HC Deb 01 February 1994 vol 236 cc670-1W
18. Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools improved their performance in the school performance tables last year over that of the previous year.

Mr. Robin Squire

The tables show that, on the most widely used measure of school performance—the percentage of 15-year-old pupils gaining five or more A to C grades at GCSE—62 per cent. of schools improved their performance in 1993 as compared with 1992. This is a most creditable performance by the schools concerned.