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Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Monday, 6 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 February 2006. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Thursday, 9 February 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

GCSE Results

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of pupils at (a) grammar schools, (b) secondary modern schools and (c) comprehensive schools in Northern Ireland obtained five A-C passes at GCSE in each of the last 20 years.
Answer

In Northern Ireland the only distinction made by the Department of Education is between grammar schools and other secondary schools. The requested information for these types of school is as follows:

Percentage of pupils in Year 12 achieving five or more passes at grades A*-C by school type, 1992–93 to 2003–04
Academic year Grammar Other secondary schools
1992–93 90 27
1993–94 91 27
1994–95 94 27
1995–96 94 28
1996–97 95 30
1997–98 94 31
1998–99 95 33
1999–2000 95 34
2000–01 95 34
2001–02 95 37
2002–03 96 37
2003–04 96 38
Notes: 1. The latest information available relates to the 2003–04 academic year. 2. The earliest available information relates to the 1992–93 academic year.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
50309; 442 c1413W;442 c1413W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Grammar schools Qualifications Northern Ireland Standards GCSE Comprehensive schools
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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