General Certificate of Secondary Education

Mr. Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what percentage of children in schools of fewer than 500 pupils gained five A* to C GCSE grades in the latest period for which figures are available; (188019)

(2) what percentage of children in schools of between 500 and 999 pupils gained five A* to C GCSE grades in the latest period for which figures are available;

(3) what percentage of children in schools of fewer than 1,000 pupils gained five A* to C GCSE grades in the latest period for which figures are available;

(4) what percentage of children gained five A* - C GCSE grades in schools that had (a) up to 1,000, (b) between 1,000 and 1,999 and (c) over 2,000 pupils in 2006-07

The following table provides data on the percentage of pupils achieving five A* to C at GSCE for schools:

(a) With fewer than 500 pupils

(b) Between 500 and 999 pupils

(c) With 1,000 or more pupils

(d) With fewer than 1,000 pupils

*Percentage of pupils achieving 5A*-C in GCSE and Equivalents in 2007*
Number of pupils¹	Number of schools	Percentage of 5A-C*
Fewer than 500	158	49.4
500 to 999	1,391	57.1
1,000 or more fewer than 1,000	1,563	63.8
All Schools²	3,112	61.0
¹. Number of day pupils on roll. ². Includes Maintained Mainstream schools, CTCs and Academies.

Volume 472: debated on Thursday 21 February 2008