HC Deb 26 November 2001 vol 375 c606W
Mr. Swire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on difference in performance at GCSE between state secondary schools(a) with and (b) without a sixth form in England and east Devon. [17270]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The proportion of 15-year-olds achieving five or more GCSEs at A* to C in 2001 was:

Percentage
England East Devon
(a) Schools with sixth forms 52.3 56.7
(b) Schools without sixth forms 42.6 1—
1 There are no schools without sixth forms in east Devon.