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Volume 461: debated on Friday 15 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of children in (a) grammar, (b) local authority, (c) church and (d) academy schools obtained five GCSEs including English and mathematics at A*-C in London in each of the last five years. (128657)

The answers to parts (a), (b) and (c) are given in the following table:

Percentage of 151-year-olds obtaining five or more GCSEs at Grades A*-C including English and Maths GCSE in London Government office region

School type

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Grammar schools

100.0

98.8

98.1

98.6

99.1

Faith schools

56.9

54.4

52.4

49.9

57.0

Maintained schools

38.5

39.3

41.0

43.3

45.3

1 Aged 15 at the start of the academic year, i.e. 31 August.

Source:

School and college achievement and attainment tables

Data for academies are given in a time series showing each academy's performance over the past five years where applicable. Individual academies are provided because there are only a small number of academies in London and there is a different sized cohort each year.

Percentage of 151-year-olds obtaining five or more GCSEs at Grades A*-C including English and Maths GCSE in city academies in London Government office region

School name

Year open

20032

20042

20052

20062

The Business Academy Bexley

2002

15

13

16

27

Greig City Academy

2002

19

10

10

15

City of London Academy (Southwark)

2003

n/a

0

0

The Academy at Peckham

2003

10

18

23

Capital City Academy

2003

17

11

18

West London Academy

2003

8

11

25

Mossbourne Community Academy

2004

0

0

Lambeth Academy

2004

n/a

0

London Academy

2004

24

32

Stockley Academy

2004

9

16

St. Paul’s Academy

2005

39

Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College

2005

91

Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy

2005

14

The Harefield Academy

2005

31

n/a = figures not available.

1 Aged 15 at the start of the academic year, i.e. 31 August.

22003 includes GCSEs and GNVQs. 2004 onwards includes GCSEs and all equivalents.