HC Deb 07 February 2000 vol 344 cc42-3W
Mr. Hilary Benn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list in rank order, for the latest year for which information is available, pupil attainment for (i) Key Stage 1, (ii) Key Stage 2, (iii) Key Stage 3, (iv) Key Stage 4, (v) GCSE and (vi) A levels for the following local education authorities (i) Leeds, (ii) Sheffield, (iii) Liverpool, (iv) Islington, (v) Hackney and (vi) Hull. [109009]

Ms Estelle Morris

The available information for 1999 is shown in the table. For the Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 results, the Local Education Authorities have been ranked using the sum across subjects of the percentage of pupils attaining the given levels in the tests/tasks. There is no measure of pupil attainment for Key Stage 4.

Percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above key stage 2 tests and teacher assessments in 1999
Test/Tasks Teacher Assessments
English Mathematics Science Aggregate English Mathematics Science
Leeds 72 71 81 224 65 68 73
Islington 65 65 73 203 62 66 71
Sheffield 63 65 73 201 61 65 71
Liverpool 64 62 71 197 63 64 70
Hull 58 61 72 191 55 60 66
Hackney 53 55 59 167 53 56 58

Percentage of pupils achieving level 5 or above key stage 3 tests and teacher assessments in 1999
Tests Teacher Assessments
English Mathematics Science Aggregate English Mathematics Science
Leeds 61 59 51 171 58 61 57
Sheffield 59 57 50 166 55 56 54
Liverpool 55 50 43 148 55 53 49
Hull 42 44 38 124 41 46 39
Hackney 46 40 29 115 45 47 38
Islington 45 38 30 113 42 44 37

Pupils aged 15 gaining 5 + GCSE A*-C or the GNVQ equivalent in 1999
Percentage 5 A*-C GCSE/GNQV
Leeds 39.4
Sheffield 37.6
Liverpool 32.4
Hackney 27.8
Islington 27.4
Hull 23.4

Average point score per student aged 16–18 entered for 2 or more GCE A/AS examinations in 1999
Average score per candidate
Leeds 18.5
Sheffield 18.4
Liverpool 16.7
Hull 14.0
Islington 12.0
Hackney 11.4