HC Deb 10 February 1997 vol 290 cc48-51W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list (i) by local education authority in England the percentage of pupils in(a) maintained schools, (b) voluntary-aided and (c) grant-maintained schools entitled to free school meals and (ii) the average proportion of pupils in all schools excluding the independent sector in each authority, gaining five or more GCSEs at grades A to C. [14903]

Mrs. Gillan

The information requested is shown in the table.

Percentage of day pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and of 15-year-old pupils achieving five or more GCSE grade A* to C
England 1995–96
Percentage of day pupils known to be eligible for free school meals1
Local education authority area County/controlled schools Voluntary aided schools Grant maintained schools 2 Percentage of 15-year-olds achieving five or more GCSEs grades A* to C3
Merton 25.7 15.0 — 38.3
Newham 43.1 29.5 — 27.9
Redbridge 21.2 8.8 — 50.8
Richmond upon Thames 16.1 15.8 — 52.2
Sutton 17.7 8.9 4.5 56.4
Waltham Forest 38.2 20.5 16.1 33.4
Birmingham 41.7 32.6 21.1 32.9
Coventry 25.3 23.4 — 38.0
Dudley 19.1 25.2 14.4 44.9
Sandwell 29.1 21.3 — 26.5
Solihull 15.3 14.8 — 49.6
Walsall 30.7 19.4 10.2 32.2
Wolverhampton 28.2 22.5 23.5 30.2
Knowsley 53.3 47.6 — 23.6
Liverpool 47.0 41.6 21.7 27.6
St. Helens 30.2 26.0 — 40.9
Sefton 23.7 26.7 — 44.0
Wirral 31.9 31.9 6.4 44.4
Bolton 23.8 17.6 11.3 41.9
Bury 18.5 14.5 — 48.5
Manchester 50.8 42.2 — 27.0
Oldham 30.5 19.4 — 33.3
Rochdale 36.0 23.4 22.6 35.4
Salford 36.8 29.9 — 30.1
Stockport 18.9 15.4 — 49.0
Tameside 27.7 18.1 11.1 35.4
Trafford 22.2 17.7 50 48.6
Wigan 22.8 17.4 — 43.9
Barnsley 26.9 18.5 — 28.2
Doncaster 28.7 17.4 — 33.5
Rotherham 24.0 20.7 — 36.2
Sheffield 29.0 28.0 16.3 37.2
Bradford 32.7 20.3 18.9 28.9
Calderdale 26.5 18.4 10.7 39.7
Kirklees 24.2 16.7 — 38.4
Leeds 23.6 19.7 — 36.6
Wakefield 21.5 14.4 — 35.3
Gateshead 28.4 25.8 — 36.6
Newcastle upon Tyne 37.7 29.6 — 32.7
North Tyneside 23.5 22.5 — 41.1
South Tyneside 37.2 30.8 — 35.2
Sunderland 29.9 17.1 — 31.7
Isles of Scilly 7.6 — — 73.1
Bath and North-east Somerset 14.8 13.9 — 47.4
City of Bristol 28.9 22.3 — 30.9
North Somerset 13.6 10.0 — 52.5
South Gloucestershire 12.9 10.2 — 44.7
Hartlepool 34.7 21.7 — 31.9
Middlesbrough 39.6 29.5 — 26.9
Redcar and Cleveland 29.7 25.6 — 37.6
Stockton on Tees 27.8 19.2 — 37.2
City of Kingston upon Hull 33.3 20.9 — 22.8
East Riding of Yorkshire 11.3 7.6 6.1 43.6
North-east Lincolnshire 24.8 22.6 — 32.4
North Lincolnshire 19.1 14.1 — 32.4
North Yorkshire 10.3 5.5 — 53.0
York 14.9 12.9 — 47.7
Bedfordshire 20.8 16.7 13.2 42.7
Berkshire 12.8 9.1 10.6 48.8
Buckinghamshire 10.4 3.6 10.0 50.5
Cambridgeshire 16.2 17.1 13.2 46.7
Cheshire 16.0 16.5 11.8 49.3
Cornwall 20.4 16.5 — 46.7
Cumbria 18.4 16.3 8.9 44.2
Derbyshire 19.2 14.2 11.1 42.0
Devon 18.4 15.5 10.2 44.2

Percentage of day pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and of 15-year-old pupils achieving five or more GCSE grade A* to C
England 1995–96
Percentage of day pupils known to be eligible for free school meals1
Local education authority area County/controlled schools Voluntary aided schools Grant maintained schools Percentage of 15-year-olds achieving five or more GCSEs grades A* to C
Dorset 11.5 6.5 8.8 49.3
Durham 23.3 16.3 — 36.2
East Sussex 21.1 19.5 — 43.3
Essex 19.5 11.5 12.7 43.1
Gloucestershire 16.2 9.0 9.2 50.2
Hampshire 15.1 11.4 9.9 46.5
Hereford and Worcester 11.3 7.0 6.7 44.6
Hertfordshire 14.1 8.9 9.6 49.3
Isle of Wight 21.7 19.9 — 44.5
Kent 19.0 16.9 13.8 43.7
Lancashire 26.4 17.8 8.1 42.6
Leicestershire 16.6 9.6 12.5 39.7
Lincolnshire 10.2 5.5 10.0 44.5
Norfolk 15.6 13.5 13.6 41.9
Northamptonshire 13.2 14.9 14.1 43.5
Northumberland 17.4 11.6 — 46.1
Nottinghamshire 25.3 15.5 29.4 36.4
Oxfordshire 11.2 11.0 — 45.7
Shropshire 16.3 14.8 14.5 48.0
Somerset 12.2 9.9 11.6 50.0
Staffordshire 18.0 14.2 13.7 40.9
Suffolk 15.5 10.9 — 47.0
Surrey 11.6 8.0 7.4 50.5
Warwickshire 12.2 10.6 9.4 43.7
West Sussex 12.8 10.1 — 50.7
Wiltshire 13.9 12.0 9.6 48.3
England 22.6 20.0 13.5 44.5
1 Position on the annual schools' census date in January.
2 Schools operating as GM on the annual schools' census date in January.
3 Including maintained schools and city technology colleges. Columns have been left blank where they would have contained two schools or fewer, in line with normal pupil confidentiality.

Mr. Hendry

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the percentage of 16-year-olds passing five or more GCSEs at grade C or higher in Derbyshire in each year since 1992. [15162]

Mrs. Gillan

The percentage of 15-year-old1 pupils in maintained schools passing five or more GCSEs at grade C or higher in Derbyshire in each year since 1992 is:

Percentage
1992 36.1
1993 37.8
1994 40.9
1995 39.8
1996 42.0
1 Age at beginning of the academic year.