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GCSE: Preston

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 6 January 2010

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Mr. Hendrick

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils in Preston schools gained five A* to C GCSEs or equivalent in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. (308665)

Mr. Coaker

The information requested is given in the following table for 1996/97 and 2007/08. Data for 2008/09 will not be available until after the publication of the Achievement and Attainment Tables in mid January 2010.

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in maintained schools in Preston constituency achieving five or more GCSEs or equivalent1 at grades A*-C, 1996/97 and 2007/082

Number of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C

Percentage of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C

1996/97

306

32.7

2007/08

404

55.5

1 Figures for 1997/98 include GNVQ equivalences. Figures for 2007/08 include other equivalences approved for use pre-16.

2 Figures for 1997/98 are based on pupils aged 15-years-old at the start of the academic year. Figures for 2007/08 onwards are based on pupils at the end of key stage 4.

Source:

National Pupil Database and Achievement and Attainment Tables (final data)