HC Deb 09 March 1989 vol 148 cc601-3W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list all local education authorities in England in rank order of expenditure per secondary pupil per year, together with their position in the table of examination results for school leavers achieving five or more O-levels at grades A to C or CSE grade 1, for the year 1984–85.

Mrs. Rumbold

The information in the table gives the average cost per secondary school pupil for the financial year 1984–85; and the three-year average, over the academic years 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87, of the proportion of school leavers who attained five or more higher grades at O-level/CSE. The latter figures are drawn from a 10 per cent. sample of pupils at each school and are presented in the form of a three-year average, rather than for any single year, to help mitigate the effects of sampling error.

Secondary schools in England
Examination results: Average over the academic year 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87
Expenditure per pupil (£) in the financial year 1984–85 Percentage of school leavers attaining 5+ higher grades at O-level/CSE Ranking
Local education authorities:
ILEA 1,940 15.4 90
Haringey 1,615 17.3 83
Brent 1,525 19.1 75
Newham 1,485 12.4 93
Waltham Forest 1,450 11.0 94
Ealing 1,315 19.6 69
Manchester 1,295 17.3 82
Hillingdon 1,275 21.2 62
Barnet 1,265 41.0 1
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,245 17.7 80
Knowsley 1,240 10.6 95
Harrow 1,240 37.8 2
Havering 1,230 23.9 44
Barking 1,225 9.9 96
Croydon 1,225 22.9 52
Hounslow 1,190 21.5 61
Redbridge 1,185 25.6 32
North Tyneside 1,180 21.9 56
Coventry 1,180 19.9 67
Richmond-upon-Thames 1,170 26.5 26

Examination results: Average over the academic year 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87
Expenditure per pupil (£) in the financial year 1984–85 Percentage of school leavers attaining 5 + higher grades at O-level/CSE Ranking
Liverpool 1,165 17.0 84
Kingston-upon-Thames 1,165 34.8 3
Rochdale 1,155 20.2 64
Bromley 1,155 30.5 10
South Tyneside 1,150 18.1 79
Enfield 1,150 23.7 45
Sheffield 1,150 18.9 74
Sandwell 1,135 13.4 92
Wolverhampton 1,130 15.4 89
Stockport 1,130 24.3 41
Wigan 1,110 27.2 19
Nottinghamshire 1,110 19.6 68
Salford 1,110 18.9 76
Walsall 1,105 19.1 73
Leicestershire 1,100 22.9 51
Bury 1,100 28.4 16
Buckinghamshire 1,095 31.6 8
Avon 1,085 24.7 38
Bexley 1,080 26.6 24
Gateshead 1,080 18.8 77
Hertfordshire 1,075 28.9 13
Cleveland 1,075 27.5 18
Barnsley 1,070 15.7 88
Tameside 1,070 23.5 48
Oxfordshire 1,070 26.5 25
Doncaster 1,065 19.2 72
Birmingham 1,060 16.9 85
Bedfordshire 1,060 25.9 29
Sutton 1,060 34.4 4
Sunderland 1,060 19.3 70
Berkshire 1,055 27.5 17
Sefton 1,045 27.0 21
St. Helens 1,040 23.6 46
Merton 1,040 24.9 36
Shropshire 1,040 27.0 22
Humberside 1,040 21.1 63
Trafford 1,040 31.7 7
Wirral 1,035 23.5 47
Bolton 1,035 24.9 37
Northamptonshire 1,035 20.0 66
North Yorkshire 1,035 31.4 9
Surrey 1,030 34.4 5
Cumbria 1,025 24.2 42
Staffordshire 1,025 23.4 50
Derbyshire 1,020 21.5 58
Solihull 1,020 29.4 11
Essex 1,015 25.1 35
Lancashire 1,015 24.7 39
Gloucestershire 1,015 28.6 14
Cheshire 1,010 26.6 23
Norfolk 1,010 21.9 57
Warwickshire 1,010 26.2 27
East Sussex 1,000 25.7 30
Calderdale 1,000 19.3 71
Northumberland 1,000 29.0 12
Oldham 995 16.1 87
Rotherham 995 17.4 81
Dudley 990 21.5 60
Bradford 990 16.7 86
Lincolnshire 985 25.3 34
Devon 980 23.4 49
Hampshire 980 26.0 28
Suffolk 975 22.0 55
Wiltshire 975 22.1 54
Wakefield 975 15.4 91
Leeds 970 21.5 59
Durham 965 20.0 65
West Sussex 965 32.1 6
Cornwall 965 25.5 33

Examination results: Average over the academic year 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87
Expenditure per pupil (£) in the financial year 1984–85 Percentage of school leavers attaining 5 + higher grades at O-level/CSE Ranking
Dorset 960 28.4 15
Isle of Wight 960 18.3 78
Hereford and Worcester 955 25.7 31
Somerset 950 22.2 53
Kirklees 950 24.1 43
Kent 935 27.1 20
Cambridgeshire 690 24.4 40

Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list, for each of the local education authorities in England the number of A-level grades A to E awarded to pupils in maintained institutions, including both secondary schools and tertiary colleges, in each year from 1982–83 to the latest for which figures are available.

Mrs. Rumbold

The information requested is not readily available. I will write to my hon. Friend in due course.