Written question asked by Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 27 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 29 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: South West

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools in (a) Torbay constituency and (b) the South West were below the National Challenge benchmark following the 2009 GCSE results.

Answer

The information requested for the academic year 2008/09 is provided in the following table:

The number of schools¹ in (a) Torbay constituency and (b) south-west Government office region in which less than 30 per cent. of pupils² obtained five or more GCSEs or equivalent at grades A*-C including English and maths GCSEs in 2008/09
	Number of schools¹ where fewer than 30 per cent. of eligible pupils achieved 5+ A*-C at GCSE or equivalent including English and maths GCSEs in 2008/09	Total number of schools¹ in 2008/09
Torbay constituency	0	6
South-west Government office region	16	294
¹ Including only those open maintained mainstream schools with results published in the relevant years Achievement and Attainment Tables and with more than 10 pupils at the end of key stage 4 on roll. ² Pupils at the end of key stage 4. Source: Achievement and Attainment Tables 2008/09 revised data.

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