HC Deb 05 March 1997 vol 291 cc627-8W
Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list in rank order local education authorities by GCSE A to C grade results together with the local education authority rank order place for expenditure per pupil. [18090]

Mrs. Gillan

The following table lists in rank order for each local authority the percentage of 15-year-old pupils obtaining five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C in 1995–96 together with the local education authority rank order place for expenditure per secondary pupil in 1994–95—the latest year for which information is available.

Maintained schools in England1
Local education authority 1995–96 Pupils aged 15 achieving 5 or more GCSE Grades A*-C 1994–95
Per cent. Rank Unit costs Rank2 3
Isles of Scilly 73.1 1 108
Kingston upon Thames 59.9 2 86
Sutton 56.4 3 85
Harrow 53.5 4 90
Barnet 53.4 5 81
North Yorkshire 53.0 6 n/a
North Somerset 52.5 7 n/a
Richmond upon Thames 52.2 8 76
Redbridge 50.8 9 87
West Sussex 50.6 10 47
Buckinghamshire 50.5 11 50
Surrey 50.5 11 45