§ Mr. Radiceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of school leavers with five or more higher grade O-level-CSE passes in each local education authority stayed on in full-time education after the minimum school-leaving age.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerInformation is not available in the form requested. The proportions of maintained school leavers in England with five or more higher grades at O-level-CSE who had either stayed on at school or who had left at the minimum school leaving age, intending to continue full-time education elsewhere, are as follows. The percentages do not include those pupils who left school without five or more higher grade O-level-CSE passes and152W subsequently achieved this level of qualification, but do include those who achieved this level of qualification at least in part in the sixth form.
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Leavers from maintained schools in England with five or more higher grade1 results at O-level or CSE. Total of leavers aged 152 who intended to pursue full-time courses of further education and leavers aged 16 or over2 as a percentage of all leavers with five or more higher1 grade results at O-level or CSE. Data averaged over the academic years 1982–83 to 1984–85. Per cent. Barking 80.0 Barnet 93.9 Bexley 88.3 Brent 96.6 Bromley 88.5 Croydon 91.3 Ealing 92.5 Enfield 89.2 Haringey 89.5 Harrow 93.8 Havering 87.5 Hillingdon 89.9 Hounslow 90.2 Kingston-upon-Thames 93.4 Merton 93.2 Newham 85.7 Redbridge 87.8 Richmond-upon-Thames 92.8 Sutton 90.4 Waltham Forest 95.6 Ilea 91.0 Birmingham 85.8 Coventry 85.6 Dudley 80.7 Sandwell 81.7 Solihull 89.2 Walsall 87.2 Wolverhampton 86.0 Knowsley 82.5 Liverpool 90.9 St. Helens 80.7 Sefton 89.7 Wirral 88.1 Bolton 8.30 Bury 84.3 Manchester 89.8 Oldham 78.3 Rochdale 78.1 Salford 79.9 Stockport 84.1 Tameside 77.2 Trafford 80.2 Wigan 81.4 Barnsley 83.3 Doncaster 86.7 Rotherham 78.2 Sheffield 87.2 Bradford 90.4 Calderdale 91.1 Kirklees 89.5 Leeds 86.9 Wakefield 83.7 Gateshead 85.8 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 90.3 North Tyneside 87.7 South Tyneside 89.9 Sunderland 81.4 Avon 86.0 Bedfordshire 85.8
Per cent. Berkshire 89.1 Buckinghamshire 91.1 Cambridgeshire 88.1 Cheshire 87.7 Cleveland 83.2 Cornwall 93.7 Cumbria 81.0 Derbyshire 84.5 Devon 87.4 Dorset 89.0 Durham 86.3 East Sussex 90.1 Essex 85.7 Gloucestershire 86.5 Hampshire 89.2 Hereford and Worcester 88.6 Hertfordshire 92.0 Humberside 84.9 Isle of Wight 96.5 Kent 92.6 Lancashire 82.4 Leicestershire 91.6 Lincolnshire 89.7 Norfolk 86.7 North Yorkshire 90.9 Northamptonshire 84.9 Northumberland 90.8 Nottinghamshire 85.2 Oxfordshire 89.7 Shropshire 89.0 Somerset 85.4 Staffordshire 83.3 Suffolk 83.4 Surrey 92.3 Warwickshire 87.8 West Sussex 92.2 Wiltshire 87.6 Total England 87.7 1 O-level grades A-C, CSE grade 1. 2 Age at 31 August preceeding the academic year. Source: School leavers survey. Data subject to sampling error.
§ Mr. Radiceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the age participation rate or index for 16 to 19-year-olds in full-time education; and what information he has about comparable rates for each member state of the European Community, the United States of America and Japan.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe available information for selected countries is shown in the following table for 16 to 18-year-olds. Rates for part-time students, including the youth training scheme, are also shown where they are available as they form an important element of United Kingdom further education.
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Participation in education and training of 16 to 18-year-olds Full-time Part-time1 All education and training France (1981) 58 8 66 Germany (1981) 44 240 84 Italy (1981) 48 18 65 Japan34 (1981) 69 3 73 Netherlands (1981) 70 28 79 United States of America4 (1981) 79 — 79 Belgium (1982) n.a. n.a. 573 Denmark (1980) n.a. n.a. 572 Spain (1980) n.a. n.a. 547 United Kingdom6 (1981) 32 32 63 (1983) 31 32 64 n.a.—not available.
1 Including apprenticeships, YTS and similar schemes.
2 Including compulsory part-time education for the youngest leavers.
3 Estimated; excluding some 18-year-olds in certain vocational training colleges.
4 Including private sector higher education.
5 Estimated; using OECD and SOEC data for individual ages.
6 Excluding private sector full-time further education estimated at 2 per cent. for 16 to 18s. Includes some evening students, allowing for overlap with other types of study. Includes in 1981, YOP, (7 per cent.) and in 1983, YTS, (10 per cent.).
§ Mr. Radiceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will publish a list showing the percentage of pupils in each local education authority who (a) stay on to the sixth form and (b) continue full-time education at further education college.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe table shows the percentage of the population aged 16 in full-time education in each local education authority in England in 1985–86. It shows separately those in maintained schools and those in further education establishments.
Some 16 per cent. of l6-year-olds also study in FE colleges part-time during the day. Figures for part-time study for individual authorities were published by the Department in "Statistical Bulletin 9/86".
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Percentage of the Population aged 16 in Full-Time Education in each Local Education Authority in England showing separately those in Schools and Further Education Colleges Academic Year 1985–86 Full-time and Sandwich in F.E. Maintained Schools Barking 13 20 Barnet 12 56 Bexley 17 32 Brent 15 46 Bromley 15 39 Croydon 19 31 Ealing 16 44 Enfield 15 36 Haringey 19 36 Harrow 15 56 Havering 15 28 Hillingdon 12 36 Hounslow 13 44 Kingston-upon-Thames 19 42 Merton 16 40 Newham 18 27 Redbridge 13 36 Richmond-upon-Thames 60 1 Sutton 16 39 Waltham Forest 14 34 OUTER LONDON BOROUGHS 16 37 Inner London 14 32 GREATER LONDON 16 35 Birmingham 18 26 Coventry 14 29 Dudley 29 14 Sandwell 18 18 Solihull 24 24 Walsall 12 26 Wolverhampton 22 23 Knowsley 18 16 Liverpool 12 28 St. Helens 19 24 156W
Academic Year 1985–86 Full-time and Sandwich in F.E. Maintained Schools Sefton 27 30 Wirral 17 31 Bolton 17 23 Bury 18 32 Manchester 14 30 Oldham 15 19 Rochdale 12 26 Salford 14 25 Stockport 17 29 Tameside 18 18 Trafford 27 17 Wigan 24 20 Barnsley 19 18 Doncaster 10 25 Rotherham 16 21 Sheffield 22 22 Bradford 10 31 Calderdale 16 26 Kirklees 19 27 Leeds 15 27 Wakefield 25 15 Gateshead 12 18 Newcastle upon Tyne 8 30 North Tyneside 16 30 South Tyneside 19 16 Sunderland 15 21 METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS 17 24 Avon 19 28 Bedfordshire 17 31 Berkshire 21 33 Buckinghamshire 19 35 Cambridgeshire 21 26 Cheshire 19 29 Cleveland 19 25 Cornwall (including Isles of Scilly) 27 28 Cumbria 17 24 Derbyshire 26 19 Devon 30 19 Dorset 20 24 Durham 18 20 East Sussex 19 35 Essex 16 27 Gloucestershire 16 28 Hampshire 28 24 Hereford and Worcester 21 27 Hertfordshire 21 34 Humberside 15 24 Isle of Wight 20 27 Kent 19 30 Lancashire 28 14 Leicestershire 15 32 Lincolnshire 26 21 Norfolk 21 21 North Yorkshire 21 32 Northamptonshire 17 26 Northumberland 17 29 Nottinghamshire 16 21 Oxfordshire 20 32 Salop 19 28 Somerset 35 16 Staffordshire 20 22 Suffolk 11 27 Surrey 16 44 Warwickshire 27 25 West Sussex 15 37 Wiltshire 30 19
Academic Year 1985–86 Full-time and Sandwich in F.E. Maintained Schools NON-METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 21 26 ENGLAND 19 27