§ Lord Pilkington of Oxenfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish data for England showing for comprehensive schools, modern schools, grammar schools, all state schools, independent
GCSE achievements of 15 year old pupils in schools 1994 to 1997 Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving at least 1 GCSE grade A*-C Percentage of 15 year olds achieving at least 1 GCSE grade A*-G 1994 1995 1996 1997 1994 1995 1996 1997 Comprehensive Boys 62.3 62.0 63.6 64.2 92.9 92.7 93.2 93.4 Girls 74.0 73.9 74.8 75.0 94.0 94.0 94.3 94.4 Total 68.1 67.8 69.2 69.5 93.4 93.4 93.8 93.9 Selective Boys 98.4 98.1 97.8 98.1 98.9 99.1 99.0 99.1 Girls 99.2 98.7 98.6 99.1 99.4 99.1 99.1 99.5 Total 98.9 98.4 98.2 98.6 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.3 Modern Boys 53.5 55.3 58.0 58.4 93.1 92.7 93.2 93.2 Girls 67.7 68.8 70.4 70.8 94.2 94.3 94.0 94.4 Total 60.7 62.0 64.3 64.6 93.7 93.5 93.6 93.8 Maintained schools (excluding special schools) Boys 63.2 63.0 64.6 65.3 93.1 92.9 93.4 93.6 Girls 74.6 74.6 75.6 75.8 94.2 94.2 94.5 94.6 Total 68.8 68.7 70.0 70.5 93.7 93.6 94.0 94.1 Independent Schools Boys 88.7 88.3 87.3 88.1 91.6 91.2 88.9 91.0 Girls 93.3 93.2 92.4 93.1 94.5 94.4 93.4 94.4 Total 90.8 90.6 89.7 90.5 92.9 92.7 91.0 92.6 All schools Boys 64.1 63.5 64.6 65.2 91.2 90.7 90.3 91.2 Girls 75.3 75.1 75.7 76.0 93.3 93.2 93.1 93.5 Total 69.6 69.2 70.0 70.5 92.2 91.9 91.6 92.3 82WA
Number of 15 year old pupils Number of schools 1994 1995 1996 1997 1994 1995 1996 1997 Comprehensive Boys 223,693 242,946 249,856 246,380 — — — — Girls 217,106 235,634 247,723 240,561 — — — — Total 440,799 478,580 493,579 486,941 2,855 2,849 2,850 2,841 Selective Boys 8,036 9,236 9,543 9,988 — — — — Girls 8,591 9,854 10,134 10,461 — — — — Total 16,627 19,090 19,677 20,449 159 164 164 168 Modern Boys 9,570 10,627 10,328 10,322 — — — — Girls 9,938 10,488 10,481 10,391 — — — — Total 19,508 21,115 20,809 20,713 167 163 156 160 Maintained schools (excluding special schools) Boys 241,299 262,809 269,727 266,690 — — — — Girls 235,635 255,976 264,338 261,413 — — — — Total 476,934 518,785 534,065 528,103 3,181 3,176 3,170 3 169 schools and all schools separately, the percentage of all 16 year old pupils in each of the years 1994 to 1997 obtaining one or more GCSE passes at grades A* to C and one or more passes at grades A* to G, showing data separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of 16 year old pupils. [HL3713]
§ The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)The GCSE data requested for schools in England is shown in the attached table.
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Number of 15 year old pupils Number of schools 1994 1995 1996 1997 1994 1995 1996 1997 Independent Schools Boys 24,576 25,277 24,626 23,672 — — — — Girls 21,474 22,214 22,153 21,383 — — — — Total 46,050 47,491 46,779 45,055 1,060 1,062 1,061 1,055 All schools Boys 272,139 296,188 303,327 299,509 — — — — Girls 260,134 282,009 290,708 287,257 — — — — Total 532,273 578,197 594,035 586,766 5,228 5,361 5,353 5,358