§ Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the performance of schools in Southend-on-Sea on A-level, GCSE, and the test for seven-year-olds on reading and spelling relative to the national average. [13510]
§ Mrs. GillanThe performance of maintained schools in Southend-on-Sea on A-level and GCSE in 1996 are as follows. School-by-school key stage 1 national curriculum assessment results for seven-year-olds are not published centrally.
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1996 Results GCSE Results Percentage of 15-year-olds pupils achieving GCE A/AS Results Average GCE A/AS point score of 16–18 year olds entered for 5A*-C 5A*-G 1A*-G less than 2 GCE A/AS 2 or more Score per entry Belfairs community college 29 79 90 3.1 9.0 3.6 Cecil Jones high school 19 76 86 1.5 11.0 3.6 Eastwood county high School and VI form centre 20 80 90 4 6.0 1.4 Kingsdown school 0 50 88 Lancaster school — — — Priory school 0 0 30 Shoeburyness county high school 19 81 89 2.0 8.1 3.3 Southend high school for boys 98 100 100 2.9 18.6 5.8 Southend high school for girls 96 98 98 2.7 20.4 5.5 St. Bernard's high school 53 93 95 6.0 10.5 3.9 St. Nicholas school 0 0 22 St. Thomas More high school for boys 35 92 97 The Prittlewell school 27 90 95 The St. Christopher school — — — The Thorpe Bay school 15 72 88 Thorpe Hall school 63 83 83 Westcliff high school for boys 96 99 99 26.8 6.7 Westcliff high school for girls 94 96 96 20.7 7.0 Total (Southend schools) 44.5 84.6 91.2 2.7 19.3 5.8 National (all schools) 44.5 86.0 92.1 3.2 18.3 5.5 LEA averages (LEA-maintained, grant-maintained schools and CTCs) 43.1 88.9 93.6 2.4 17.5 5.4