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star this property date less than 2015-02-04more like thismore than 2015-02-04
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Department for Education more like this
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unstar this property hansard heading GCSE: Blackpool more like this
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star this property question text 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. more like this
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Mr Gordon Marsden more like this
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star this property answer text <p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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]</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Achievements at GCSE and equivalent for pupils<sup>1</sup> at the end of key stage 4 <del class="ministerial">in Blackpool local authority and in England</del><ins class="ministerial">by parliamentary constiuency of school location</ins></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Years: 2009/10 to 2013/14 (revised)<sup>2,3,4</sup></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Coverage: England, state-funded schools (including academies and CTCs)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Warning: 2013/14 figures not comparable to earlier years</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of eligible pupils<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Number achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. <br />English and mathematics GCSEs</p></td><td><p>% achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. <br />English and mathematics GCSEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Blackpool South</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">601</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">253</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">42.1</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Blackpool LA</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>44.0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>556,002</p></td><td><p>315,873</p></td><td><p>56.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Blackpool South</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">605</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">263</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">43.5</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Blackpool LA</p></td><td><p>1,607</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>47.8</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>575,970</p></td><td><p>318,720</p></td><td><p>55.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em>Source: National pupil database (2009/10) and key stage 4 attainment data (2013/14)</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br />1. Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each academic year.</p><p>2. Figures for 2009/10 are based on final data. Figures for 2013/14 are based on revised data.</p><p>3. New 2014 methodology applied to 2013/14 data (see SFR main text).</p><p>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, <del class="ministerial">I</del><ins class="ministerial">i</ins>t is not possible to directly compare 2013/14 figures with earlier years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml" target="_blank">www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml</a></p><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency Yeovil more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr David Laws more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Gordon Marsden more like this