§ Lord Pilkington of Oxenfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish data for Wales for all state institutions, independent schools and all institutions giving the number of 17-year olds entering for two or more A-levels and the number of 17-year olds obtaining two or more A-levels, three or more A-levels and three or more A-levels at A grade in each of the years 1983 to 1998 showing data separately for boys, girls and all students and including, for each year and, if possible, for each category of institution, the size of the relevant 17-year old cohort. [HL3718]
§ Lord Williams of MostynInformation is not readily available for A-level achievements before 1994, the number of students aged 17 enrolled at further education colleges or the number of students achieving three or more A-levels at grade A. No information is currently available for 1998. The following tables show the number of 17-year olds entering two or more A-levels, achieving two or more A-levels and achieving three or more A-levels for all maintained schools, independent schools and all schools in Wales for the years 1994 to 1997.
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A-level entries and achievements of 17-year old boys1 Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Maintained schools2 Number of 17-year old boys of which: 4,039 3,854 4,022 4,548 Entered 2 or more A-levels 3,066 2,817 3,037 3,256 Achieved 2 or more A-levels 2,515 2,356 2,576 2,896 Achieved 3 or more A-levels 1,688 1,618 1,841 1,964
A-level entries and achievements of 17-year old boys1 Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Further Education Colleges Number of 17-year old boys3 of which: N/A N/A N/A N/A Entered 2 or more A-levels 656 778 755 835 Achieved 2 or more A-levels 540 640 641 735 Achieved 3 or more A-levels 382 437 438 519 Independent schools Number of 17-year old boys of which: 298 346 332 320 Entered 2 or more A-levels 245 258 250 230 Achieved 2 or more A-levels 221 231 234 203 Achieved 3 or more A-levels 178 181 189 131 All institutions Number of 17-year old boys4 of which: 4,337 4,200 4,354 4,868 Entered 2 or more A-levels 3,967 3,853 4,042 4,321 Achieved 2 or more A-levels 3,276 3,227 3,451 3,834 Achieved 3 or more A-levels 2,248 2,236 2,468 2,614 1Age given is the age at the start of the academic year. 2Local Education Authority and grant maintained secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units. 3Not readily available for Further Education Colleges. 4Excluding boys at Further Education Colleges. 114WA
A-level entries and achievements of 17-year old girls1 Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Maintained schools2 Number of 17-year old girls of which: 4,657 4,363 4,585 4,964 Entered 2 or more A-levels 3,746 3,436 3,561 3,778 Achieved 2 or more A-levels 3,125 2,975 3,169 3,432 Achieved 3 or more A-levels 2,097 2,138 2,295 2,478 Further Education Colleges Number of 17-year old girls3 of which: N/A N/A N/A N/A Entered 2 or more A-levels 959 1,060 1,131 1,258 Achieved 2 or more A-levels 792 871 993 1,113 Achieved 3 or more A-levels 551 617 687 808 Independent schools Number of 17-year old girls of which: 302 299 303 319 Entered 2 or more A-levels 265 252 261 284 Achieved 2 or more A-levels 247 240 241 281 Achieved 3 or more A-levels 217 198 210 241 All institutions Number of 17-year old girls4 of which: 4,959 4,662 4,888 5,283 Entered 2 or more A-levels 4,970 4,748 4,953 5,320 Achieved 2 or more A-levels 4,164 4,086 4,403 4,826 Achieved 3 or more A-levels 2,865 2,953 3,192 3,527 1Age given is the age at the start of the academic year. 2Local Education Authority and grant maintained secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units. 3Not readily available for Further Education Colleges. 4Excluding girls at Further Education Colleges.
A-level entries and achievements of 17 year old students1 Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Maintained schools2 Number of 17-year old pupils of which: 8,696 8,217 8,607 9,512 Entered 2 or more A-levels 6,812 6,253 6,598 7,034 Achieved 2 or more A-levels 5,640 5,331 5,745 6,328 Achieved 3 or more A-levels 3,785 3,756 4,136 4,442 Further Education Colleges Number of 17-year old students3 of which: N/A N/A N/A N/A Entered 2 or more A-levels 1,615 1,838 1,886 2,093 Achieved 2 or more A-levels 1,332 1,511 1,634 1,848 Achieved 3 or more A-levels 933 1,054 1,125 1,327 Independent schools Number of 17-year old pupils of which: 600 645 635 639 Entered 2 or more A-levels 510 510 511 514 Achieved 2 or more A-levels 468 471 475 484 Achieved 3 or more A-levels 395 379 399 372 All institutions Number of 17-year old pupils4 of which: 9,296 8,862 9,242 10,151 Entered 2 or more A-levels 8,937 8,601 8,995 9,641 Achieved 2 or more A-levels 7,440 7,313 7,854 8,660 Achieved 3 or more A-levels 5,113 5,189 5,660 6,141 1Age given is the age at the start of the academic year. 2Local Education Authority and grant maintained secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units. 3Not readily available for Further Education Colleges. 4Excluding students at Further Education Colleges.