§ Mr. HurstTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many passes in GCSE at grades A*-C or equivalent were achieved by students in (a) the County of Essex in each year from 1980 to 1997 and (b) the County of Essex and the unitary authorities
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Essex Southend-on-Sea Thurrock 15-year-old pupils
1Number of A*-C passes
Percentage achieving 5
A*-C
15-year-old pupils
1Number of A*-C passes Percentage achieving 5 A*-C 15-year-old pupils1 Number of A*-C passes Percentage achieving 5 A*-C 1980 21,580 50,060 22.9 — — — — — — 1981 20,790 47,680 22.8 — — — — — — 1982 23,480 56,990 24.7 — — — — — — 1983 24,540 58,730 23.4 — — — — — — 1984 22,760 59,180 26.7 — — — — — — 1985 22,380 57,050 25.5 — — — — — — 1986 22,350 57,260 26.0 — — — — — — 1987 21,520 52,740 23.6 — — — — — — 1988 19,810 59,760 29.5 — — — — — — 1989 19,810 56,900 29.3 — — — — — — 1990 18,810 60,390 34.1 — — — — — — 1991 15,440 51,300 34.7 — — — — — — 1992 17,022 58,876 36.8 — — — — — — 1993 16,444 60,819 39.1 — — — — — — 1994 16,514 64,158 41.4 — — — — — — 1995 17,556 71,661 42.8 — — — — — — 1996 17,988 73,743 43.1 — — — — — — 1997 17,914 76,257 44.6 — — — — — — 1998 14,259 66,143 48.6 1,748 8,391 48.4 1,487 5,110 34.5 1999 14,281 67,729 49.3 1,717 9,040 54.1 1,466 5,129 35.9 2000 14,540 70,556 50.8 1,722 9,099 53.3 1,502 5,919 39.7 2001 14,670 73,214 52.0 1,871 10,300 55.9 1,508 6,140 41.8 2002 14,966 77,201 53.5 1,997 11,034 56.0 1,511 6,801 46.8 2003 15,531 83,484 55.0 1,981 11,455 56.6 1,587 7,498 49.4 submitted to the Department according to local education authority areas rather than districts within an area. West Lancashire is a district of Lancashire local eduction authority. The information for Lancashire LEA is as follows:
of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock in each year from 1998 to 2003. [173327]
§ Mr. MilibandThe table below shows the number of GCSE grades A*-C (or equivalent) passes achieved by school leavers/15-year-old pupils in maintained schools from 1980 to 2003.
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1. Age is at the beginning of academic year.
2. The figures for 1979–80 to 1987–88 are estimated from the School Leavers Survey and cover school leavers of any age. For 1988–89 to 1990–91 the figures are estimated from the School Examinations Survey but cover leavers of any age. The figures relate to maintained schools excluding special schools.
3. The figures from 1991–92 onwards are taken from the database on School Performance Tables and are based on 15-year-old pupils in all maintained schools including maintained special schools and CTCs.
4. "Passes" include achievements at GCEO level grades A-C and CSE grade 1 up to 1986–87, GCSE grades A*-C from 1988 (grade A* was introduced in 1993–94) to 2003 and GNVQ equivalencies from 1996–97 to 2002–03.