HC Deb 28 April 2004 vol 420 cc1041-3W
Mr. Collins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of students achieved five GCSEs (A*-C) and one GCSE or more (A*-G) broken

Percentage of 15-year-olds achieving 5 or more A*-C grades at GCSE/GNVQ
Type of school 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
(a) Specialist schools 52.0 52.4 53.3 53.9 54.1 54.7 56.5
(b) Grammar Schools 94.1 95.9 96.7 97.6 97.5 97.5 97.5
(c) Faith Schools 50.1 51.1 53.3 54.6 55.4 57.4 59.5
(d) Maintained schools 42.2 43.5 45.3 46.7 47.5 49.1 50.6
(e) Independent schools 80.4 80.7 80.9 81.4 82.0 82.5 82.4
England average 45.1 46.3 47.9 49.2 50.0 51.6 52.9

down by (a) specialist schools, (b) grammar schools, (c) faith schools, (d) maintained schools and (e) independent schools, in each year since 1997. [167581]

Mr. Miliband

The information requested is shown in the tables.

Percentage of 15-year-olds achieving 5 or more A*-C grades at GCSE/GNVQ
Type of school 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
(a) Specialist schools 96.1 96.5 97.0 97.0 96.8 96.7 96.6
(b) Grammar Schools 99.3 99.9 99.9 100.0 99.7 99.7 99.8
(c) Faith Schools 95.7 96.5 96.8 97.2 97.2 97.1 97.0
(d) Maintained schools 92.3 93.5 94.1 94.6 94.6 94.7 94.9
(e) Independent schools 92.6 92.8 92.2 92.4 93.3 93.1 93.2
England average 92.3 93.4 94.0 94.4 94.5 94.6 94.8
Notes:
1. (a), (b) and (c) are based on maintained mainstream schools only. The groups of schools are not mutually exclusive.
2. All figures are unadjusted.
3. (a) Specialist schools operational at the start of the relevant academic year. Includes some schools which have since been de-designated as specialist. Year-on-year comparisons should not be made, due to the increasing numbers of specialist schools in the time series.
4. (b) Grammar schools—selective schools as included in Performance Tables