§ Mr. FlookTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what proportion of 15-year-olds in(a) Wiltshire, (b) Dorset and (c) Devon achieved (i) five or more A* to CGCSE grades and (ii) five or more GCSE passes in each year since 1997; [138961]
(2) what proportion of 15 and 16-year-olds in (a) Wiltshire, (b) Dorset and (c) Devon were entered for GCSE examinations in each year since 1997. [138964]
§ Mr. Miliband[holding answer 17 November 2003]The statistical information requested is detailed in the following table.
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Percentage Academic year Dorset Wiltshire Devon2 Percentage of 15-year-old pupils1 achieving 5 or more grades A*-C 1997 49.8 50.5 44.0 1998 50.0 51.9 47.0 1999 53.5 52.3 48.4 2000 54.6 55.5 49.1 2001 56.4 55.5 51.3 2002 59.0 57.0 50.4 20033 59.6 57.3 52.5 Percentage of 15-year-old pupils1 achieving 5 or more grades A*-G 1997 91.9 90.7 89.8 1998 92.7 91.0 91.1 1999 93.7 90.7 91.0 2000 93.0 91.9 91.2 2001 92.1 91.7 90.5 2002 91.9 90.7 89.9 20033 92.8 91.5 90.5 Percentage of 15- year- old- pupils1 attempting at least one GCSE/GNVQ 1997 95.9 95.8 96.6 1998 96.7 95.8 97.3 1999 96.9 95.8 96.8 2000 96.2 96.4 96.8 2001 96.7 96.2 96.5 2002 96.9 96.1 96.7 20033 97.1 96.3 96.7 1Pupils are aged 15 at the start of the academic year i.e. 31 August. 2For 1997, Devon LEA included schools in Torbay and Plymouth. Following the Local Government reorganisation in 1998, Torbay and Plymouth schools are excluded from the Devon figures. 3Provisional