§ Mr. JoplingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the national average in schools for(a) the number of GCSE passes at A to C level for each child in the fifth form, (b) the percentage of children in the fifth form acquiring five or more GCSE passes at A to C level and (c) the percentage of grade A passes at A-level of the total subject entries.
§ Mr. EggarThe average number of GCSE passes at grades A to C for 16-year-old pupils in schools in England in 1989–90 was 3.2. The proportion of 16-year-olds gaining five or more grades A to C at GCSE in the same year was 34.5 per cent. The proportion of attempts at A-level by school leavers in 1989–90, which resulted in grade A passes, was 14 per cent.