§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the average proportion of pupils in all schools, excluding the independent sector, in each local education authority, gaining five or more GCSEs at grades A to C. [30845]
§ Dr. Howells[holding answer 27 February 1998]: The information requested in respect of GCSE achievements is shown in the table.
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15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more GCSE grades A*-C or the GNVQ equivalent, maintained schools in England, 1996/97 Per cent. Camden 47.8 Greenwich 30.8 Hackney 30.4 Hammersmith & Fulham 40.1 803W
15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more GCSE grades A*-C or the GNVQ equivalent, maintained schools in England, 1996/97 Per cent. Islington 24.9 Kensington & Chelsea 43.9 Lambeth 28.6 Lewisham 29.4 Southwark 27.2 Tower Hamlets 25.7 Wandsworth 35.0 Westminster 34.1 Barking and Dagenham 30.9 Barnet 52.0 Bexley 44.5 Brent 38.3 Bromley 52.7 Croydon 40.4 Ealing 37.9 Enfield 42.3 Haringey 26.7 Harrow 53.4 Havering 48.1 Hillingdom 40.4 Hounslow 44.1 Kingston-upon-Thames 57.5 Merton 37.5 Newham 33.4 Redbridge 52.5 Richmond-upon-Thames 46.5 Sutton 54.7 Waltham Forest 35.5 Birmingham 35.3 Coventry 36.9 Dudley 42.5 Sandwell 26.9 Solihull 51.2 Walsall 33.8 Wolverhampton 33.1 Knowsley 23.4 Liverpool 30.1 St. Helens 40.2 Sefton 45.0 Wirral 44.5 Bolton 40.0 Bury 47.8 Manchester 26.3 Oldham 35.8 Rochdale 35.5 Salford 30.7 Stockport 50.2 Tameside 37.7 Trafford 51.6 Wigan 44.8 Barnsley 28.6 Doncaster 33.8 Rotherham 37.4 Sheffield 38.3 Bradford 28.9 Calderdale 38.2 Kirklees 39.5 Leeds 37.4 Wakefield 37.9 Gateshead 39.2 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 31.6 North Tyneside 42.7 South Tyneside 35.7 Sunderland 34.4 Isles of Scilly 61.1 Bath & NE Somerset 51.3 City of Bristol 32.1 North Somerset 50.9 South Gloucester 44.6 Hartlepool 29.1 Middlesbrough 28.5 Redcar & Cleveland 38.4
15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more GCSE grades A*-C or the GNVQ equivalent, maintained schools in England, 1996/97 Per cent. Stockton on Tees 39.1 City of Kingston-upon-Hull 21.4 East Riding of Yorkshire 44.3 North East Lincolnshire 30.7 North Lincolnshire 39.7 North Yorkshire 54.0 York 51.4 Bedfordshire 44.3 Luton 34.3 Buckinghamshire 59.7 Milton Keynes 35.0 Derbyshire 43.5 City of Derby 38.2 Dorset 49.8 Poole 50.7 Bournemouth 47.6 Durham 36.3 Darlington 37.5 East Sussex 45.5 Brighton and Hove 40.1 Hampshire 49.4 Portsmouth 31.6 Southampton 40.9 Leicestershire 44.7 Leicester City 32.8 Rutland 49.0 Staffordshire 45.0 Stoke-on-Trent 30.5 Wiltshire 50.5 Swindon 43.0 Berkshire 48.9 Cambridgeshire 45.6 Cheshire 48.5 Cornwall 48.8 Cumbria 43.5 Devon 44.0 Essex 44.6 Gloucestershire 51.6 Hereford & Worcester 44.1 Hertfordshire 50.7 Isle of Wight 43.9 Kent 45.7 Lancashire 43.8 Lincolnshire 46.7 Norfolk 44.6 Northamptonshire 42.2 Northumberland 43.2 Nottinghamshire 37.6 Oxfordshire 47.2 Shropshire 49.3 Somerset 48.9 Suffolk 47.4 Surrey 51.0 Warwickshire 44.5 West Sussex 50.3