Written question asked by Stephen Hepburn (Labour) on Thursday, 21 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 January 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 4 February 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

GCSE

Question: (2) how many pupils achieved at least five GCSEs at grades A* to C in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in 2009.

Answer

The information requested is given in the following table.

Pupils at the end of Key Stage 4¹,² in maintained schools³ achieving A* to C in English and maths GCSEs, 5+ A* to C grades, and 5+ A* to C including English and maths GCSEs in Jarrow, South Tyneside, the North East and England, 2008/094,5
	Achieving 5+ A*-C at GCSE and equivalents	Achieving A*-C in English and maths at GCSE	Achieving 5+ A*-C at GCSE and equivalents including English and maths at GCSE
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
England²	403,312	70.0	296,550	51.4	293,392	50.9
North East	22,336	72.8	14,862	48.5	14,757	48.1
South Tyneside	1,484	77.5	917	47.9	913	47.7
Jarrow constituency	748	76.3	500	51.0	497	50.7
¹ Number of pupils on roll at the end of Key Stage 4 in the 2008/09 academic year. ² These figures do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas. ³ Maintained schools include city technology colleges and academies. 4 Including attempts and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years. 5 Data is Revised. Source: Achievement and Attainment Tables.

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