HL Deb 08 April 1998 vol 588 cc150-1WA
Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish data for England for the number and the percentage of A-level entrants and the percentage of the 18 year-old cohort obtaining two or more A-levels, three or more A-levels and three or more A-levels at grade A for comprehensive schools, grammar schools, modern schools, independent schools, sixth form colleges, other further education schools and colleges, all state institutions and all institutions in each of the years 1960 to 1997 showing data separately for boys, girls and all students and including, for each category of institution, the number of students entering for two or more A-levels. [HL1234]

Baroness Blackstone

The information requested in respect of GCE A/AS achievements from 1994 is shown

GCE A/AS achievements of 17 year-old students attempting 2 or more GCE A-levels or AS equivalents
1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
Comprehensive Schools
Number attempting 2 or more GCE A/AS 33,172 37,883 71,055 32,492 37,639 70,131 33,873 38,300 72,173 36,369 41,891 78,260
Percentage achieving 2 or more passes 80.3 81.8 81.1 82.5 84.1 83.3 84.4 87.2 85.9 86.4 88.8 87.7
Percentage achieving 3 or more passes 57.2 57.7 57.5 60.6 61.3 61.0 63.6 65.9 64.8 65.3 67.9 66.7
Percentage achieving 3 Grade A passes 5.2 3.7 4.4 5.6 4.2 4.8 5.4 4.7 5.1 5.5 4.4 4.9
Selective Schools
Number attempting 2 or more GCE A/AS 6,384 7,064 13,448 6,807 7,361 14,168 6,953 7,464 14,417 7,771 8,141 15,912
Percentage achieving 2 or more passes 92.1 92.5 92.3 93.8 93.4 93.6 94.7 95.2 95.0 95.4 96.5 96.0
Percentage achieving 3 or more passes 77.9 76.8 77.3 81.2 79.2 80.2 84.3 83.9 84.1 85.2 86.1 85.7
Percentage achieving 3 Grade A passes 11.7 8.3 9.9 12.9 9.5 11.1 12.5 10.2 11.3 12.0 11.0 11.5
Modern Schools
Number attempting 2 or more GCE A/AS 375 573 948 394 572 966 356 487 843 421 616 1,037
Percentage achieving 2 or more passes 61.1 66.5 64.3 67.3 68.5 68.0 70.8 77.0 74.4 75.3 80.0 78.1
Percentage achieving 3 or more passes 31.5 31.6 31.5 38.1 34.1 35.7 38.2 42.5 40.7 39.2 42.2 41.0
Percentage achieving 3 Grade A passes 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6
Independent Schools
Number attempting 2 or more GCE A/AS 14,988 12,636 27,626 15,056 12,484 27,540 15,188 13,190 28,378 15,521 13,504 29,025
Percentage achieving 2 or more passes 93.9 94.1 94.0 94.6 95.0 94.8 95.7 96.4 96.0 96.0 96.8 96.4
Percentage achieving 3 or more passes 82.7 81.9 82.4 84.2 83.9 84.0 86.4 86.4 86.4 87.2 87.6 87.4
Percentage achieving 3 Grade A passes 16.3 13.7 15.1 18.0 15.0 16.6 17.8 15.4 16.7 18.1 16.5 17.3
Sixth Form Colleges
Number attempting 2 or more GCE A/AS 12,263 15,021 27,284 12,645 15,460 28,105 13,188 16,554 29,742 14,350 18,391 32,741
Percentage achieving 2 or more passes 82.8 85.6 84.3 83.9 87.5 85.9 85.4 89.1 87.4 88.0 91.1 89.7
Percentage achieving 3 or more passes 59.9 61.9 61.0 62.8 66.2 64.6 65.0 70.4 68.0 68.7 72.8 71.0
Percentage achieving 3 Grade A passes 5.0 4.2 4.6 6.0 4.8 5.4 5.7 5.6 5.7 6.0 4.8 5.3
Other FE Sector Colleges
Number attempting 2 or more GCE A/AS 8,199 12,314 20,513 8,109 12,126 20,235 8,325 12,194 20,519 8,611 13,136 21,747
Percentage achieving 2 or more passes 71.6 75.4 73.9 73.1 76.6 75.2 74.6 79.5 77.5 77.1 81.0 79.4
Percentage achieving 3 or more passes 45.1 47.1 46.3 48.1 49.8 49.1 50.5 53.0 52.0 51.4 55.1 53.6
Percentage achieving 3 Grade A passes 3.4 2.2 2.7 3.4 2.4 2.8 3.1 2.4 2.7 3.4 1.9 2.5
Maintained Schools & FE Sector Colleges
Number attempting 2 or more GCE A/AS 60,397 72,858 133,255 60,447 73,159 133,606 62,696 75,000 137,696 67,530 82,187 149,717
Percentage achieving 2 or more passes 80.7 82.4 81.7 82.7 84.4 83.6 84.4 87.1 85.8 86.5 88.8 87.7
Percentage achieving 3 or more passes 58.2 58.4 58.3 61.6 62.0 61.8 64.3 66.4 65.5 66.4 68.6 67.6
Percentage achieving 3 Grade A passes 5.6 3.9 4.7 6.2 4.5 5.3 5.9 5.1 5.5 6.1 4.7 5.3
All schools & FE Sector Colleges
Number attempting 2 or more GCE A/AS 75,385 85,496 160,881 75,503 85,643 161,146 77,884 88,190 166,074 83,051 95,691 178,742
Percentage achieving 2 or more passes 83.4 84.2 83.8 85.1 85.9 85.5 86.6 88.5 87.6 88.3 89.9 89.1
Percentage achieving 3 or more passes 63.0 61.9 62.4 66.1 65.2 65.6 68.6 69.4 69.0 70.3 71.3 70.8
Percentage achieving 3 Grade A passes 7.7 5.4 6.5 8.5 6.0 7.2 8.2 6.6 7.4 8.3 6.4 7.3