2.41 2.14 English, mathematics, science and a modern language 1.55 1.39 1.90 1.60 1.98 1.75 Any subject 9.77 10.19 10.74 10.32 11.59 10.51 Number attempting O level or CSE in: English 19.37 19.76 20.83 20.22 22.07 20.32 Mathematics 18.70 19.17 19.74 19.22 20.85 19.43 A science 17.39 18.04 19.07 18.65 20.63 19.09 A modern language 8.30 8.55 9.47 9.10 9.67 9.11 Number gaining 0 level or CSE higher* grades in: English 8.14 8.29 9.20 8.73 10.11 8.62 Mathematics 5.97 6.17 6.71 6.77 7.54 6.80 A science 6.61 6.26 7.17 6.69 7.58 6.37 A modern language 2.73 2.77 3.74 3.19 3.74 3.28 English and mathematics 4.95 5.13 5.77 5.70 6.42 5.65 Mathematics and science 4.59 4.42 5.19 5.06 5.69 4.86 English, mathematics and science 4.00 3.81 4.71 4.38 5.06 4.31 English, mathematics and a modern language 2.13 2.16 2.83 2.42 3.05 2.62 English, mathematics, science and a modern language 1.85 1.74 2.35 1.92 2.44 2.14 Any subject 11.79 12.01 12.79 12.48 13.96 12.49 Note:
* O level grades A to C, CSE grade 1.
† O level grades D and E, CSE grades 2 to 5.
Source: School leavers sample survey. Examinations data are subject to sampling error.