HC Deb 25 March 1987 vol 113 cc151-6W
Mr. Radice

asked 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 Baker

Information 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 and subsequently achieved this level of qualification, but do include those who achieved this level of qualification at least in part in the sixth form.

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. Radice

asked 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 Baker

The 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.

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. Radice

asked 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 Baker

The 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".

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

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