HC Deb 10 July 1997 vol 297 cc562-5W
Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list in rank order the pupil-teacher ratio for(a) secondary and (b) primary schools of each local education authority and their ranking in respect of the number of GCSE grades A to C obtained. [7326]

Dr. Howells

The following table lists in rank order for each local education authority the percentage of pupils obtaining five or more GCSEs at grades A-C in 1995–96 together with the pupil-teacher ratio in(a) secondary schools and (b) primary schools. In each case the local education authority's rank order is given.

Maintained schools in England1
Local education authority Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A*-C2 Rank Secondary school pupil teacher ratio Rank Primary school pupil teacher ratio Rank
North Somerset 52.5 7 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Richmond upon Thames 52.2 8 16.5 48 21.3 16
Redbridge 50.8 9 16.2 36 22.7 37
West Sussex 50.6 10 16.6 58 22.5 33
Buckinghamshire 50.5 11 17.1 86 23.6 69
Surrey 50.5 11 16.6 60 22.0 22
Bromley 50.3 13 15.7 19 24.6 98
Gloucestershire 50.2 14 17.6 94 23.4 63
Somerset 50.0 15 18.0 102 23.2 54
Solihull 49.6 16 16.6 57 24.1 92
Cheshire 49.3 17 17.0 79 24.0 90
Dorset 49.3 17 17.5 91 23.9 84
Hertfordshire 49.3 17 15.7 18 22.3 25
Stockport 49.0 20 16.6 64 23.8 75
Berkshire 48.8 21 16.3 42 23.3 59
Bury 48.6 22 17.2 89 24.0 87
Trafford 48.6 22 16.6 61 24.7 99
Wiltshire 48.3 24 16.8 68 23.4 62
Shropshire 48.0 25 16.5 54 24.3 93
York 47.7 26 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bath and North East Somerset 47.4 27 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Suffolk 47.0 28 16.5 53 22.3 28
Bexley 46.8 29 16.6 59 24.8 100
Kensington and Chelsea 46.7 30 13.3 2 17.8 2
Cambridgeshire 46.7 30 17.2 88 23.9 82
Cornwall 46.7 30 17.5 93 23.7 71
Hampshire 46.5 33 16.6 63 22.8 41
Northumberland 46.1 34 18.5 104 24.6 97
Oxfordshire 45.8 35 17.9 101 23.3 55
Dudley 44.9 36 16.5 47 22.4 31
South Gloucester 44.7 37 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Hereford and Worcester 44.6 38 17.7 96 23.2 49
Isle of Wight 44.5 39 18.1 103 23.2 50
Lincolnshire 44.5 39 15.9 24 23.6 70
Wirral 44.4 41 16.2 37 23.2 48
Cumbria 44.2 42 16.9 76 23.2 53
Devon 44.2 42 17.0 82 24.0 89
Havering 44.1 44 16.2 39 23.7 73
Sefton 44.0 45 16.4 45 23.2 52
Wigan 43.9 46 16.0 28 22.9 43
Kent 43.7 47 16.4 46 23.9 80
Warwickshire 43.7 47 16.8 69 23.6 68
East Riding of Yorkshire 43.6 49 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Northamptonshire 43.5 50 17.0 78 23.4 64
East Sussex 43.3 51 16.0 27 22.7 39
Essex 43.1 52 16.7 67 22.6 34
Camden 43.0 53 14.9 7 20.3 8
Bedfordshire 42.7 54 17.8 98 23.0 47
Lancashire 42.6 55 17.0 80 24.1 91
Hounslow 42.3 56 15.8 20 21.6 19
Derbyshire 42.0 57 17.0 83 25.3 104
Bolton 41.9 58 16.5 52 22.8 42
Norfolk 41.9 58 15.6 16 22.3 26
North Tyneside 41.1 60 17.1 85 23.9 79
Enfield 41.0 61 16.3 40 22.6 36
Hillingdon 40.9 62 16.4 43 22.3 24
St. Helens 40.9 62 15.6 13 22.9 44
Staffordshire 40.9 62 17.6 95 24.9 101
Calderdale 39.7 65 16.9 77 24.0 86
Leicestershire 39.7 65 17.1 84 23.3 57
Croydon 38.8 67 16.3 41 22.2 23
Kirklees 38.4 68 16.8 73 23.3 58
Merton 38.3 69 17.2 87 21.5 18
Coventry 38.0 70 16.1 32 23.3 60
Redcar and Cleveland 37.6 71 n/a n/a n/a n/a
North Lincolnshire 37.6 71 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Sheffield 37.2 73 17.5 92 22.9 45
Stockton on Tees 37.2 73 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Leeds 36.6 75 16.6 56 23.9 81
Gateshead 36.6 75 15.9 25 22.3 27

Maintained schools in England1
Local education authority Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A*-C2 Rank Secondary school pupil teacher ratio Rank Primary school pupil teacher ratio Rank
Nottinghamshire 36.4 77 16.7 66 24.3 95
Rotherham 36.2 78 17.0 81 23.2 51
Durham 36.2 78 17.5 90 24.0 85
Rochdale 35.4 80 16.9 75 24.4 96
Tameside 35.4 80 17.8 99 25.1 103
Hammersmith and Fulham 35.3 82 16.8 71 20.3 9
Wakefield 35.3 82 16.4 44 24.0 88
South Tyneside 35.2 84 16.8 72 23.3 56
Brent 35.1 85 15.4 11 21.7 21
Ealing 34.6 86 16.5 51 22.7 40
Doncaster 33.5 87 16.8 70 24.3 94
Waltham Forest 33.4 88 15.8 21 21.4 17
Oldham 33.3 89 15.9 26 23.7 74
Westminster 33.0 90 15.2 10 18.4 3
Birmingham 32.9 91 15.9 23 22.7 38
Wandsworth 32.8 92 15.9 22 20.5 10
Newcastle upon Tyne 32.7 93 16.9 74 23.8 77
North-east Lincolnshire 32.4 94 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Walsall 32.2 95 16.2 35 23.4 65
Hartlepool 31.9 96 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Sunderland 31.7 97 16.1 30 22.6 35
City of Bristol 30.9 98 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Wolverhampton 30.2 99 16.1 29 22.5 32
Salford 30.1 100 16.5 55 23.8 76
Lewisham 30.0 101 15.2 8 20.1 7
Greenwich 29.1 102 15.6 14 20.9 12
Bradford 28.9 103 17.7 97 22.3 29
Haringey 28.5 104 14.6 4 21.0 15
Barnsley 28.2 105 17.9 100 25.0 102
Newham 27.9 106 16.5 50 23.9 83
Liverpool 27.6 107 16.2 34 23.5 66
Barking and Dagenham 27.1 108 16.1 31 22.4 30
Manchester 27.0 109 15.5 12 23.0 46
Middlesbrough 26.9 110 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Sandwell 26.5 111 16.5 49 23.7 72
Hackney 25.7 112 14.7 5 19.7 6
Lambeth 25.1 113 14.4 3 18.6 4
Southwark 24.6 114 16.2 33 21.7 20
Tower Hamlets 23.9 115 15.2 9 19.5 5
Knowsley 23.6 116 16.6 65 23.5 67
City of Kingston upon Hull 22.8 117 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Islington 22.4 118 15.7 17 20.9 13
1The figures for GCSE achievements and pupil teacher ratio are based on LEA maintained and grant maintained schools in England.
2The percentage of 15-year-old pupils achieving 5 or more GCSE grades A*-C is based on those pupils aged 15 on roll in maintained schools in January 1996.