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GCSE: Greater London

Answer

The following table lists the percentage of Key Stage 2 pupils achieving Level 4 or above in English and mathematics, and the percentage of pupils achieving five or more A*-C at GCSE including English and mathematics in 1997 and 2008 for every London local authority.

	Percentage of KS2 pupils achieving Level 4 or above in English and mathematics	Percentage of pupils achieving five or more A*-C at GCSE (or equivalent) including English and mathematics GCSEs
Local authority	1997	2008¹	1997²	2008³
City of London	73	83	—	—
Camden	53	74	35.1	45.8
Hackney	38	65	17.3	42.6
Hammersmith and Fulham	49	73	32.5	55.6
Islington	46	70	16.5	38.9
Kensington and Chelsea	56	81	28.0	59.9
Lambeth	42	69	18.6	47.1
Lewisham	44	71	19.4	45.9
Southwark	40	70	17.1	42.7
Tower Hamlets	37	74	15.0	41.2
Wandsworth	50	73	23.2	50.1
Westminster	54	73	22.5	49.7
Haringey	43	66	17.9	42.1
Newham	36	68	23.2	45.3
Greenwich	40	69	19.9	40.4
Barking and Dagenham	41	69	22.0	39.2
Barnet	60	79	42.2	61.1
Bexley	56	76	35.6	51.4
Brent	51	72	30.1	55.8
Bromley	65	77	42.5	59.5
Croydon	52	72	28.4	47.6
Ealing	51	73	28.2	52.1
Enfield	49	75	31.4	48.0
Harrow	60	77	40.0	57.7
Havering	59	78	37.9	55.6
Hillingdon	56	72	30.1	46.4
Hounslow	49	73	31.3	51.8
Kingston upon Thames	62	79	44.7	62.5
Merton	46	73	30.1	46.2
Redbridge	52	76	39.3	63.9
Richmond upon Thames	67	84	36.5	54.0
Sutton	58	77	47.3	67.2
Waltham Forest	45	71	25.0	44.2
¹ The 2008 KS2 figures are derived from the 2008 Achievement and Attainment Tables (AATs). ² Figures for 1997 relate to 15-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August) and include GCSE and GNVQ only. ³ Figures for 2008 relate to pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 and include both GCSE and QCDA-approved equivalences.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

502 c690-1W; 304518

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Greater London GCSE

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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