§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the Key Stage 4 results for 16-year-olds in English, maths and science for each year since 1992(a) for Shropshire and (b) nationally; and if he will make a statement. [111915]
§ Mr. WicksThe GCSE is the main means of assessing the performance of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 and these results for(a) Shropshire and (b) nationally are shown in the table. The figures show the number of 16-year-olds achieving the specified grades, as percentages of those 16-year-olds entered for the relevant GCSE subjects.
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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 (a) Shropshire Percentage of 16-year-old candidates achieving grades A*-C in: English 51 56 57 54 57 54 59 61 Mathematics 42 48 50 45 46 48 53 54 Science 42 43 50 48 51 51 55 56 Percentage of 16-year-old candidates achieving grades A*-G in: English 99 99 98 98 98 98 100 99 Mathematics 95 97 97 96 96 96 97 98 Science 98 98 97 97 97 97 98 99 (b) England Percentage of 16-year-old candidates achieving grades A*-C in: English 54 56 57 56 56 55 56 58 Mathematics 44 46 46 45 46 47 47 49 Science 43 44 46 47 48 48 50 50 Percentage of 16-year-old candidates achieving grades A*-G in: English 98 99 97 97 97 97 99 99 Mathematics 94 94 95 95 96 96 95 96 Science 96 96 95 95 96 96 97 98