§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list each LEA area in order of the performance of its maintained schools at(a) A Level and (b) GCSE. [55476]
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§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe GCE A level and GCSE information requested in respect of LEA areas is shown in the table. The results relate to 1997 exams. The results for the 1998 exams will be published later this year.
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LEA area Ranking (a) GCE A level GCE A/AS point score per entry for pupils aged 16–18 entered for at least 1 GCE A/AS in 1996–97 Buckinghamshire 6.0 1 Camden 5.9 2 Kingston upon Thames 5.9 2 Somerset 5.9 2 York, City of 5.9 2 Bournemouth 5.8 6 Kensington and Chelsea 5.8 6 Poole 5.8 6 Sheffield 5.8 6 Barnet 5.7 10 Southampton 5.7 10 Gloucestershire 5.6 12 Hammersmith and Fulham 5.6 12 Havering 5.6 12 Manchester 5.6 12 North Somerset 5.6 12 North Yorkshire 5.6 12 Stockton on Tees 5.6 12 Sutton 5.6 12 Wiltshire 5.6 12 Trafford 5.6 14 Berkshire 5.5 22 Hertfordshire 5.5 22 Lincolnshire 5.5 22 Surrey 5.5 22 Essex 5.4 26 Kent 5.4 26 Lancashire 5.4 26 Swindon 5.4 26 Bolton 5.3 32 Brighton and Hove 5.3 32 Bromley 5.3 32 Durham 5.3 32 Northumberland 5.3 32 Oxfordshire 5.3 32 Westminster 5.3 32 Wirral 5.3 32 Bath and North East Somerset 5.2 40 Bexley 5.2 40 Darlington 5.2 40 Devon 5.2 40 Dorset 5.2 40 Gateshead 5.2 40 Isle of Wight 5.2 40 Redbridge 5.2 40 Shropshire 5.2 40 West Sussex 5.2 40 Bedfordshire 5.1 50 Birmingham 5.1 50 Cornwall 5.1 50 Croydon 5.1 50 Derbyshire 5.1 50 East Sussex 5.1 50 Hampshire 5.1 50 Hillingdon 5.1 50 Hounslow 5.1 50 Norfolk 5.1 50 South Gloucestershire 5.1 50 Warwickshire 5.1 50 Cambridgeshire 5.0 62 Cumbria 5.0 62 Ealing 5.0 62 Enfield 5.0 62 Hereford and Worcester 5.0 62 Kingston upon Hull 5.0 62
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LEA area Ranking Leicestershire 5.0 62 Newham 5.0 62 Oldham 5.0 62 Staffordshire 5.0 62 Suffolk 5.0 62 Walsall 5.0 62 Waltham Forest 5.0 62 Barnsley 4.9 75 Bristol, City of 4.9 75 Coventry 4.9 75 Greenwich 4.9 75 Leeds 4.9 75 Newcastle upon Tyne 4.9 75 Rotherham 4.9 75 Wandsworth 4.9 75 Wigan 4.9 75 East Riding of Yorkshire 4.8 86 Liverpool 4.8 86 Northamptonshire 4.8 86 Nottinghamshire 4.8 86 Solihull 4.8 86 Brent 4.7 91 Calderdale 4.7 91 Kirklees 4.7 91 Leicester City 4.7 91 Milton Keynes 4.7 91 North Tyneside 4.7 91 Rochdale 4.7 91 Sefton 4.7 91 South Tyneside 4.7 91 St. Helens 4.7 91 Merton 4.6 101 Stoke on Trent 4.6 101 Wolverhampton 4.6 101 Bradford 4.5 104 Derby City 4.5 104 North East Lincolnshire 4.5 104 Sunderland 4.5 104 Doncaster 4.4 108 Southwark 4.4 108 Portsmouth 4.3 110 Wakefield 4.3 110 Lambeth 4.2 112 Barking and Dagenham 4.1 113 Middlesbrough 4.1 113 North Lincolnshire 4.1 113 Hackney 4.0 116 Lewisham 3.7 117 Tower Hamlets 3.6 118 Islington 3.4 119 Sandwell 3.4 119 Luton 3.3 121 Knowsley 3.1 122 Tameside 2.8 123 (b) GCSE Percentage of 15 year olds achieving 5 or more GCSE/GNVQ grades AC 1996–97 Isles of Scilly 61.1 1 Buckinghamshire 59.7 2 Kingston upon Thames 57.5 3 Sutton 54.7 4 North Yorkshire 54.0 5 Harrow 53.4 6 Bromley 52.7 7 Redbridge 52.5 8 Barnet 52.0 9 Gloucestershire 51.6 10 Trafford 51.6 10 York 51.4 12 Bath and North East Somerset 51.3 13 Solihull 51.2 14 Surrey 51.0 15 North Somerset 50.9 16
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LEA area Ranking Hertfordshire 50.7 17 Poole 50.7 17 Wiltshire 50.5 19 West Sussex 50.3 20 Stockport 50.2 21 Dorset 49.8 22 Hampshire 49.4 23 Shropshire 49.3 24 Rutland 49.0 25 Cornwall 48.8 28 Cheshire 48.5 29 Havering 48.1 30 Bury 47.8 31 Camden 47.8 31 Bournemouth 47.6 33 Suffolk 47.4 34 Oxfordshire 47.2 35 Lincolnshire 46.7 36 Richmond upon Thames 46.5 37 Kent 45.7 38 Cambridgeshire 45.6 39 East Sussex 45.5 40 Sefton 45.0 41 Staffordshire 45.0 41 Wigan 44.8 43 Leicestershire 44.7 44 Essex 44.6 45 Norfolk 44.6 45 South Gloucestershire 44.6 45 Bexley 44.5 48 Warwickshire 44.5 48 Wirral 44.5 48 Bedfordshire 44.3 51 East Riding of Yorkshire 44.3 51 Hereford and Worcester 44.1 53 Hounslow 44.1 53 Devon 44.0 55 Isle of Wight 43.9 56 Kensington and Chelsea 43.9 56 Lancashire 43.8 58 Cumbria 43.5 59 Derbyshire 43.5 59 Northumberland 43.2 61 Swindon 43.0 62 North Tyneside 42.7 63 Dudley 42.5 64 Enfield 42.3 65 Northamptonshire 42.2 66 Southampton 40.9 67 Croydon 40.4 68 Hillingdon 40.4 68 St. Helens 40.2 70 Brighton and Hove 40.1 71 Hammersmith and Fulham 40.1 71 Bolton 40.0 73 North Lincolnshire 39.7 74 Kirklees 39.5 75 Gateshead 39.2 76 Stockton on Tees 39.1 77 Redcar and Cleveland 38.4 78 Calderdale 38.2 81 Derby City 38.2 81 Ealing 37.9 83 Wakefield 37.9 83 Tameside 37.7 85 Nottinghamshire 37.6 86 Darlington 37.5 87 Merton 37.5 87 Leeds 37.4 89 Rotherham 37.4 89 Coventry 36.9 91 Durham 36.3 92 Oldham 35.8 93 South Tyneside 35.7 94
LEA area Ranking Rochdale 35.5 95 Waltham Forest 35.5 95 Birmingham 35.3 97 Milton Keynes 35.0 98 Wandsworth 35.0 98 Sunderland 34.4 100 Luton 34.3 101 Westminster 34.1 102 Doncaster 33.8 103 Walsall 33.8 103 Newham 33.4 105 Wolverhampton 33.1 106 Leicester City 32.8 107 Bristol, City of 32.1 108 Newcastle upon Tyne 31.6 109 Portsmouth 31.6 109 Barking and Dagenham 30.9 111 Greenwich 30.8 112 North East Lincolnshire 30.7 113 Salford 30.7 113 Stoke on Trent 30.5 115 Hackney 30.4 116 Liverpool 30.1 117 Lewisham 29.4 118 Hartlepool 29.1 119 Bradford 28.9 120 Barnsley 28.6 121 Lambeth 28.6 121 Middlesbrough 28.5 123 Southwark 27.2 124 Sandwell 26.9 125 Haringey 26.7 126 Manchester 26.3 127 Tower Hamlets 25.7 128 Islington 24.9 129 Knowsley 23.4 130 Kingston upon Hull 21.4 131