HC Deb 24 July 1996 vol 282 c437W
25. Sir Irvine Patnick

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the 10 worst performing local authorities with regard to examination results, and place a full list in the Library. [37295]

Mr. Robin Squire

The 10 local education authority areas with the lowest percentage of 15-year-old pupils achieving five or more A* to C grades at GCSE last year were Islington, Knowsley, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Manchester, Lambeth, Newham, Hackney, Liverpool and Sandwell. A full list has been placed in the Library.

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