Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils achieved the equivalent of AAA or better at A-level in each English region in each of the last 10 years.
The table below provides information on the percentage of students achieving 3 A*-A grades or better at A level by region between 2009/10 to 2018/19[1],[2]
Region | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013[3] | 20143 | 20153 | 2016[4] | 20174 | 20184 | 20194 |
State-funded sector | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 10.8 |
North East | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 10.2 |
North West | 10.4 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 10.2 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 10.0 |
East Midlands | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 9.1 |
West Midlands | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.3 |
East of England | 10.3 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 11.6 |
London | 9.9 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.6 |
Inner London | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 11.3 |
Outer London | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 11.7 |
South East | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 11.8 |
South West | 10.0 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
[1] Covers students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A level, applied single A level, applied double A level or combined A/AS level during 16-18 study, excluding critical thinking and general studies. This measure only includes A level students who have entered less than a total of size 1 in other academic, applied general and tech level qualifications.
[2] An applied double award A level at grade A*A* counts as two grade A*s, AA counts as two grade As and an award at grade AB counts as one grade A.
[3] Figures from 2012/13 to 2014/15 cover students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A level, applied single award A level, applied double award A level or combined A/AS level in the reporting year. Figures for earlier years cover students who were entered for at least one A level, applied single award A level, applied double award A level or combined A/AS level in the summer of the reporting year.
[4] Figures for 2015/16 onwards cover students at the of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A/AS level, applied single A/AS level, applied double A/AS level or combined A/AS level during their 16-18 study. As a result there was a jump in the A level cohort in 2016, since gradually reversed with reforms to A Levels, with the progressive decoupling of AS and A Level subjects. Therefore figures are not directly comparable to earlier years.