HC Deb 12 May 2003 vol 405 c55W
Mr. Damian Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the local education authorities in the(a) first decile and (b) tenth decile for results at (i) Key Stage 2, (ii) Key Stage 3 and (iii) GCSEs in each year since 1997. [110122]

Mr. Miliband

The information requested has been placed in the Library.

Mr. Damian Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils in England achieving GCSEs in(a) mathematics and (b) English achieved grades A or above in (i) the best peforming local education authority and (ii) the worst performing local education authority in the last year for which figures are available. [110192]

Mr. Miliband

The percentages of pupil achieving A or above at GCSE in(a) Mathematics and (b) English in the highest and lowest performing LEAs are shown in the following tables:

Local education authority Percentage of Pupils achieving grade A or above GCSE in 2002
Maths
(i) Highest percentage Sutton 29.5
(ii) Lowest percentage Knowsley 3.1
English
(i) Highest percentage Sutton 27.8
(ii) Lowest percentage Knowsley 4.3