§ Mr. Hilary BennTo 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 MorrisThe 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.
43W
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