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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, SPORT AND CULTURE BY DEPUTY S.C. FERGUSON OF ST. BRELADE
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 23rd OCTOBER 2007
Question
Whilst agreeing that the GCSE and A level results in Jersey are excellent, would the Minister provide details of examination results for all school leavers for the last five years; setting out the total numbers of students and the number of GCSEs obtained by each, with a similar breakdown for A' levels and any other qualifications such as NVQs? Would the Minister also provide details of the number of students leaving school with no qualifications at all?
Answer
To provide the data as requested would require significant officer time because of the large number of students involved, approximately 7000. The summary below illustrates trends in GCSE and A level examination results over the past five years relative to the United Kingdom. It also shows the number and percentage of students in each cohort who have achieved no qualifications.
A Level results
Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
No of Students 361 405 433 467 450 No of entries 1020 1122 1265 1322 1314 Mean entries per student 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.9
% Entries achieving A-B
Jersey 60.1% 56.8% 58.0% 54.5% 61.2% U.K. 44.5% 43.4% 49.7% 46.6% 49.7% Difference 15.6% 13.4% 8.3% 7.9% 11.5%
% Entries achieving A-C
Jersey 82.5% 80.7% 80.6% 82.50% 85.3% U.K. 67.5% 69.0% 69.8% 71.30% 72.8% Difference 15.0% 11.7% 10.8% 11.2% 12.5%
% Entries achieving A-E
Jersey 99.1% 99.6% 99.3% 99.6% 99.7% U.K. 95.4% 97.8% 96.9% 96.2% 96.9% Difference 3.7% 1.8% 2.4% 3.4% 2.8%
GCSE Results
Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 No of Students 893 957 990 986 1125
No of entries 7425 7948 8512 8314 9418 Mean entries per student 8.3 8.3 8.6 8.4 8.4
% Entries achieving A*-A
Jersey 24.3% 24.4% 25.5% 29.0% 23.7% U.K. 14.3% 16.4% 15.4% 16.4% 19.5% Difference 10.0% 8.0% 10.1% 12.6% 4.2%
% Entries achieving A*-C 71.4% 72.9% 71.2% 71.8% 69.9% Jersey 58.1% 55.9% 58.2% 59.9% 63.3% U.K. 13.3% 17.0% 13.0% 13.0% 13.0% Difference
% Entries achieving A*-G
Jersey 99.0% 99.3% 98.8% 99.3% 99.0% U.K. 97.9% 97.6% 97.4% 98.0% 98.0% Difference 1.1% 1.7% 1.4% 1.3% 1.0%
% Students achieving five or more
A*-C
Jersey 66.5% 66.7% 62.7% 66.0% 68.2% U.K. 50.4% 51.3% 54.3% 57.1% * Difference 16.1% 15.4% 8.4% 8.9% *
% Students achieving one or more
A*-C
Jersey 86.2% 90.3% 84.4% 87.3% 88.7% U.K. 79.6% 74.8% 77.1% 78.8% * Difference 6.6% 15.5% 7.3% 8.5% *
% Students achieving one or more
A*-G
Jersey 96.5% 100.0% 97.1% 99.8% 99.6% U.K. 94.8% 95.1% 96.1% 96.3% * Difference 1.7% 4.9% 1.0% 3.5% *
Students leaving school with no
qualifications
Jersey * 10 6 7 5 Jersey (%) 1.0% 0.6% 0.7% 0.4% UK (%) 5.1% 4.8% 3.7% 3.5% *
* Not available
All 2007 results subject to confirmation from NCER
All NVQ and similar results incorporated with equivalent GCSE and A level results