Schools: Standards

Mr. Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in which local authorities over 50 per cent. of children did not achieve five or more A* to C grade GCSEs, including English and mathematics, in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight
The available information on GCSE and equivalent results by local authority area is contained within Table 18 of Statistical First Release (SFR) GCSE and Equivalent Examination Results in England 2006-07 (Revised) which was published in January 2008. This SFR can be found at:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000768/index.shtml.

Figures cover all maintained mainstream schools (including CTCs and Academies) and maintained special schools, but exclude hospital schools and pupil referral units.