§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils in England achieving A-levels in(a) mathematics and (b) English achieved grade A in (i) the best performing local education authority and (ii) the worst performing local education authority in the last year for which figures are available. [110191]
§ Mr. MilibandThe information requested is given in the following table.686W
Percentage of A level passes that were grade A in 2002 LEA Percentage Maths Highest Reading 58.5 Lowest Lambeth 5.6 English Highest Reading 30.2 Lowest Hackney 0.8
§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of GCSE students in the London Borough of Havering achieved five or more C grades, or higher, last year; and what the proportion was in other London boroughs. [110581]
§ Mr. MilibandThe percentage of 15-year-olds achieving five or more GCSE grades C and above or the GNVQ equivalent in the London Borough of Havering in 2001/02 was 57.3. The figures for the other London boroughs are as follows.
London Borough Percentage of 15 year olds with 5 A*-C or better Barking and Dagenham 42.3 Barnet 59.1 Bexley 52.6 Brent 49.6 Bromley 59.9 Camden 48.4 Croydon 48.9 Ealing 49.8 Enfield 46.2 Greenwich 33.3 Hackney 31.1 Hammersmith and Fulham 50.3 Haringey 35.4 Harrow 59.1 Hillingdon 46.0 Hounslow 49.5 Islington 32.9 Kensington and Chelsea 55.7 Kingston upon Thames 60.0 Lambeth 40.1 Lewisham 38.7 Merton 40.9 Newham 42.4 Redbridge 63.7 Richmond upon Thames 51.4 Southwark 35.7 Sutton 64.8 Tower Hamlets 43.6 Waltham Forest 44.3 Wandsworth 48.6 Westminster, city of 41.5