General Certificate of Secondary Education: Eastbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of eligible pupils passed five or more GCSEs at grade A* to C in Eastbourne constituency in each of the last 10 years. (248827)

The information requested is shown in the following table.

*Percentage of pupils*¹ *achieving 5 or more A* to C grades at GCSE and equivalent*²
	Eastbourne parliamentary constituency³	Eastbourne local authority district	England⁴
2007/08⁵	67.1	66.3	65.3
2006/07	63.9	62.6	61.4
2005/06	57.8	58.2	59.0
2004/05	55.7	57.0	56.3
2003/04	52.0	50.5	53.7
2002/03	46.0	43.5	52.9
2001/02	43.6	41.5	51.6
2000/01	45.4	42.6	50.0
1999/2000	47.4	46.6	49.2
1998/99	48.7	46.1	47.9
1997/98	44.5	43.6	46.3
¹ Figures for 2005/06 onwards are based on pupils at the end of Key Stage 4. Data for previous years are based on pupils aged 15-years old at the start of the academic year. ² From 1997/98 includes GNVQ equivalences and from 2003/04 other equivalences approved for use pre-16. ³ Pupils attending maintained schools located in Eastbourne constituency. ⁴ Figures for England include all schools. ⁵ Figures for 2007/08 are based on revised data.

Volume 486: debated on Wednesday 21 January 2009