GCSE: Hendon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of secondary school students in Hendon achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C in (a) 1997 and (b) 2006; and if he will make a statement. (118493)

The information requested is set out in the following table:

*GCSE and equivalent results, percentage of pupils in maintained secondary schools*
	Hendon constituency	Barnet LA	London region	England¹
Achieving 5+A-C*
1997	49.4	52.0	40.4	45.1
2006²	64.6	65.6	58.3	59.2

Achieving 5+A-G*
1997	88.6	89.6	85.5	86.4
2006²	92.5	92.7	91.4	90.5

Any passes
1997	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2006²	98.0	97.8	97.5	97.8
n/a = not available ¹ England figures are based on all schools. ² Revised data. Notes: 1. From 2004 includes GCSEs and other equivalent qualifications approved for use pre-16. 2. From 2006 figures are for pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.

As a result of our reforms, GCSE results nationally are at their highest level ever.

Volume 456: debated on Wednesday 7 February 2007