The requested information on the proportion of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at grade C or above, including English and mathematics by region, local authority and by English as a first language can be found in the Department’s Statistical First Release: ‘GCSE and equivalent attainment by pupil characteristics in England: 2011 to 2012.’1 The link "National and local authority tables SFR04/2013" table 4 contains the information required. There is a drop down box in the top right hand corner of the table which allows the filtering of each year back to 2008.1https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-in-england