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GCSE: Blackpool

Original answer

GCSE attainment figures for the academic year 2014/15 are not yet available. Figures for the 2013/14 academic year were published in January 2015.

Attainment at constituency and local authority level are only published for all state funded schools including academies and city technical colleges. Further school type breakdowns below national level are not published.

The latest publication including constituency figures can be found in the GCSE statistics series on GOV.UK.[1] Figures for Blackpool South parliamentary constituency in 2009/10 were published in the In Your Area website.[2]

Figures for the number of pupils in state-funded schools in Blackpool South constituency who achieved five or more A* - C grades including English and mathematics GCSEs in the academic years 2013/14 and 2009/10 can be found in the following table, with figures for Blackpool local authority and England as comparators.

Achievements at GCSE and equivalent for pupils¹ at the end of key stage 4 in Blackpool local authority and in England

Years: 2009/10 to 2013/14 (revised)^2,3,4

Coverage: England, state-funded schools (including academies and CTCs)

Warning: 2013/14 figures not comparable to earlier years

		Number of eligible pupils1
			Number achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. English and mathematics GCSEs	% achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. English and mathematics GCSEs
2013/14
	Blackpool LA	1,440	633	44.0
	National	556,002	315,873	56.8
2009/10
	Blackpool LA	1,607	768	47.8
	National	575,970	318,720	55.3
Source: National pupil database (2009/10) and key stage 4 attainment data (2013/14)

1. Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each academic year.

2. Figures for 2009/10 are based on final data. Figures for 2013/14 are based on revised data.

3. New 2014 methodology applied to 2013/14 data (see SFR main text).

4. In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations and an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification. Consequently, It is not possible to directly compare 2013/14 figures with earlier years.

[1] www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014

[2] www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml

The answer was corrected by David Laws (Liberal Democrat)

on Tuesday, 10 February 2015 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Corrected answer

GCSE attainment figures for the academic year 2014/15 are not yet available. Figures for the 2013/14 academic year were published in January 2015.

Attainment at constituency and local authority level are only published for all state funded schools including academies and city technical colleges. Further school type breakdowns below national level are not published.

The latest publication including constituency figures can be found in the GCSE statistics series on GOV.UK.[1] Figures for Blackpool South parliamentary constituency in 2009/10 were published in the In Your Area website.[2]

Figures for the number of pupils in state-funded schools in Blackpool South constituency who achieved five or more A* - C grades including English and mathematics GCSEs in the academic years 2013/14 and 2009/10 can be found in the following table, with figures for Blackpool local authority and England as comparators.

Achievements at GCSE and equivalent for pupils¹ at the end of key stage 4 in Blackpool local authority and in Englandby parliamentary constiuency of school location

Years: 2009/10 to 2013/14 (revised)^2,3,4

Coverage: England, state-funded schools (including academies and CTCs)

Warning: 2013/14 figures not comparable to earlier years

		Number of eligible pupils1
			Number achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. English and mathematics GCSEs	% achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. English and mathematics GCSEs
2013/14
	Blackpool South	601	253	42.1
	Blackpool LA	1,440	633	44.0
	National	556,002	315,873	56.8
2009/10
	Blackpool South	605	263	43.5
	Blackpool LA	1,607	768	47.8
	National	575,970	318,720	55.3
Source: National pupil database (2009/10) and key stage 4 attainment data (2013/14)

1. Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each academic year.

2. Figures for 2009/10 are based on final data. Figures for 2013/14 are based on revised data.

3. New 2014 methodology applied to 2013/14 data (see SFR main text).

4. In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations and an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification. Consequently, Iit is not possible to directly compare 2013/14 figures with earlier years.

[1] www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014

[2] www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

223477

Session

2014-15

Subjects

Blackpool GCSE

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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