Gcse Scores

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list in rank order (a) the percentage of pupils obtaining five or more GCSEs at grades A to C in 1995–96 in each local education authority and (b) the expenditure per pupil; and if he will make a statement. [7325]

Maintained schools in England¹
Local education authority	Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A-C*²	Rank	Secondary school unit cost (£)	Rank
Isles of Scilly	73.1	1	4,347	104
Kingston upon Thames	59.9	2	2,374	66
Sutton	56.4	3	2,480	78
Harrow	53.5	4	2,660	89
Barnet	53.4	5	2,533	81
North Yorkshire	53.0	6	n/a	n/a
North Somerset	52.5	7	n/a	n/a
Richmond upon Thames	52.2	8	2,431	72
Redbridge	50.8	9	2,510	80
West Sussex	50.6	10	2,239	37
Buckinghamshire	50.5	11	2,288	50
Surrey	50.5	11	2,260	44
Bromley	50.3	13	1,851	1
Gloucestershire	50.2	14	2,082	12
Somerset	50.0	15	2,212	30
Solihull	49.6	16	2,241	38
Cheshire	49.3	17	2,147	16
Dorset	49.3	17	2,067	9
Hertfordshire	49.3	17	2,366	64
Stockport	49.0	20	2,225	31
Berkshire	48.8	21	2,211	28
Bury	48.6	22	2,081	11
Trafford	48.6	22	2,433	73
Wiltshire	48.3	24	2,251	40
Shropshire	48.0	25	2,384	67
York	47.7	26	n/a	n/a
Bath and North east Somerset	47.4	27	n/a	n/a
Suffolk	47.0	28	2,165	20
Bexley	46.8	29	2,291	51
Kensington and Chelsea	46.7	30	3,602	102
Cambridgeshire	46.7	30	2,172	21
Cornwall	46.7	30	2,229	35
Hampshire	46.5	33	2,210	27
Northumberland	46.1	34	1,990	2

The following table lists in rank order for each local education authority the percentage of pupils obtaining five or more GCSEs at grade C or above in 1995–96 together with the expenditure per secondary pupil. In each case, the local education authority's rank order is indicated.

Maintained schools in England ¹
Local education authority	Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A-C²*	Rank	Secondary school unit cost (£)	Rank
Oxfordshire	45.8	35	2,199	25
Dudley	44.9	36	2,175	22
South Gloucester	44.7	37	n/a	n/a
Hereford and Worcester	44.6	38	2,055	6
Isle of Wight	44.5	39	2,085	13
Lincolnshire	44.5	39	2,412	70
Wirral	44.4	41	2,323	58
Cumbria	44.2	42	2,287	48
Devon	44.2	42	2,187	24
Havering	44.1	44	2,622	87
Sefton	44.0	45	2,304	54
Wigan	43.9	46	2,307	56
Kent	43.7	47	2,343	61
Warwickshire	73.7	47	2,225	32
East Riding of Yorkshire	43.6	49	n/a	n/a
Northamptonshire	43.5	50	2,163	18
East Sussex	43.3	51	2,395	68
Essex	43.1	52	2,325	59
Camden	43.0	53	2,888	95
Bedfordshire	42.7	54	2,163	19
Lancashire	42.6	55	2,268	45
Hounslow	42.3	56	2,535	82
Derbyshire	42.0	57	2,234	36
Bolton	41.9	58	2,287	49
Norfolk	41.9	58	2,319	57
North Tyneside	41.1	60	2,201	26
Enfield	41.0	61	2,367	65
Hillingdon	40.9	62	2,624	88
St. Helens	40.9	62	2,063	8
Staffordshire	40.9	62	2,061	7
Calderdale	39.7	65	2,485	79
Leicestershire	39.7	65	2,269	46
Croydon	38.8	67	2,543	83
Kirklees	38.4	68	2,258	41
Merton	38.3	69	2,593	86
Coventry	38.0	70	2,477	77
Redcar and Cleveland	37.6	71	n/a	n/a
North Lincolnshire	37.6	71	n/a	n/a
Sheffield	37.2	73	2,182	23
Stockton on Tees	37.2	73	n/a	n/a
Leeds	36.6	75	2,259	43
Gateshead	36.6	75	2,250	39
Nottinghamshire	36.4	77	2,333	60
Rotherham	36.2	78	2,211	29
Durham	36.2	78	2,072	10
Rochdale	35.4	80	2,275	47
Tameside	35.4	80	2,010	3
Hammersmith and Fulham	35.3	82	3,328	101
Wakefield	35.3	82	2,055	5
South Tyneside	35.2	84	2,096	15
Brent	35.1	85	2,418	71
Ealing	34.6	86	2,477	76
Doncaster	33.5	87	2,292	52
Waltham Forest	33.4	88	2,736	90
Oldham	33.3	89	2,294	53
Westminster	33.0	90	2,863	94
Birmingham	32.9	91	2,555	85
Wandsworth	32.8	92	2,953	97
Newcastle upon Tyne	32.7	93	2,346	62
North-east Lincolnshire	32.4	94	n/a	n/a
Walsall	32.2	95	2,158	17
Hartlepool	31.9	96	n/a	n/a
Sunderland	31.7	97	2,228	34
City of Bristol	30.9	98	n/a	n/a
Wolverhampton	30.2	99	2,460	74
Salford	30.1	100	2,226	33
Lewisham	30.0	101	2,765	91
Greenwich	29.1	102	2,768	92
Bradford	28.9	103	2,030	4
Haringey	28.5	104	3,018	99
Barnsley	28.2	105	2,089	14

Maintained schools in England ¹
Local education authority	Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A-C²*	Rank	Secondary school unit cost (£)	Rank
Newham	27.9	106	2,546	84
Liverpool	27.6	107	2,406	69
Barking and Dagenham	27.1	108	2,473	75
Manchester	27.0	109	2,305	55
Middlesbrough	26.9	110	n/a	n/a
Sandwell	26.5	111	2,362	63
Hackney	25.7	112	2,963	98
Lambeth	25.1	113	3,859	103
Southwark	24.6	114	2,840	93
Tower Hamlets	23.9	115	3,206	100
Knowsley	23.6	116	2,259	42
City of Kingston upon Hull	22.8	117	n/a	n/a
Islington	22.4	118	2,941	96
¹ The figures for GCSE achievements are based on LEA maintained and grant maintained schools in England. The unit cost figures are based on LEA maintained schools only and exclude grant maintained schools.
² The percentage of 15-year-olds pupils achieving five or more GCSE grands A*-C are based on those pupils aged 15 on roll in maintained schools in January 1996.

Volume 297: debated on Thursday 10 July 1997