To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children obtained five or more GCSEs at grade A* to C including English and mathematics in (a) selective, (b) partially selective and (c) comprehensive local authority areas in the last year for which data is available; and what that proportion was by ethnic group in each of those categories.
Answered on
13 October 2016
The table below shows the number and percentage of pupils achieving five A* to C grade GCSEs including English and mathematics by ethnicity, for areas with different selection policies.
Pupils at state funded schools at the end of key stage 4 2015 | Ethnicity | Number of pupils | Percentage of pupils achieving 5A*-C grade GCSEs including English and mathematics |
Fully selective areas1 | White | 39,190 | 58.7 |
Mixed | 1,976 | 66.4 | |
Asian | 3,358 | 75 | |
Black | 1,665 | 62.6 | |
Chinese | 268 | 85.8 | |
Any other ethnic group | 387 | 70.8 | |
Unclassified | 414 | 66.2 | |
All pupils | 47,258 | 60.6 | |
Pupils at state funded schools at the end of key stage 4 2015 | Ethnicity | Number of pupils | Percentage of pupils achieving 5A*-C grade GCSEs including English and mathematics |
Partially selective areas2 | White | 98,600 | 58.2 |
Mixed | 5,101 | 58.5 | |
Asian | 12,857 | 62.4 | |
Black | 4,992 | 50.2 | |
Chinese | 488 | 81.4 | |
Any other ethnic group | 1,727 | 57.2 | |
Unclassified | 1,197 | 57 | |
All pupils | 124,962 | 58.4 | |
Pupils at state funded schools at the end of key stage 4 2015 | Ethnicity | Number of pupils | Percentage of pupils achieving 5A*-C grade GCSEs including English and mathematics |
Non-selective areas | White | 299,490 | 56.4 |
Mixed | 15,332 | 57.2 | |
Asian | 32,578 | 60.3 | |
Black | 20,281 | 52.4 | |
Chinese | 1,264 | 75.6 | |
Any other ethnic group | 5,336 | 59.2 | |
Unclassified | 4,253 | 49.9 | |
All pupils | 378,534 | 56.6 |
Source: key stage 4 attainment data: final
Notes: 1. Includes schools in the following areas which operate area wide arrangements for academic selection: Bexley, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Medway, Slough, Southend, Sutton, Torbay and Trafford. |
2. Includes schools in twenty-six local authorities that have selective schools operating their own arrangements for academic selection. |