§ Lord Pilkington of Oxenfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish data for Scotland showing for all state schools, independent schools and all schools separately, the percentage of S4 pupils in each of the years 1994 to 1997 obtaining five or more Standard Grade passes at Credit Level (Grades 1 and 2), one or more Standard Grade passes at Credit Level (Grades 1 and 2) and one or more Standard Grade passes, showing data separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including, for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of S4 pupils. [HL3716]
§ Lord SewelThe data requested by Lord Pilkington have not been published, but have been made available by the Scottish Office. The data are as follows: 155WA
Percentage of males1 achieving named grades Year 1996–97 Sector 5 + S grades @ 1–2 1 + S grades @ 1–2 1 + S grades @ 1–7 All schools 26.0 56.4 93.7 Publicly Funded 24.4 55.3 94.3 Independent 57.1 78.3 82.2
Percentage of females1 achieving named grades Year 1996–97 Sector 5 + S grades @ 1–2 1 + S grades @ 1–2 1 + S grades @ 1–7 All schools 36.3 65.5 95.1 Publicly Funded 34.6 64.3 95.3 Independent 70.1 88.2 89.9 1 Pupils attending publicly funded schools were not split by sex before 1996.