HL Deb 15 June 2000 vol 613 c214WA
Baroness Blatch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

In addition to the data given in the Written Answers by Lord Bach on 6 April (WA 151–152) and the Baroness Blackstone on 11 May (WA 232–233), whether they will publish data for the average GCSE point score per 15 year-old pupil for each decile of the distribution for:

  1. (a) all 15 year-old pupils in comprehensive schools;
  2. (b) all 15 year-old pupils in grammar schools; and
  3. (c) all 15 year-old pupils in secondary modern schools. [HL2705]

Baroness Blackstone

The average GCSE point score per 15 year-old pupil for each decile of the distribution is shown in the following table.

(a) (b) (c)
Comprehensive Selective Modern
Decile 1 3.1 37.4 2.5
Decile 2 15.3 49.4 13.4
Decile 3 23.9 53.6 20.7
Decile 4 30.5 57.0 26.2
Decile 5 36.2 59.9 31.0
Decile 6 41.3 62.8 35.3
Decile 7 46.1 65.8 39.5
Decile 8 51.2 68.8 43.7
Decile 9 57.3 72.7 48.7
Decile 10 68.2 79.5 58.0

In the comprehensive sector there are about 48,000 pupils in each group quoted above compared with approximately 2,000 in the selective and modern ones.