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<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>
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