HC Deb 10 July 1997 vol 297 cc569-73W
Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list in rank order(a) the percentage of pupils obtaining five or more GCSEs at grades A to C in 1995–96 in each local education authority and (b) the expenditure per pupil; and if he will make a statement. [7325]

Maintained schools in England1
Local education authority Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A*-C2 Rank Secondary school unit cost (£) Rank
Isles of Scilly 73.1 1 4,347 104
Kingston upon Thames 59.9 2 2,374 66
Sutton 56.4 3 2,480 78
Harrow 53.5 4 2,660 89
Barnet 53.4 5 2,533 81
North Yorkshire 53.0 6 n/a n/a
North Somerset 52.5 7 n/a n/a
Richmond upon Thames 52.2 8 2,431 72
Redbridge 50.8 9 2,510 80
West Sussex 50.6 10 2,239 37
Buckinghamshire 50.5 11 2,288 50
Surrey 50.5 11 2,260 44
Bromley 50.3 13 1,851 1
Gloucestershire 50.2 14 2,082 12
Somerset 50.0 15 2,212 30
Solihull 49.6 16 2,241 38
Cheshire 49.3 17 2,147 16
Dorset 49.3 17 2,067 9
Hertfordshire 49.3 17 2,366 64
Stockport 49.0 20 2,225 31
Berkshire 48.8 21 2,211 28
Bury 48.6 22 2,081 11
Trafford 48.6 22 2,433 73
Wiltshire 48.3 24 2,251 40
Shropshire 48.0 25 2,384 67
York 47.7 26 n/a n/a
Bath and North east Somerset 47.4 27 n/a n/a
Suffolk 47.0 28 2,165 20
Bexley 46.8 29 2,291 51
Kensington and Chelsea 46.7 30 3,602 102
Cambridgeshire 46.7 30 2,172 21
Cornwall 46.7 30 2,229 35
Hampshire 46.5 33 2,210 27
Northumberland 46.1 34 1,990 2

Dr. Howells

The following table lists in rank order for each local education authority the percentage of pupils obtaining five or more GCSEs at grade C or above in 1995–96 together with the expenditure per secondary pupil. In each case, the local education authority's rank order is indicated.

Maintained schools in England1
Local education authority Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A*-C2 Rank Secondary school unit cost (£) Rank
Oxfordshire 45.8 35 2,199 25
Dudley 44.9 36 2,175 22
South Gloucester 44.7 37 n/a n/a
Hereford and Worcester 44.6 38 2,055 6
Isle of Wight 44.5 39 2,085 13
Lincolnshire 44.5 39 2,412 70
Wirral 44.4 41 2,323 58
Cumbria 44.2 42 2,287 48
Devon 44.2 42 2,187 24
Havering 44.1 44 2,622 87
Sefton 44.0 45 2,304 54
Wigan 43.9 46 2,307 56
Kent 43.7 47 2,343 61
Warwickshire 73.7 47 2,225 32
East Riding of Yorkshire 43.6 49 n/a n/a
Northamptonshire 43.5 50 2,163 18
East Sussex 43.3 51 2,395 68
Essex 43.1 52 2,325 59
Camden 43.0 53 2,888 95
Bedfordshire 42.7 54 2,163 19
Lancashire 42.6 55 2,268 45
Hounslow 42.3 56 2,535 82
Derbyshire 42.0 57 2,234 36
Bolton 41.9 58 2,287 49
Norfolk 41.9 58 2,319 57
North Tyneside 41.1 60 2,201 26
Enfield 41.0 61 2,367 65
Hillingdon 40.9 62 2,624 88
St. Helens 40.9 62 2,063 8
Staffordshire 40.9 62 2,061 7
Calderdale 39.7 65 2,485 79
Leicestershire 39.7 65 2,269 46
Croydon 38.8 67 2,543 83
Kirklees 38.4 68 2,258 41
Merton 38.3 69 2,593 86
Coventry 38.0 70 2,477 77
Redcar and Cleveland 37.6 71 n/a n/a
North Lincolnshire 37.6 71 n/a n/a
Sheffield 37.2 73 2,182 23
Stockton on Tees 37.2 73 n/a n/a
Leeds 36.6 75 2,259 43
Gateshead 36.6 75 2,250 39
Nottinghamshire 36.4 77 2,333 60
Rotherham 36.2 78 2,211 29
Durham 36.2 78 2,072 10
Rochdale 35.4 80 2,275 47
Tameside 35.4 80 2,010 3
Hammersmith and Fulham 35.3 82 3,328 101
Wakefield 35.3 82 2,055 5
South Tyneside 35.2 84 2,096 15
Brent 35.1 85 2,418 71
Ealing 34.6 86 2,477 76
Doncaster 33.5 87 2,292 52
Waltham Forest 33.4 88 2,736 90
Oldham 33.3 89 2,294 53
Westminster 33.0 90 2,863 94
Birmingham 32.9 91 2,555 85
Wandsworth 32.8 92 2,953 97
Newcastle upon Tyne 32.7 93 2,346 62
North-east Lincolnshire 32.4 94 n/a n/a
Walsall 32.2 95 2,158 17
Hartlepool 31.9 96 n/a n/a
Sunderland 31.7 97 2,228 34
City of Bristol 30.9 98 n/a n/a
Wolverhampton 30.2 99 2,460 74
Salford 30.1 100 2,226 33
Lewisham 30.0 101 2,765 91
Greenwich 29.1 102 2,768 92
Bradford 28.9 103 2,030 4
Haringey 28.5 104 3,018 99
Barnsley 28.2 105 2,089 14

Maintained schools in England1
Local education authority Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A*-C2 Rank Secondary school unit cost (£) Rank
Newham 27.9 106 2,546 84
Liverpool 27.6 107 2,406 69
Barking and Dagenham 27.1 108 2,473 75
Manchester 27.0 109 2,305 55
Middlesbrough 26.9 110 n/a n/a
Sandwell 26.5 111 2,362 63
Hackney 25.7 112 2,963 98
Lambeth 25.1 113 3,859 103
Southwark 24.6 114 2,840 93
Tower Hamlets 23.9 115 3,206 100
Knowsley 23.6 116 2,259 42
City of Kingston upon Hull 22.8 117 n/a n/a
Islington 22.4 118 2,941 96
1 The figures for GCSE achievements are based on LEA maintained and grant maintained schools in England. The unit cost figures are based on LEA maintained schools only and exclude grant maintained schools.
2 The percentage of 15-year-olds pupils achieving five or more GCSE grands A*-C are based on those pupils aged 15 on roll in maintained schools in January 1996.

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