HC Deb 27 November 1986 vol 106 cc321-3W
Mr. Hickmet

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage of children in each local education authority who achieve five or more O-levels within the grades A—C.

Mr. Dunn

[pursuant to his reply, 24 November 1986, c. 36]: Data on leavers from maintained schools is as follows.

Percentage of leavers from maintained schools with five or more higher grade passes at GCE O-level or CSE.

Average of academic years 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85
Percentage
Barking 10.5
Barnet 39.6
Bexley 27.3
Brent 19.4
Bromley 30.3
Croydon 25.3
Ealing 21.2
Enfield 22.7
Haringey 15.5
Harrow 36.2
Havering 26.2
Hillingdon 23.5
Hounslow 20.2
Kingston-upon-Thames 33.4
Merton 27.5
Newham 10.4
Redbridge 24.2
Richmond-upon-Thames 26.0
Sutton 34.1
Waltham Forest 14.9
Birmingham 18.6
Coventry 20.2
Dudley 22.7
Berkshire 27.0
Buckinghamshire 32.0
Cambridgeshire 25.9
Cheshire 25.6
Cleveland 24.6
Cornwall 24.4
Cumbria 22.9
Derbyshire 22.5
Devon 23.6
Dorset 28.9
Durham 19.5
East Sussex 27.9
Essex 25.2
Gloucestershire 27.0
Hampshire 25.5
Hereford and Worcester 24.6
Hertfordshire 29.9
Humberside 22.1
Isle of Wight 21.5
Kent 27.1
Lancashire 24.1
Leicestershire 23.0
Lincolnshire 23.5
Norfolk 21.6
North Yorkshire 32.0
Northamptonshire 21.0
Northumberland 26.8
Nottinghamshire 19.5
Oxfordshire 28.8
Shropshire 26.9
Somerset 21.8
Staffordshire 22.4
Suffolk 22.5
Surrey 32.6
Warwickshire 27.4
West Sussex 32.3
Wiltshire 24.4
Sandwell 13.1
Solihull 27.7
Walsall 19.9
Wolverhampton 16.9
Knowsley 13.1
Liverpool 18.5
St. Helens 25.1
Sefton 30.2
Wirral 25.1

Percentage
Bolton 24.6
Bury 26.3
Manchester 17.8
Oldham 18.2
Rochdale 21.1
Salford 18.0
Stockport 28.0
Tameside 22.4
Trafford 28.8
Wigan 24.0
Barnsley 15.6
Doncaster 18.9
Rotherham 18.9
Sheffield 21.1
Bradford 18.0
Calderdale 20.0
Kirklees 23.3
Leeds 21.8
Wakefield 13.0
Gateshead 19.0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 18.9
North Tyneside 24.0
South Tyneside 19.7
Sunderland 19.3
ILEA 15.2
Avon 24.7
Bedfordshire 24.0