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GCSEs

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 16 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pupils left (a) Catholic managed and (b) other managed schools with (i) less than five GCSEs and (ii) no qualifications in each of the last 10 years. (113810)

The requested information is as follows:

Catholic managedOther managed

Less than 5 GCSEs A*-G

No formal qualifications

Less than 5 GCSEs A*-G

No formal qualifications

2004-05

1,665

462

1,769

411

2003-04

1,945

701

1,687

567

2002-03 l

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2001-02

1,805

679

1,855

629

2000-01

1,907

657

1,733

563

1999-2000

1,896

493

1,726

406

1998-99

1,908

386

1,766

297

1997-98

2,104

488

1,771

309

1996-97

2,313

529

2,001

400

1995-96 2

2,152

248

1,776

149

1994-95

2,304

510

1,831

313

1 There was no school leavers’ survey in 2002-03 because of problems in the software of the schools’ Management Information System.

2 Qualifications data are missing for 3 per cent. of the school leavers in 1995-96. The apparent dip in the figures between 1994-95 and 1996-97 needs to be seen in this context.