GCSE
(asked on 10th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) selective, (b) partially selective and (c) comprehensive local authority areas in England ranked by correlating guaranteed per pupil against the proportion of pupils attaining five or more grade A* to C GCSEs including English and mathematics in core subjects in the last year for which data is available.
The percentage of pupils achieving 5 A* - C grade GCSEs including English and mathematics for areas with different selection policies is listed in the table below. These figures relate to 2014/2015 final data.
| GCSE and equivalents | |
| Pupils at state funded schools at the end of key stage 4 2014/2015 | Proportion of pupils achieving 5A*-C grade GCSEs including English and Maths |
Fully selective areas1 | 47,258 | 60.6 |
Partially selective areas2 | 124,962 | 58.4 |
Non-selective areas | 378,534 | 56.6 |
Source: Key Stage 4 attainment data: final
Notes:
1. Includes schools in the following areas which operate area wide arrangements for academic selection: Bexley, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Medway, Slough, Southend, Sutton, Torbay and Trafford.
2. Includes schools in twenty-six local authorities that have selective schools operating their own arrangements for academic selection.