HC Deb 17 May 1996 vol 277 cc601-15W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list(a) by local education authority and (b) in total, broken down in each

GCSE achievements of 15-year-old1 pupils in maintained schools2 1991–92 to 1994–95 Pupils with no GCSE qualifications
1991–92 1992–93
Number pupils with no GCSE qualification As percentage of 15-year-olds Number pupils with no GCSE qualification As percentage of 15-year-olds
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Camden 125 98 223 18.9 10.0 13.6 91 80 171 14.4 8.4 10.8
Greenwich 229 142 371 19.6 11.9 15.7 154 132 286 13.8 11.3 12.5
Hackney 157 98 255 25.6 12.6 18.3 82 62 144 15.8 8.1 11.2
Hammersmith 109 61 170 20.4 12.6 16.7 49 59 108 9.7 12.4 11.0
Islington 168 119 287 23.5 24.0 23.7 127 86 213 18.2 18.0 18.1
Kensington and Chelsea 41 39 80 13.6 13.4 13.5 23 13 36 7.5 5.4 6.6
Lambeth 158 137 295 30.5 19.4 24.1 145 108 253 27.8 15.6 20.8
Lewisham 146 116 262 14.3 12.7 13.5 103 91 194 11.1 10.3 10.7
Southwark 187 152 339 20.9 18.3 19.7 113 91 204 14.0 11.2 12.6
Tower Hamlets 249 157 406 23.7 17.0 20.5 157 139 296 15.2 14.4 14.8
Wandsworth 107 76 183 13.2 10.8 12.1 108 55 163 13.7 8.6 11.4
Westminster 91 64 155 14.9 11.0 13.0 75 59 134 12.5 10.0 11.2
Barking 128 83 211 15.7 10.6 13.2 91 56 147 11.2 8.3 9.9
Barnet 177 108 285 11.9 7.7 9.9 123 82 205 8.7 5.8 7.2
Bexley 91 64 155 6.9 5.5 6.3 59 56 115 5.1 4.9 5.0
Brent 99 85 184 10.7 9.9 10.3 94 80 174 10.4 9.1 9.8
Bromley 136 61 197 11.0 5.0 8.1 71 56 127 5.5 4.4 5.0
Croydon 122 71 193 8.6 5.1 6.8 112 99 211 7.6 7.2 7.4
Ealing 174 106 280 14.9 9.9 12.5 130 126 256 11.8 11.5 11.6
Enfield 138 87 225 9.6 6.7 8.2 96 73 169 7.2 5.5 6.3
Haringey 177 107 284 21.4 15.4 18.7 157 72 229 19.5 10.4 15.3
Harrow 65 48 113 7.0 5.2 6.1 48 44 92 5.1 4.9 5.0
Havering 89 68 157 6.5 4.9 5.7 70 40 110 5.1 3.1 4.1
Hillingdon 114 63 177 9.9 5.9 8.0 79 60 139 7.2 5.7 6.5
Hounslow 128 70 198 12.7 6.8 9.7 112 87 199 10.7 8.5 9.6
Kingston upon Thames 53 26 79 9.0 4.1 6.5 49 30 79 9.1 5.1 7.0
Merton 81 64 145 10.5 9.5 10.0 59 57 116 9.0 8.6 8.8
Newham 227 173 400 19.4 14.8 17.1 159 112 271 13.8 10.3 12.1
Redbridge 110 66 176 8.9 6.1 7.6 78 63 141 6.6 5.6 6.1
Richmond upon Thames 54 48 102 8.3 7.8 8.1 44 32 76 6.3 4.9 5.6
Sutton 51 45 96 5.9 5.5 5.7 63 32 95 7.2 3.8 5.5
Waltham Forest 102 70 172 9.7 7.4 8.6 98 53 151 9.5 5.6 7.6
Birmingham 898 601 1,499 15.5 11.1 13.4 803 531 1,334 14.4 10.5 12.5
Coventry 152 105 257 9.6 6.7 8.2 150 120 270 9.4 8.2 8.8
Dudley 93 43 136 5.3 2.7 4.0 79 46 125 4.8 3.1 4.0
Sandwell 172 161 333 9.9 9.9 9.9 175 131 306 11.3 8.2 9.7
Solihull 55 30 85 4.4 2.5 3.4 57 27 84 4.6 2.3 3.5
Walsall 185 143 328 10.9 8.9 9.9 177 113 290 11.0 7.6 9.4
Wolverhampton 173 111 284 12.1 8.3 10.2 130 75 205 9.8 5.6 7.7
Knowsley 187 156 343 20.6 18.2 19.5 200 119 319 24.2 16.6 20.7
Liverpool 501 318 819 20.0 13.1 16.6 438 322 760 19.2 13.8 16.5
St. Helens 130 96 226 11.5 9.0 10.3 92 78 170 8.9 7.8 8.4
Sefton 156 90 246 10.1 5.7 7.9 155 97 252 9.9 6.5 8.3
Wirral 167 115 282 9.0 6.7 7.9 143 91 234 8.7 5.5 7.1
Bolton 172 124 296 10.5 8.4 9.5 135 121 256 9.3 8.6 9.0
Bury 65 55 120 7.0 5.7 6.3 39 21 60 4.3 2.5 3.4
Manchester 537 405 942 25.0 20.8 23.0 458 331 789 22.9 17.2 20.1
Oldham 221 143 364 15.7 10.5 13.1 183 108 291 13.0 8.3 10.8
Rochdale 231 133 364 19.5 11.8 15.8 145 112 257 12.8 10.7 11.8
Salford 143 110 253 12.2 10.2 11.2 154 111 265 15.1 10.6 12.8
Stockport 110 65 175 7.3 4.5 6.0 71 54 125 5.1 4.2 4.6
Tameside 136 73 209 10.1 6.3 8.3 97 61 158 8.1 5.5 6.8
Trafford 83 59 142 9.1 6.1 7.5 75 38 113 8.2 4.0 6.1
Wigan 134 86 220 7.3 4.7 6.0 99 80 179 5.6 4.6 5.1
Barnsley 130 104 234 10.5 9.2 9.9 115 84 199 10.6 7.8 9.2
Doncaster 221 161 382 12.3 9.5 10.9 178 113 291 11.1 7.1 9.1
case by gender, the number and percentage of 16-year-olds who left school with no formal qualifications in each of the last five years. [29639]

Mr. Pake

Information on school leavers is no longer collected by the Department. The table lists the number and percentage of 15-year-old—age at the beginning of the academic year—pupils who achieved no GCSE qualifications in each local education authority in England for 1991–92 to 1994–95.

GCSE achievements of 15-year-old1 pupils in maintained schools2 1991–92 to 1994–95 Pupils with no GCSE qualifications
1991–92 1992–93
Number of pupils with no GCSE qualification As percentage of 15-year-olds Number of pupils with no GCSE qualification As percentage of 15-year-olds
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Rotherham 120 96 216 7.7 6.3 7.0 92 85 177 6.2 5.9 6.1
Sheffield 378 217 595 14.5 9.1 11.9 282 170 452 11.2 7.5 9.5
Bradford 396 277 673 13.9 10.4 12.2 361 266 627 12.5 10.4 11.5
Calderdale 142 73 215 13.0 6.5 9.7 87 64 151 8.5 6.1 7.3
Kirklees 245 159 404 10.9 7.5 9.2 228 116 344 11.1 6.0 8.6
Leeds 497 293 790 12.7 8.0 10.5 397 295 692 11.4 8.5 10.0
Wakefield 179 131 310 10.0 7.8 8.9 164 98 262 9.5 6.4 8.0
Gateshead 109 90 199 10.6 8.2 9.4 125 81 206 12.7 8.6 10.7
Newcastle upon Tyne 199 167 366 15.2 12.5 13.9 189 153 342 14.9 13.0 14.0
North Tyneside 77 98 175 8.1 9.6 8.9 87 59 146 9.0 6.4 7.7
South Tyneside 81 43 124 9.3 5.1 7.3 59 49 108 7.5 6.3 6.9
Sunderland 178 97 275 10.3 5.5 7.9 171 122 293 10.7 7.4 9.0
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Avon 431 219 650 8.9 4.9 7.0 352 200 552 7.6 4.6 6.1
Bedfordshire 196 119 315 6.5 4.3 5.4 171 128 299 5.9 4.5 5.2
Berkshire 325 190 515 8.0 5.1 6.6 223 175 398 5.8 4.8 5.3
Buckinghamshire 231 177 408 6.6 5.2 5.9 205 132 337 5.9 3.8 4.8
Cambridgeshire 283 166 449 7.7 4.9 6.4 248 171 419 7.2 5.2 6.2
Cheshire 408 291 699 7.3 5.4 6.4 319 205 524 6.1 4.0 5.1
Cleveland 456 303 759 13.0 8.9 11.0 382 297 679 11.7 9.1 10.4
Cornwall 138 98 236 5.5 3.9 4.7 114 73 187 4.6 3.0 3.8
Cumbria 220 145 365 8.3 5.6 7.0 176 110 286 6.7 4.4 5.6
Derbyshire 379 200 579 7.2 4.0 5.6 302 180 482 6.0 3.8 4.9
Devon 332 219 551 6.5 4.4 5.5 259 201 460 5.3 4.2 4.7
Dorset 154 118 272 4.8 3.8 4.3 161 102 263 5.1 3.4 4.3
Durham 292 196 488 8.6 6.1 7.4 258 179 437 8.2 5.8 7.0
East Sussex 241 103 344 8.3 3.7 6.1 218 142 360 7.6 5.3 6.5
Essex 636 444 1,080 7.3 5.3 6.3 580 414 994 6.9 5.2 6.0
Gloucestershire 140 138 278 4.9 5.0 5.0 145 83 228 5.5 3.2 4.4
Hampshire 579 425 1,004 7.4 5.5 6.4 484 300 784 6.2 4.1 5.2
Hereford and Worcester 270 186 456 7.5 5.2 6.3 228 144 372 6.4 4.3 5.3
Hertfordshire 460 236 696 8.4 4.5 6.5 362 234 596 6.9 4.5 5.7
Humberside 499 383 882 9.5 7.5 8.5 490 335 825 9.5 7.1 8.4
Isle of Wight 31 20 51 4.8 3.1 4.0 28 24 52 4.4 4.0 4.2
Kent 796 498 1,294 9.2 6.0 7.7 613 365 978 7.4 4.5 6.0
Lancashire 795 537 1,332 10.1 7.0 8.6 626 434 1,060 8.4 6.1 7.3
Leicestershire 422 312 734 8.4 6.6 7.5 335 248 583 6.7 5.4 6.1
Lincolnshire 241 146 387 7.3 4.6 6.0 247 116 363 7.8 3.8 5.8
Norfolk 276 230 506 7.1 6.0 6.5 245 188 433 6.3 5.2 5.7
North Yorkshire 216 140 356 5.8 3.9 4.9 143 117 260 4.0 3.3 3.7
Northamptonshire 198 161 359 5.8 4.7 5.3 190 116 306 5.9 3.6 4.8
Northumberland 143 76 219 7.7 4.4 6.1 132 66 198 7.3 4.1 5.8
Nottinghamshire 547 344 891 9.7 6.4 8.1 447 308 755 8.4 6.1 7.3
Oxfordshire 231 116 347 8.3 4.5 6.4 152 91 243 5.6 3.6 4.6
Shropshire 136 74 210 5.5 3.3 4.4 107 62 169 4.7 2.9 3.8
Somerset 130 84 214 5.4 3.6 4.6 94 46 140 4.0 2.2 3.1
Staffordshire 541 320 861 9.0 5.7 7.4 421 216 637 7.6 4.1 5.9
Suffolk 132 125 257 3.9 3.9 3.9 131 95 226 4.0 2.9 3.4
Surrey 283 190 473 6.6 4.6 5.7 243 159 402 5.9 4.1 5.0
Warwickshire 143 108 251 5.4 4.2 4.9 146 89 235 5.8 3.7 4.7
West Sussex 192 152 344 5.5 4.5 5.0 179 109 288 5.1 3.2 4.2
Wiltshire 120 115 235 4.3 4.0 4.1 106 91 197 3.7 3.3 3.5
Totals (all Local Education Authorities) 23,979 16,104 40,083 9.4 6.6 8.1 19,871 13,572 33,443 8.2 5.8 7.0
1 Age as at the beginning of the academic year.
2 Includes LEA-maintained schools, grant-maintained schools, maintained-special schools and city technology colleges.

GCSE achievements of 15-year-old1 pupils in maintained schools2 1991–92 to 1994–95 Pupils with no GCSE qualifications
1993–94 1994–95
Number of pupils with no GCSE qualification As percentage of 15-year-olds Number of pupils with no GCSE qualification As percentage of 15-year-olds
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Camden 97 92 189 14.4 9.1 11.3 110 98 208 15.5 9.9 12.2
Greenwich 191 144 335 16.8 12.3 14.6 208 174 382 16.3 13.5 14.9
Hackney 88 64 152 15.2 8.6 11.5 67 53 120 11.8 6.6 8.7

GCSE achievements of 15-year-old1 pupils in maintained schools2 1991–92 to 1994–95 Pupils with no GCSE qualifications
1993–94 1994–95
Number of pupils with no GCSE qualification As percentage of 15-year-olds Number of pupils with no GCSE qualification As percentage of 15-year-olds
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Hammersmith 65 54 119 12.1 10.5 11.3 80 64 144 14.5 12.9 13.7
Islington 101 66 167 15.2 14.4 14.8 116 88 204 16.0 16.0 16.0
Kensington and Chelsea 34 30 64 12.3 12.4 12.3 19 30 49 7.4 12.7 9.9
Lambeth 117 75 192 23.1 10.8 16.0 77 73 150 14.5 10.5 12.2
Lewisham 98 70 168 10.0 8.1 9.1 97 74 171 9.4 7.7 8.6
Southwark 108 146 254 12.4 16.7 14.6 159 65 224 18.6 7.9 13.4
Tower Hamlets 132 80 212 14.3 9.3 11.9 151 86 237 14.7 8.8 11.8
Wandsworth 114 64 178 14.2 10.3 12.5 102 55 157 12.0 7.5 9.9
Westminster 82 65 147 14.5 10.6 12.5 93 78 171 16.0 12.1 14
Barking 103 62 165 12.4 8.7 10.7 129 78 207 14.6 9.6 12.2
Barnet 113 73 186 7.3 5.3 6.3 131 80 211 8.4 5.3 6.9
Bexley 82 74 156 6.7 6.1 6.4 66 65 131 5.3 5.3 5.3
Brent 77 46 123 8.5 5.4 7.0 94 59 153 9.5 6.1 7.8
Bromley 67 50 117 5.0 4.0 4.5 79 68 147 5.6 4.6 5.1
Croydon 148 106 254 9.7 7.4 8.6 159 112 271 10.0 7.2 8.6
Ealing 109 103 212 9.2 8.9 9.1 144 90 234 12.1 7.2 9.6
Enfield 97 81 178 6.8 5.9 6.3 122 104 226 7.8 7.0 7.4
Haringey 103 82 185 14.2 10.6 12.4 165 116 281 18.6 14.6 16.7
Harrow 63 38 101 6.5 3.9 5.2 71 55 126 6.6 5.5 6.1
Havering 106 58 164 7.9 4.6 6.3 89 56 145 6.2 4.0 5.1
Hillingdon 106 66 172 9.3 6 7.7 91 72 163 7.8 5.6 6.7
Hounslow 133 102 235 11.1 8.8 10.0 155 90 245 11.5 7.5 9.7
Kingston upoon Thames 43 47 90 7.7 7.7 7.7 63 45 108 9.8 6.2 7.9
Merton 66 66 132 9.7 9.7 9.7 68 72 140 8.7 10.2 9.4
Newham 155 119 274 13.8 10.2 12.0 170 124 294 13.3 9.7 11.5
Redbridge 83 41 124 6.8 3.7 5.3 72 60 132 5.6 5.0 5.3
Richmond upon Thames 55 48 103 8.1 6.7 7.4 39 25 64 5.3 3.6 4.5
Sutton 51 46 97 5.9 5.3 5.6 56 52 108 5.8 5.9 5.8
Waltham Forest 132 59 191 12.5 5.69 9.3 133 87 220 11.4 7.9 9.7
Birmingham 823 572 1,395 15.0 11.0 13.1 847 606 1,453 14.6 11.1 12.9
Coventry 154 126 280 10.1 8.5 9.3 176 120 296 10.2 7.3 8.8
Dudley 143 72 215 8.0 4.6 6.4 168 115 283 9.2 6.6 8.0
Sandwell 202 145 347 12.2 9.6 10.9 214 182 396 11.7 10.4 11.1
Solihull 43 43 86 3.4 3.5 3.5 69 39 108 5.0 2.6 3.8
Walsall 179 133 312 10.9 8.7 9.9 228 144 372 12.9 8.5 10.8
Wolverhampton 178 117 295 13.3 8.8 11.0 202 171 373 13.6 11.8 12.8
Knowsley 179 142 321 22.7 17.8 20.2 193 149 342 20.8 16.8 18.8
Liverpool 432 356 788 18.1 14.6 16.3 502 371 873 18.0 14.1 16.1
St. Helens 95 79 174 9.0 8.1 8.6 110 73 183 9.4 7.0 8.3
Sefton 132 110 242 8.1 7.1 7.6 153 129 282 8.9 7.5 8.2
Wirral 184 147 331 10.7 8.7 9.7 170 115 285 8.6 6.1 7.4
Bolton 161 109 270 10.3 7.6 9.0 169 116 285 10.2 7.7 9.0
Bury 37 24 61 4.1 2.6 3.4 59 23 82 5.5 2.4 4.0
Manchester 426 327 753 21.8 17.3 19.6 443 322 765 21.7 16.4 19.1
Oldham 186 157 343 13.0 10.9 12.0 226 156 382 14.0 10.4 12.2
Rochdale 141 102 243 12.7 9.6 11.2 153 126 279 12.4 10.8 11.6
Salford 161 130 291 15.1 12.6 13.9 204 168 372 17.2 14.7 16.0
Stockport 90 70 160 6.5 4.9 5.7 114 58 172 7.3 4.3 5.9
Tameside 111 81 192 9.2 6.7 8.0 130 90 220 9.6 7.0 8.3
Trafford 90 64 154 9.6 6.5 8.0 73 56 129 6.9 5.1 6.0
Wigan 139 93 232 7.9 5.3 6.6 168 106 274 8.4 5.5 7.0
Barnsley 162 96 258 13.8 8.6 11.3 165 104 269 13.2 8.2 10.7
Doncaster 239 176 415 13.6 10.9 12.3 261 166 427 14.3 10.5 12.5
Rotherham 178 129 307 11.5 8.7 10.1 179 130 309 10.9 7.8 9.3
Sheffield 270 242 512 11.1 10.2 10.6 312 282 594 11.9 11.2 11.5
Bradford 339 281 620 11.8 10.5 11.2 411 307 718 13.2 10.8 12.1
Calderdale 112 84 196 10.4 8.4 9.4 131 84 215 10.5 7.4 9.0
Kirklees 247 142 389 11.6 7.2 9.5 286 189 475 12.2 8.6 10.5
Leeds 446 373 819 12.4 10.5 11.4 462 385 847 11.8 10.4 11.1
Wakefield 187 116 303 11.4 7.5 9.5 172 128 300 9.6 6.9 8.3
Gateshead 135 104 239 13.1 10.9 12.1 144 122 266 12.2 10.6 11.4
Newcastle upon Tyne 240 192 432 18.7 16.2 17.5 269 207 476 19.2 15.4 17.3
North Tyneside 81 84 165 8.3 9.1 8.7 116 87 203 10 8.3 9.2
South Tyneside 83 61 144 9.7 7.5 8.7 73 75 148 7.6 7.8 7.7
Sunderland 177 173 350 10.1 9.8 9.9 237 154 391 12.0 8.1 10.1
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Avon 365 268 633 7.7 6.0 6.9 385 257 642 7.6 5.4 6.5
Bedfordshire 186 142 328 6.2 4.8 5.5 222 127 349 6.7 4.0 5.3
Berkshire 254 169 423 6.5 4.4 5.4 300 186 486 6.9 4.6 5.8

GCSE achievements of 15-year-old1 pupils in maintained schools2 1991–92 to 1994–95 Pupils with no GCSE qualifications
1993–94 1994–95
Number of pupils with no GCSE qualification As percentage of 15-year-olds Number of pupils with no GCSE qualification As percentage of 15-year-olds
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Buckinghamshire 227 134 361 6.2 4.0 5.1 276 179 455 7.0 4.7 5.9
Cambridgeshire 247 205 452 7.1 6.2 6.7 265 192 457 7.0 5.3 6.2
Cheshire 325 261 586 6.2 5.0 5.6 349 261 610 5.9 4.5 5.3
Cleveland 399 354 753 11.5 10.7 11.1 483 396 879 12.9 10.7 11.8
Cornwall 98 78 176 3.9 3.2 3.5 100 80 180 3.6 3.0 3.3
Cumbria 212 148 360 7.7 5.9 6.8 214 160 374 7.9 6.1 7.0
Derbyshire 345 258 603 6.9 5.3 6.1 422 272 694 7.5 5.3 6.4
Devon 275 226 501 5.5 4.6 5.1 328 238 566 5.8 4.5 5.2
Dorset 162 128 290 5.0 4.1 4.5 184 128 312 5.1 3.9 4.6
Durham 349 261 610 10.7 8.1 9.4 413 288 701 10.9 8.2 9.6
East Sussex 236 181 417 7.8 6.5 7.2 273 223 496 8.1 7.2 7.7
Essex 619 433 1,052 7.4 5.3 6.4 618 502 1,120 6.9 5.8 6.4
Gloucestershire 126 109 235 4.7 4.0 4.4 164 107 271 5.5 3.7 4.6
Hampshire 454 349 803 5.8 4.6 5.2 478 365 843 5.9 4.5 5.2
Hereford and Worcester 253 170 423 7.2 4.8 6.0 279 237 516 7.2 6.2 6.7
Hertfordshire 313 253 566 6.0 4.8 5.4 375 290 665 6.4 5.1 5.8
Humberside 583 408 991 11.6 8.6 10.1 599 464 1,063 10.8 8.8 9.8
Isle of Wight 35 25 60 5.2 4.0 4.6 43 35 78 5.9 5.6 5.8
Kent 635 410 1,045 7.5 5.1 6.4 663 489 1,152 7.3 5.5 6.4
Lancashire 627 527 1,154 8.2 7.4 7.8 713 550 1,263 8.7 7.0 7.9
Leicestershire 388 276 664 8.1 5.8 6.9 439 332 771 8.2 6.5 7.3
Lincolnshire 247 178 425 7.6 5.6 6.6 246 214 460 7.1 6.2 6.7
Norfolk 306 207 513 7.9 5.5 6.7 303 246 549 7.3 6.2 6.8
North Yorkshire 222 162 384 6.0 4.5 5.3 242 156 398 5.9 3.9 4.9
Northamptonshire 199 155 354 5.8 4.8 5.3 259 202 461 7.2 5.7 6.4
Northumberland 160 136 296 8.8 7.7 8.2 152 127 279 7.4 6.5 6.9
Nottinghamshire 555 410 965 10.2 7.8 9.0 629 473 1,102 11.0 8.5 9.8
Oxfordshire 241 119 360 8.6 4.6 6.7 266 154 420 9.2 5.4 7.3
Shropshire 111 67 178 4.7 3.1 3.9 162 111 273 6.3 4.5 5.4
Somerset 107 68 175 4.5 3.1 3.8 128 65 193 5.2 2.8 4.0
Staffordshire 510 339 849 9.0 6.3 7.7 518 372 890 8.4 6.2 7.3
Suffolk 133 100 233 4.1 3.2 3.7 153 129 282 4.2 3.7 4.0
Surrey 241 163 404 5.8 4.0 4.9 317 187 504 6.8 4.2 5.5
Warwickshire 191 100 291 7.4 4.1 5.8 182 130 312 6.8 4.9 5.9
West Sussex 204 150 354 5.7 4.4 5.1 209 167 376 5.4 4.4 4.9
Wiltshire 146 106 252 5.1 3.9 4.5 163 117 280 5.2 3.9 4.6
Total (all local education authorities) 21,587 16,002 37,589 8.7 6.7 7.7 23,878 17,511 41,389 8.9 6.8 7.8
1 Age as at the beginning of the academic year.
2 includes LEA-maintained schools, grant-maintained schools, maintained special schools and city technology colleges.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list(a) by LEA and (b) in total, broken down in each case by gender, the number and percentage of 16-year-olds who left school with fewer than five passes at grades A to C in each of the last five years. [29640]

GCSE achievements of 15-year-old1 pupils in maintained schools2 1991–92 to 1994–95 Pupils with fewer than five GCSE passes at grades A-C
1991–92 1992–93
Number of pupils with fewer than five A-C As percentage of 15-year-olds Number of pupils with fewer than five A-C As percentage of 15-year-olds
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Camden 480 594 1,074 72.5 60.7 65.5 441 548 989 69.8 57.6 62.5
Greenwich 955 858 1,813 81.7 71.7 76.6 873 819 1,692 78.1 70.1 74.0
Hackney 525 598 1,123 85.6 76.7 80.6 416 561 977 80.2 73.6 76.3
Hammersmith 395 349 744 73.8 72.3 73.1 378 331 709 74.6 69.4 72.1
Islington 585 388 973 81.9 78.4 80.5 565 377 942 80.9 78.7 80.0
Kensington and Chelsea 206 221 427 68.2 75.7 71.9 211 169 380 68.7 69.8 69.2
Lambeth 458 543 1,001 88.4 76.9 81.8 447 511 958 85.8 73.7 78.9
Lewisham 813 636 1,449 79.4 69.7 74.8 744 605 1,349 80.3 68.7 74.6
Southwark 784 678 1,462 87.8 81.7 84.9 679 646 1,325 83.8 79.8 81.8
Tower Hamlets 903 758 1,661 85.8 81.9 84.0 864 758 1,622 83.5 78.5 81.1

Mr. Paice

Information on school leavers is no longer collected by the Department. The following tables list the number and percentage of 15-year-old—age as at the beginning of the academic year-pupils who achieved fewer than five GCSE grades A*-C in each local education authority in England for 1991–92 to 1994–95.

GCSE achievements of 15-year-old1 pupils in maintained schools2 1991–92 to 1994–95 Pupils with fewer than five GCSE passes at grades A-C
1991–92 1992–93
Number of pupils with fewer than five A-C As percentage of 15-year-olds Number of pupils with fewer than five A-C As percentage of 15-year-olds
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Wandsworth 629 492 1,121 77.4 69.8 73.8 595 431 1,026 75.5 67.6 71.9
Westminster 500 407 907 81.7 70.2 76.1 466 410 876 77.5 69.3 73.4
Barking 705 642 1,347 86.7 82.1 84.5 682 515 1,197 84 76.3 80.5
Barnet 937 712 1,649 63.1 51.0 57.2 893 647 1,540 63.2 45.8 54.5
Bexley 935 687 1,622 71.4 59.2 65.7 764 640 1,404 65.8 56.2 61.0
Brent 702 569 1,271 75.9 66.1 71.2 657 548 1,205 72.8 62.1 67.5
Bromley 763 599 1,362 61.8 49.5 55.8 752 654 1,406 58.1 51.5 54.8
Croydon 1,002 754 1,756 70.3 53.7 62.0 1,033 739 1,772 70.0 53.8 62.2
Ealing 892 745 1,637 76.6 69.6 73.2 843 747 1,590 76.4 68.0 72.2
Enfield 1,022 836 1,858 70.8 64.1 67.6 898 775 1,673 67.1 58.6 62.8
Haringey 668 488 1,156 80.7 70.4 76.0 646 484 1,130 80.0 69.8 75.3
Harrow 538 458 996 58.2 49.6 53.9 579 435 1,014 61.7 48.9 55.5
Havering 902 803 1,705 65.5 57.7 61.6 856 713 1,569 62.2 54.8 58.6
Hillingdon 815 615 1,430 71.1 58 64.8 744 619 1,363 67.9 58.8 63.5
Hounslow 708 622 1,330 70.0 60.2 65.1 735 601 1,336 70.4 58.7 64.6
Kingston upon Thames 347 307 654 59.0 48.7 53.7 276 259 535 51.2 44.2 47.6
Merton 539 425 964 69.9 63.2 66.8 467 408 875 71.1 61.6 66.3
Newham 970 888 1,858 82.9 75.8 79.3 968 782 1,750 83.8 71.8 78.0
Redbridge 828 620 1,448 67.3 57.4 62.7 757 616 1,373 63.7 55.0 59.5
Richmond upon Thames 408 320 728 62.6 52.1 57.5 417 328 745 60.2 50.2 55.3
Sutton 500 418 918 57.5 51.2 54.4 441 413 854 50.2 49.5 49.9
Waltham Forest 822 659 1,481 78.3 69.7 74.2 770 592 1,362 74.5 62.7 68.9
Birmingham 4,486 3,901 8,387 77.4 72.3 74.9 4,262 3,534 7,796 76.2 69.7 73.1
Coventry 1,127 992 2,119 71.1 63.3 67.2 1,142 896 2,038 71.4 61.4 66.6
Dudley 1,205 979 2,184 68.1 61.4 64.9 1,100 839 1,939 66.9 56.5 62.0
Sandwell 1,398 1,232 2,630 80.3 75.8 78.1 1,266 1,193 2,459 81.4 74.4 77.9
Solihull 808 638 1,446 64.1 52.3 58.3 757 577 1,334 61.2 50.2 55.9
Walsall 1,226 1,043 2,269 72.0 64.9 68.6 1,190 965 2,155 74.1 65.3 69.9
Wolverhampton 1,135 953 2,088 79.4 71 75.3 1,005 876 1,881 76.1 64.8 70.4
Knowsley 771 703 1,474 85.0 82.2 83.7 711 576 1,287 86.1 80.2 83.4
Liverpool 2,048 1,834 3,882 81.7 75.3 78.5 1,752 1,717 3,469 76.6 73.8 75.2
St. Helens 837 693 1,530 73.8 64.9 69.5 732 639 1,371 70.7 64.0 67.4
Sefton 1,047 922 1,969 67.9 58.4 63.1 958 748 1,706 61.5 50.1 55.9
Wirral 1,215 1,047 2,262 65.6 61.0 63.4 1,039 964 2,003 63.4 57.8 60.6
Bolton 1,150 864 2,014 70.1 58.7 64.7 955 818 1,773 66.0 58.3 62.2
Bury 598 534 1,132 64.2 55.1 59.5 556 391 947 61.2 45.8 53.8
Manchester 1,823 1,511 3,334 84.8 77.6 81.4 1,665 1,459 3,124 83.2 75.6 79.5
Oldham 1,109 918 2,027 78.5 67.2 72.9 1,022 801 1,823 72.7 61.7 67.4
Rochdale 922 788 1,710 78.0 69.9 74 831 691 1,522 73.5 66.3 70.0
Salford 898 789 1,687 76.6 72.9 74.8 766 690 1,456 75.1 65.8 70.4
Stockport 954 786 1,740 63.7 54.8 59.3 811 648 1,459 58.0 50.1 54.2
Tameside 996 762 1,758 74.2 65.4 70.1 862 722 1,584 71.7 64.6 68.3
Trafford 635 562 1,197 69.5 57.6 63.4 593 506 1,099 65.0 53.3 59.1
Wigan 1,225 993 2,218 66.9 54.4 60.7 1,138 906 2,044 64.4 52.5 58.5
Barnsley 1,019 777 1,796 82.2 69.0 75.9 850 779 1,629 78.3 72.7 75.5
Doncaster 1,377 1,159 2,536 76.3 68.1 72.3 1,174 1,011 2,185 73.0 63.4 68.2
Rotherham 1,148 1,023 2,171 73.3 67.1 70.3 1,033 884 1,917 70.1 61.5 65.8
Sheffield 1,946 1,591 3,537 74.5 66.8 70.8 1,803 1,369 3,172 71.9 60.5 66.5
Bradford 2,289 1,966 4,255 80.4 73.9 77.3 2,260 1,824 4,084 78.0 71.0 74.7
Calderdale 796 686 1,482 72.8 61.4 67.0 747 625 1,372 73.2 59.8 66.4
Kirklees 1,640 1,357 2,997 72.6 64.1 68.5 1,461 1,119 2,580 70.8 58.0 64.6
Leeds 2,894 2,299 5,193 73.9 63.1 68.7 2,461 2,140 4,601 70.8 61.8 66.3
Wakefield 1,386 1,121 2,507 77.5 66.6 72.2 1,242 1,004 2,246 71.8 65.4 68.8
Gateshead 778 736 1,514 76.0 67.3 71.5 688 590 1,278 69.8 62.6 66.3
Newcastle upon Tyne 983 945 1,928 75.3 71.0 73.1 914 793 1,707 72.0 67.1 69.6
North Tyneside 650 637 1,287 68.6 62.1 65.3 648 536 1,184 67.2 58.0 62.7
South Tyneside 631 567 1,198 72.8 67.3 70.1 577 489 1,066 73.0 63.3 68.2
Sunderland 1,314 1,186 2,500 76.4 67.4 71.8 1,189 1,063 2,252 74.6 64.3 69.4
Isles of Stilly 6 6 12 46.2 40.0 42.9 2 2 4 22.2 28.6 25.0
Avon 3,323 2,617 5,940 68.6 58.7 63.9 3,156 2,501 5,657 68.2 57.1 62.8
Bedfordshire 2,121 1,663 3,784 69.8 60.0 65.1 1,909 1,649 3,558 65.5 58.3 61.9
Berkshire 2,624 1,976 4,600 64.3 53.3 59.1 2,304 1,890 4,194 60.2 51.5 55.9
Buckinghamshire 2,101 1,698 3,799 59.8 50.0 55.0 2,026 1,683 3,709 58.0 48.4 53.2
Cambridgeshire 2,388 1,884 4,272 65.4 55.3 60.5 2,236 1,759 3,995 64.6 53.0 58.9
Cheshire 3,538 2,884 6,422 63.6 53.9 58.9 3,172 2,582 5,754 60.8 50.2 55.6
Cleveland 2,596 2,263 4,859 73.7 66.5 70.2 2,361 2,110 4,471 72.5 65.0 68.7
Cornwall 1,695 1,408 3,103 68.0 55.9 61.9 1,589 1,262 2,851 64.0 52.4 58.3
Cumbria 1,769 1,499 3,268 67.0 58.0 62.5 1,668 1,367 3,035 63.7 55.1 59.5
Derbyshire 3,581 2,969 6,550 67.8 59.7 63.9 3,398 2,680 6,078 67.5 56.6 62.2

GCSE achievements of 15-year-old1 pupils in maintained schools2 1991–92 to 1994–95 Pupils with fewer than five GCSE passes at grades A-C
1991–92 1992–93
Number of pupils with fewer than five A-C As percentage of 15-year-olds Number of pupils with fewer than five A-C As percentage of 15-year-olds
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Devon 3,414 2,850 6,264 67.3 57.0 62.2 3,201 2,566 5,767 65.1 53.7 59.5
Dorset 2,051 1,713 3,764 63.4 55.0 59.3 1,899 1,503 3,402 60.4 50.6 55.7
Durham 2,430 2,073 4,503 71.8 64.4 68.2 2,209 1,870 4,079 70.6 60.7 65.7
East Sussex 1,904 1,497 3,401 65.5 53.9 59.9 1,774 1,425 3,199 62.0 53.4 57.9
Essex 5,894 4,864 10,758 67.9 58.3 63.2 5,537 4,486 10,023 65.6 56.0 61.0
Gloucestershire 1,783 1,423 3,206 62.8 51.4 57.2 1,603 1,290 2,893 60.3 49.9 55.2
Hampshire 5,129 4,308 9,437 65.4 55.7 60.6 4,998 3,850 8,848 64.5 52.0 58.4
Hereford and Worcester 2,481 2,000 4,481 68.6 55.6 62.1 2,314 1,836 4,150 64.6 54.3 59.6
Hertfordshire 3,376 2,667 6,043 61.8 50.7 56.4 3,206 2,530 5,736 60.9 49.1 55.1
Humberside 3,854 3,329 7,183 73.0 65.3 69.2 3,710 3,054 6,764 72.2 65.0 68.8
Isle of Wight 434 404 838 67.6 63.5 65.6 446 358 804 69.6 59.8 64.8
Kent 5,819 4,806 10,625 67.5 58.3 63.0 5,369 4,574 9,943 65.2 56.7 61.0
Lancashire 5,364 4,499 9,863 67.8 59.0 63.5 4,847 3,931 8,778 65.3 55.7 60.6
Leicestershire 3,595 2,918 6.513 71.2 62.0 66.8 3,351 2,623 5,974 67.1 57.3 62.4
Lincolnshire 2,241 1,872 4,113 67.6 59.1 63.4 2,071 1,735 3,806 65.2 56.9 61.1
Norfolk 2,706 2,300 5,006 69.4 59.6 64.5 2,592 2,030 4,622 66.5 55.8 61.3
North Yorkshire 2,301 1,877 4,178 62.2 52.0 57.2 2,058 1,672 3,730 57.9 47.3 52.6
Northamptonshire 2,334 2,014 4,348 68.4 59.2 63.8 2,175 1,814 3,989 67.0 57.0 62.0
Northumberland 1,281 958 2,239 68.6 55.2 62.1 1,142 875 2,017 63.4 54.2 59.1
Nottinghamshire 4,184 3,551 7,735 74.3 65.9 70.2 3,779 3,140 6,919 71.0 62.6 66.9
Oxfordshire 1,765 1,393 3,158 63.2 53.8 58.7 1,625 1,274 2,899 60.1 50.0 55.2
Shropshire 1,629 1,241 2,870 65.8 54.5 60.4 1,411 1,093 2,504 61.7 51.6 56.8
Somerset 1,535 1,155 2,690 64.3 49.9 57.2 1,486 1,036 2,522 62.7 48.8 56.1
Staffordshire 4,297 3,428 7,725 71.8 61.5 66.8 3,808 3,040 6,848 69.2 57.6 63.5
Suffolk 2,283 1,748 4,031 66.8 54.8 61.0 2,074 1,633 3,707 63.1 49.9 56.5
Surrey 2,559 2,091 4,650 60.0 51.2 55.7 2,386 1,847 4,233 58.1 47.7 53.0
Warwickshire 1,801 1,459 3,260 68.4 57.4 63.0 1,677 1,318 2,995 66.0 54.1 60.2
West Sussex 2,089 1,612 3,701 59.6 47.8 53.8 2,031 1,604 3,635 58.2 47.3 52.8
Wiltshire 1,842 1,568 3,410 65.4 54.4 59.8 1,773 1,430 3,203 62.5 52.0 57.3
Total (All LEAs) 176,817 146,668 323,485 69.6 60.3 65.1 163,390 133,985 297,375 67.2 57.5 62.4
1 Age as at the beginning of the academic year.
2 Includes LEA-maintained schools, grant-maintained, maintained special schools and city technology college.

GCSE achievements of 15-year-old1 pupils in maintained schools21991–92 to 1994–95 pupils with fewer than five GCSE passes at grades A*-C
1993–94 1994–95
Number of pupils with fewer than five A*-C As percentage of 15-year-olds Number of pupils with fewer than five A*-C As percentage of 15-year-olds
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Camden 446 552 998 66.3 54.9 59.4 446 551 997 62.9 55.4 58.5
Greenwich 886 793 1,679 78.1 68.0 73.0 944 892 1,836 74.2 69.2 71.7
Hackney 476 547 1,023 82.4 73.3 77.3 484 562 1,046 85.1 69.8 76.1
Hammersmith 378 336 714 70.5 65.5 68.1 403 312 715 73.0 62.8 68.2
Islington 531 348 879 79.7 75.8 78.1 611 441 1,052 84.5 80.2 82.6
Kensington and Chelsea 168 172 340 60.6 71.1 65.5 151 165 316 58.5 69.6 63.8
Lambeth 434 502 936 85.6 72.4 78.0 436 508 944 82.0 72.9 76.8
Lewisham 755 593 1,348 76.9 68.4 72.9 794 619 1,413 76.8 64.8 71.0
Southwark 723 699 1,422 83.3 80.1 81.7 715 590 1,305 83.7 71.7 77.8
Tower Hamlets 781 670 1,451 84.3 78.1 81.3 828 739 1,567 80.5 75.9 78.3
Wandsworth 616 393 1,009 76.8 63.2 70.9 642 468 1,110 75.5 63.6 70.0
Westminster 462 420 882 81.6 68.6 74.9 458 414 872 79.0 64.2 71.2
Barking 630 487 1,117 76.1 68.2 72.4 662 568 1,230 74.8 69.8 72.4
Barnet 881 554 1,435 56.7 40.2 48.9 828 626 1,454 53.2 41.3 47.3
Bexley 771 681 1,452 62.9 56.5 59.7 781 623 1,404 62.9 50.8 56.9
Brent 608 529 1,137 67.5 62.5 65.1 703 565 1,268 71.4 58.3 64.9
Bromley 736 583 1,319 54.6 46.7 50.8 791 718 1,509 56.4 49.0 52.6
Croydon 1,083 771 1,854 71.3 53.8 62.8 1,106 890 1,996 69.4 56.9 63.2
Ealing 852 733 1,585 72.2 63.2 67.8 878 742 1,620 74.0 59.5 66.5
Enfield 904 769 1,673 63.0 56.0 59.6 1,035 818 1,853 66.0 55.1 60.7
Haringey 556 514 1,070 76.8 66.7 71.6 698 521 1,219 78.6 65.7 72.5
Harrow 553 452 1,005 56.9 46.3 51.6 561 424 985 52.2 42.5 47.5
Havering 827 665 1,492 61.4 53.3 57.5 874 768 1,642 61.2 54.5 57.9
Hillingdon 785 607 1,392 68.9 55.5 62.3 781 740 1,521 66.8 57.9 62.2
Hounslow 777 631 1,408 64.8 54.5 59.7 904 644 1,548 67.3 53.9 61.0
Kingston upoon Thames 300 267 567 53.5 43.7 48.4 319 286 605 49.8 39.7 44.5
Merton 482 422 904 71.1 62.2 66.6 510 395 905 65.5 56.1 61.0

GCSE achievements of 15-year-old1 pupils in maintained schools2 1991–92 to 1994–95 pupils with fewer than five GCSE passes at grades A*-C
1993–94 1994–95
Number of pupils with fewer than five A*-C As percentage of 15-year-olds Number of pupils with fewer than five A*-C As percentage of 15-year-olds
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Newham 920 841 1,761 81.8 72.4 77 1,035 917 1,952 81.0 71.5 76.3
Redbridge 725 521 1,246 59.6 46.8 53.5 750 624 1,374 57.9 51.8 54.9
Richmond upon Thames 372 326 698 54.5 45.6 50.0 427 308 735 58.4 44.9 51.9
Sutton 439 377 816 50.4 43.8 47.1 475 398 873 48.9 45.1 47.1
Waltham Forest 786 646 1,432 74.6 64.8 69.9 851 669 1,520 73.2 60.9 67.3
Birmingham 4,070 3,369 7,439 74.1 65.0 69.6 4,181 3,565 7,746 72.2 65.2 68.8
Coventry 1,073 906 1,979 70.4 61.0 65.7 1,224 997 2,221 71.0 60.8 66.0
Dudley 1,125 839 1,964 62.8 53.8 58.6 1,151 923 2,074 63.1 53.3 58.4
Sandwell 1,278 1,029 2,307 76.9 68.1 72.7 1,398 1,213 2,611 76.6 69.4 73.1
Solihull 729 563 1,292 57.4 46.4 52.0 793 696 1,489 57.8 46.9 52.1
Walsall 1,180 961 2,141 72.0 63.0 67.7 1,302 1,074 2,376 73.4 63.7 68.7
Wolverhampton 1,023 857 1,880 76.2 64.4 70.4 1,091 929 2,020 73.7 64.3 69.1
Knowsley 646 604 1,250 82.0 75.5 78.7 766 701 1,467 82.5 78.9 80.8
Liverpool 1,853 1,764 3,617 77.7 72.3 75.0 2,154 1,841 3,995 77.3 70.2 73.9
St. Helens 710 599 1,309 67.6 61.2 64.5 785 593 1,378 67.3 56.9 62.4
Sefton 951 794 1,745 58.5 51.1 54.9 1,050 878 1,928 61.4 51.1 56.2
Wirral 1,090 972 2,062 63.2 57.4 60.3 1,172 1,032 2,204 59.3 54.5 56.9
Bolton 981 759 1,740 62.8 53.1 58.1 1,054 804 1,858 63.4 53.3 58.6
Bury 509 477 986 56.8 52.0 54.4 615 499 1,114 57.7 51.4 54.7
Manchester 1,575 1,375 2,950 80.8 72.7 76.8 1,650 1,449 3,099 81.0 73.9 77.5
Oldham 1,042 904 1,946 72.9 62.9 67.9 1,192 933 2,125 73.7 62.1 68.1
Rochdale 825 644 1,469 74.2 60.9 67.7 891 725 1,616 72.0 62.1 67.2
Salford 782 705 1,487 73.4 68.2 70.9 905 775 1,680 76.4 67.7 72.1
Stockport 770 679 1,449 55.2 47.6 51.4 885 649 1,534 56.7 47.7 52.5
Tameside 859 727 1,586 71.2 60.4 65.8 943 818 1,761 69.9 63.3 66.7
Trafford 587 486 1,073 62.6 49.4 55.9 609 537 1,146 57.5 48.6 52.9
Wigan 1,094 955 2,049 62.1 54.5 58.3 1,264 1,000 2,264 63.0 52.0 57.6
Barnsley 889 721 1,610 75.7 64.5 70.2 956 831 1,787 76.6 65.5 71.0
Doncaster 1,247 987 2,234 71.2 61.0 66.3 1,311 1,021 2,332 71.7 64.8 68.5
Rotherham 1,068 911 1,979 68.9 61.4 65.2 1,124 986 2,110 68.2 59.5 63.8
Sheffield 1,669 1,434 3,103 68.6 60.2 64.4 1,796 1,485 3,281 68.3 58.8 63.7
Bradford 2,234 1,830 4,064 77.8 68.6 73.3 2,360 1,923 4,283 76.1 67.4 71.9
Calderdale 728 584 1,312 67.5 58.6 63.2 823 673 1,496 66.0 59.4 62.9
Kirklees 1,420 1,157 2,577 66.6 58.5 62.7 1,608 1,231 2,839 68.4 56.2 62.5
Leeds 2,466 2,098 4,564 68.6 58.9 63.8 2,728 2,170 4,898 69.4 58.6 64.2
Wakefield 1,124 935 2,059 68.5 60.1 64.4 1,243 1,113 2,356 69.3 60.4 64.8
Gateshead 738 579 1,317 71.4 60.9 66.4 775 707 1,482 65.8 61.4 63.6
Newcastle upon Tyne 930 787 1,717 72.5 66.5 69.7 1,016 950 1,966 72.6 70.5 71.5
North Tyneside 599 518 1,117 61.1 56.4 58.8 732 587 1,319 63.3 55.9 59.8
South Tyneside 583 488 1,071 68.3 60.4 64.5 686 585 1,271 71.2 60.8 66.0
Sunderland 1,304 1,162 2,466 74.1 65.8 70.0 1,472 1,192 2,664 74.5 63.0 68.9
Isles of Sciily 6 2 8 42.9 18.2 32 5 5 10 62.5 38.5 47.6
Avon 3,056 2,442 5,498 64.7 54.8 59.9 3,205 2,589 5,794 63.4 54 58.8
Bedfordshire 1,892 1,638 3,530 63.5 55.8 59.7 2,171 1,791 3,962 65.2 56.1 60.7
Berkshire 2,204 1,825 4,029 56 47.4 51.8 2,421 1,943 4,364 55.6 47.5 51.7
Buckinghamshire 2,046 1,530 3,576 55.4 45.3 50.6 2,192 1,733 3,925 55.7 45.9 50.9
Cambridgeshire 2,156 1,683 3,839 62.1 51.1 56.7 2,263 1,856 4,119 59.4 51.3 55.5
Cheshire 3,013 2,558 5,571 57.2 48.8 53 3,448 2,736 6,184 58.7 47.7 53.2
Cleveland 2,377 2,029 4,406 68.8 61.4 65.2 2,625 2,325 4,950 70.0 62.7 66.4
Cornwall 1,512 1,165 2,677 59.5 48.2 54.0 1,590 1,300 2,890 58.0 49.3 53.7
Cumbria 1,722 1,272 2,994 62.3 50.4 56.6 1,654 1,372 3,026 60.8 52.1 56.5
Derbyshire 3,167 2,632 5,799 63.6 54.4 59.1 3,662 2,846 6,508 64.9 55.0 60.2
Devon 3,082 2,569 5,651 61.5 52.5 57.1 3,517 2,667 6,184 62.2 50.9 56.8
Dorset 1,812 1,435 3,247 55.4 45.8 50.7 2,021 1,484 3,505 56.4 45.4 51.2
Durham 2,255 1,990 4,245 69.2 61.6 65.4 2,694 2,109 4,803 70.9 59.9 65.6
East Sussex 1,826 1,466 3,292 60.6 52.5 56.7 2,095 1,662 3,757 62.2 53.6 58.1
Essex 5,346 4,328 9,674 63.9 53.1 58.6 5,583 4,461 10,044 62.2 52.0 57.2
Gloucestershire 1,540 1,335 2,875 58.0 49.4 53.7 1,636 1,354 2,990 54.9 46.2 50.6
Hampshire 4,730 3,876 8,606 60.8 50.6 55.7 4,872 3,906 8,778 59.7 48.2 54.0
Hereford and Worcester 2,182 1,785 3,967 61.7 50.6 56.2 2,380 1,998 4,378 61.5 52.5 57.0
Hertfordshire 3,069 2,450 5,519 58.4 46.4 52.4 3,396 2,623 6,019 57.9 46.0 52.1
Humberside 3,620 2,861 6,481 71.8 60.3 66.2 3,899 3,272 7,171 70.4 61.8 66.2
Isle of Wight 429 347 776 63.5 55.3 59.5 460 365 825 62.8 58.8 60.9
Kent 5,394 4,397 9,791 63.7 55.2 59.6 5,702 4,702 10,404 62.7 53.3 58.1
Lancashire 4,739 3,950 8,689 62.3 55.3 58.9 5,102 4,243 9,345 62.5 53.9 58.3
Leicestershire 3,181 2,642 5,823 66.2 55.2 60.7 3,499 2,829 6,328 65.0 55.3 60.3
Lincolnshire 1,962 1,704 3,666 60.7 53.9 57.4 2,044 1,770 3,814 59.0 51.3 55.2
Norfolk 2,516 2,057 4,573 65.2 54.4 59.9 2,592 2,006 4,598 62.8 50.6 56.8
North Yorkshire 2,048 1,669 3,717 55.6 46.2 51.0 2,235 1,786 4,021 54.4 45.0 49.8

GCSE achievements of 15-year-old1 pupils in maintained schools2 1991–92 to 1994–95 pupils with fewer than five GCSE passes at grades A*-C
1993–94 1994–95
Number of pupils with fewer than five A*-C As percentage of 15-year-olds Number of pupils with fewer than five A*-C As percentage of 15-year-olds
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Northamptonshire 2,225 1,841 4,066 65.1 56.8 61.1 2,342 1,960 4,302 64.7 55.1 60.0
Northumberland 1,164 941 2,105 63.7 53.5 58.7 1,278 1,028 2,306 61.9 52.3 57.2
Nottinghamshire 3,723 3,256 6,979 68.7 62.0 65.4 3,914 3,298 7,212 68.5 59.4 64.0
Oxfordshire 1,643 1,245 2,888 58.8 48.2 53.7 1,752 1,364 3,116 60.5 47.7 54.2
Shropshire 1,403 973 2,376 59.1 45.5 52.7 1,531 1,210 2,741 59.8 48.8 54.4
Somerset 1,363 1,055 2,418 57.2 47.6 52.6 1,422 1,099 2,521 57.3 47.0 52.3
Staffordshire 3,805 3,032 6,837 67.1 56.4 61.9 4,039 3,398 7,437 65.6 56.8 61.3
Suffolk 1,973 1,576 3,549 60.8 50.8 55.9 2,134 1,711 3,845 59.2 49.0 54.2
Surrey 2,369 1,938 4,307 56.7 47.5 52.2 2,612 2,010 4,622 55.7 45.5 50.7
Warwickshire 1,612 1,267 2,879 62.6 51.8 57.4 1,645 1,348 2,993 61.8 50.5 56.2
West Sussex 1,982 1,479 3,461 55.2 43.6 49.6 2,097 1,669 3,766 54.2 43.8 49.0
Wiltshire 1,691 1,346 3,037 59.3 49.4 54.5 1,786 1,381 3,167 57.0 45.9 51.6
Total (All LEAs) 160,229 132,146 292,375 64.7 55.4 60.2 173,101 141,799 314,900 64.3 54.7 59.6
1 Age as at the beginning of the academic year.
2 Includes LEA-maintained schools, grant-maintained schools, maintained special schools and city technology colleges.