Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils achieved five or more GCSEs graded A*-C who were (a) eligible for and (b) not eligible for free school meals by (i) gender and (ii) ethnicity in (A) Birkenhead, (B) Wallasey, (C) Wirral South and (D) Wirral West constituencies in each year for which data is available.

The number and percentage of pupils, at the end of key stage 4, achieving five or more GCSEs (or equivalents) at grade A*-C, including English and maths, split by the requested characteristics is provided in the attached document. Data for the 2016/17 academic year is not provided as the characteristics information for this year (ethnicity and free school meals) will be published on the 25 January 2018.

Since the 2015/16 academic year Progress 8, Attainment 8 and EBacc entry and attainment are the headline measures for secondary school performance.