O and A-Level Pass Rates

HC Deb 16 November 1987 vol 122 cc393-5W

Rev. Martin Smyth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for each local education authority in England and Wales pupil to teacher ratios, per capita costs and O and A-level pass rates.

Mr. Dunn

[holding answer 2 November 1987]: The information requested for England is given in the table. Information for Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.

		2Net Institutional Expenditure Per Pupil	3 16 and 18 Plus Examinations
	1Overall PTR	Nursery Schools (£)	Primary Schools £	Secondary Schools (£)	One or more Higher Grade at 'O' level/CSE	One or more A Level Passes
Newcastle Upon Tyne	15.6	1,325	930	1,345	44.6	12.4
North Tyneside	14.7	1,110	900	1,295	49.4	13.0
South Tyneside	15.8	1,245	865	1,255	47.5	10.5
Sunderland	17.8	1,235	775	1,150	48.7	9.1
Avon	18.5	1,170	780	1,160	54.0	14.8
Bedfordshire	17.8	1,195	815	1,140	55.0	15.1
Berkshire	17.8	1,275	790	1,150	55.9	17.6
Buckinghamshire	19.2	1,090	755	1,140	62.3	21.0
Cambridgeshire	19.1	1,300	730	1,040	53.7	13.2
Cheshire	18.3	1,100	760	1,090	55.5	16.1
Cleveland	18.0	1,070	795	1,175	52.3	15.0
Cornwall	18.1	1,000	710	1,045	56.7	14.5
Cumbria	17.2	1,340	775	1,095	54.0	13.8
Derbyshire	17.7	1,225	780	1,125	51.1	11.7
Devon	18.4	940	725	1,095	55.2	10.9
Dorset	18.0		770	1,030	59.8	14.9
Durham	18.6	1,280	825	1,095	48.2	10.9
East Sussex	18.5	1,190	760	1,085	55.6	17.7
Essex	19.3	1,215	730	1,115	55.9	14.6
Gloucestershire	18.6		740	1,095	55.4	16.2
Hampshire	19.0	1,070	730	1,065	57.0	13.1
Hereford and Worcester	18.3		745	1,060	53.8	15.6
Hertfordshire	17.9	1,335	780	1,180	61.0	18.9
Humberside	17.4	1,080	865	1,125	48.4	12.7
Isle of Wight	18.6		730	1,030	51.8	12.8
Kent	19.0	1,400	695	1,015	52.9	17.6
Lancashire	18.5	1,275	720	1,095	54.6	9.8
Leicestershire	17.6	1,430	805	1,205	48.9	16.2
Lincolnshire	18.7	1,070	720	1,025	53.6	14.0
Norfolk	18.3	1,225	760	1,095	49.8	10.9
North Yorkshire	18.0	1,255	775	1,110	59.3	20.3
Northamptonshire	17.2	1,130	740	1,110	51.0	12.7
Northumberland	18.0	1,995	755	1,075	57.2	18.9
Nottinghamshire	17.4	1,400	840	1,220	43.9	11.7
Oxfordshire	17.2	1,060	815	1,190	57.6	17.8
Shropshire	17.4	1,265	765	1,125	57.2	14.5
Somerset	19.0		700	1,040	51.7	8.9
Staffordshire	18.0	1,060	815	1,125	51.5	13.6
Suffolk	18.3	980	770	1,030	50.3	13.1
Surrey	18.1	1,365	730	1,110	62.5	21.7
Warwickshire	18.6	1,145	765	1,085	58.6	16.0
West Sussex	18.9	1,015	705	1,060	61.8	19.3
Wiltshire	19.0		745	1,055	51.6	12.1
ENGLAND	17.6	1,370	815	1,175	52.1	14.0
1 January 1986. Source: Form 7 Schools Census and Form 618G.
2 985–86 Cash Terms: Where institutional expenditure per pupil is not given for nursery schools no such schools are provided by the authority.
3 Percentages of school leavers averaged over the academic years 1983–84, 1984–85 and 1985–86. Source: School Leavers Survey. Data subject to sampling error. Data exclude 'A' Level passes achieved by candidates in Tertiary and other FE Colleges. Some LEAs, eg Richmond-upon-Thames, concentrate Sixth Form provision in these areas.
4 Two authorities have not submitted 1985–86 Expenditure returns; they are shown as `na' (not available).