HC Deb 23 July 1987 vol 120 cc320-3W
Mr. Fatchett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the percentage of pupils obtaining in 1985–86 five or more O-level passes by local education authority, and the number obtaining two or more A-level passes, by local education authority.

Mr. Dunn

The proportions of English maintained school leavers achieving the requested CSE/GCE qualification are as follows:

5 or more Higher grade1 passes 2 or more A level passes
(000s) per cent. (000s) per cent.
Waltham Forest 0.38 13.7 0.19 6.7
ILEA 3.98 15.5 1.93 7.5
Birmingham 3.03 18.4 1.38 8.4
Coventry 0.99 19.4 0.44 8.5
Dudley 1.05 21.5 0.37 7.6
Sandwell 0.69 13.6 0.26 5.1
Solihull 1.07 28.9 0.59 16.0
Walsall 0.93 18.5 0.51 10.1
Wolverhampton 0.68 15.4 0.32 7.3
Knowsley 0.35 12.1 0.14 4.8
Liverpool 1.26 17.3 0.65 8.9
St. Helens 0.77 23.9 0.33 10.4
Sefton 1.26 27.9 0.75 16.6
Wirral 1.23 24.7 0.61 12.3
Bolton 1.09 25.5 0.56 13.0
Bury 0.66 24.8 0.36 13.4
Manchester 1.39 18.2 0.70 9.2
Oldham 0.59 17.8 0.23 6.8
Rochdale 0.65 20.9 0.25 8.2
Salford 0.72 18.7 0.37 9.6
Stockport 1.14 26.2 0.65 14.9
Tameside 0.93 23.7 0.34 8.6
Trafford 0.93 30.6 0.43 14.1
Wigan 1.53 25.9 0.46 7.7
Barnsley 0.56 15.0 0.23 6.2
Doncaster 0.87 19.1 0.44 9.6
Rotherham 0.86 18.5 0.44 9.6
Sheffield 1.67 19.7 0.90 10.6
Bradford 1.31 17.3 0.65 8.6
Calderdalc 0.61 19.8 0.30 9.8
Kirklees 1.44 23.2 0.69 11.1
Leeds 2.33 22.3 1.25 12.0
Wakefield 0.74 13.5 0.24 4.3
Gateshead 0.61 18.8 0.23 7.2
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0.66 18.2 0.32 9.0
North Tyneside 0.64 22.6 0.29 10.3
South Tyneside 0.53 20.2 0.20 7.8
Sunderland 0.96 19.4 0.34 7.0
Avon 3.18 25.0 1.51 11.9
Bedfordshire 1.93 24.9 0.92 11.9
Berkshire 2.67 27.3 1.42 14.5
Buckinghamshire 2.69 31.9 1.39 16.5
Cambridgeshire 2.03 25.2 0.86 10.7
Cheshire 3.95 26.6 2.05 13.8
Cleveland 2.65 26.4 1.24 12.3
Cornwall 1.68 25.0 0.73 10.8
Cumbria 1.66 23.1 0.83 11.5
Derbyshire 3.19 22.1 1.34 9.3
Devon 3.09 23.9 1.10 8.5
Dorset 2.48 29.0 1.00 11.7
Durham 1.86 19.6 0.81 8.5
East Sussex 2.13 27.5 1.08 14.0
Essex 5.86 26.1 2.60 11.5
Gloucestershire 2.01 27.5 0.93 12.7
Hampshire 5.86 25.9 2.31 10.2
Hereford and Worcester 2.36 25.5 1.12 12.1
Hertfordshire 4.37 29.2 2.27 15.1
Humberside 2.91 21.0 1.40 10.1
Isle of Wight 0.33 19.5 0.15 8.9
Kent 6.21 27.5 3.20 14.8
Lancashire 5.23 24.9 1.69 8.0
Leicestershire 2.93 22.5 1.74 13.4
Lincolnshire 1.99 24.3 0.93 11.4
Norfolk 2.41 22.8 0.92 8.7
North Yorkshire 3.19 32.8 1.64 16.9
Northamptonshire 1.91 21.6 0.91 10.3
Northumberland 1.29 29.3 0.66 15.1
Nottinghamshire 3.06 19.1 1.50 9.4
Oxfordshire 2.14 27.3 1.13 14.4
Shropshire 1.64 25.9 0.72 11.3
Somerset 1.33 22.3 0.44 7.3
Staffordshire 3.80 23.5 1.81 11.2
Suffolk 1.91 22.2 0.91 10.6
Surrey 4.24 32.9 2.20 17.1
Warwickshire 1.99 27.5 0.93 12.9

5 or more Higher grade1 passes 2 or more A level passes
(000s) per cent. (000s) per cent.
West Sussex 2.84 31.5 1.34 14.9
Wiltshire 1.73 23.6 0.71 9.6
Total England 163.55 23.7 76.58 11.1

SourceSchool leavers sample survey.

Data subject to sampling error.

1O level grades A-C, CSE grade 1.