GCSE Performance (Hansard, 20 March 2000)

HC Deb 20 March 2000 vol 346 c439W 439W

§ Mr. Boswell
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on differences in performance at GCSE between state secondary schools(a) with and (b) without a sixth form. [115070]

§ Ms Estelle Morris
Provisional figures for 1999 show that the GCSE achievements of 15 year old pupils in maintained mainstream schools with and without sixth forms are:

(a) with (b) without (c) Total

Percentage achieving 5 or more A-C grades 49.9 40.9 46.5

Percentage achieving 5 or more A-G grades 91.6 89.6 90.9

Percentage achieving no passes 3.9 4.5 4.1

1996–97 1997–98 1998–99

(a) In Newcastle 11^th (out of 11) 11^th (out of 11) 11^th (out of 12)

(b) In the North East 162^nd (out of 164) 160^th (out of 164) 161^th (out of 166)

(c) In England 3,075^th (out of 3,130) 3,096^th (out of 3,137) 3,073^rd (out of 3,150)