GCSE: Blackpool
(asked on 4th February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in schools under the control of Blackpool Education Authority in Blackpool South constituency received five GCSEs Grade A* to C including mathematics and English in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
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 by 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. | % achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. | |||
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, 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