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Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: South East
GCSE and equivalent results
- GCSE and equivalent results, percentage of pupils gaining
- National Indicator 78: Reduction in the number of schools where fewer than 30% of pupils achieve 5 or more A* - C grades at GCSE and equivalent including GCSEs in English and Maths
- National Indicator 84: Percentage of pupils achieving of 2 or more A* - C grades in Science GCSEs or equivalent
- National Indicator 97: Percentage of pupils making 2 levels of progress in English between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
- National Indicator 98: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
GCSE and equivalent results, percentage of pupils gaining 
| achieving 5+ A*-C | achieving 5+ A*-G | any passes | |||||||
| 1997 | 2007 | % points difference | 1997 | 2007 | % points difference | 1997 | 2007 | % points difference | |
| Adur District | 37.9 | 37.6(r) | -0.3 | 86.4 | 89.2(r) | 2.8 | 91.5 | 97(r) | 5.5 |
| Arun District | 42 | 52(r) | 10.0 | 88.1 | 93.1(r) | 5.0 | 91.4 | 98.2(r) | 6.8 |
| Ashford District | 43.2 | 63.3(r) | 20.1 | 84.9 | 93(r) | 8.1 | 91.4 | 98.5(r) | 7.1 |
| Aylesbury Vale District | 55.2 | 67.1(r) | 11.9 | 89.9 | 94.2(r) | 4.3 | 93.2 | 98.8(r) | 5.6 |
| Basingstoke and Deane District | 44.7 | 59.9(r) | 15.2 | 89 | 92.1(r) | 3.1 | 93.1 | 98.1(r) | 5.0 |
| Bracknell Forest District | 44.7 | 59.7(r) | 15.0 | 90.9 | 95.2(r) | 4.3 | 95.1 | 99(r) | 3.9 |
| Brighton and Hove District | 40.1 | 57.4(r) | 17.3 | 84.6 | 89.6(r) | 5.0 | 90.5 | 97.6(r) | 7.1 |
| Canterbury District | 51.1 | 65.5(r) | 14.4 | 89.7 | 93.3(r) | 3.6 | 94.5 | 98.3(r) | 3.8 |
| Cherwell District | 41 | 52.5(r) | 11.5 | 85.1 | 94.1(r) | 9.0 | 93.3 | 99.1(r) | 5.8 |
| Chichester District | 51.2 | 60.6(r) | 9.4 | 88.8 | 90.6(r) | 1.8 | 93.2 | 99(r) | 5.8 |
| Chiltern District | 64.1 | 69.5(r) | 5.4 | 91.1 | 93.1(r) | 2.0 | 95.3 | 99.1(r) | 3.8 |
| Crawley District | 39.8 | 61.5(r) | 21.7 | 90 | 92.1(r) | 2.1 | 93.5 | 97.1(r) | 3.6 |
| Dartford District | 51.8 | 76.2(r) | 24.4 | 90.2 | 95.7(r) | 5.5 | 95.1 | 99.2(r) | 4.1 |
| Dover District | 47.5 | 69.3(r) | 21.8 | 90.9 | 94.3(r) | 3.4 | 96.5 | 99.2(r) | 2.7 |
| East Hampshire District | 52.6 | 67.1(r) | 14.5 | 93 | 94.5(r) | 1.5 | 95.7 | 98.7(r) | 3.0 |
| Eastbourne District | 43.2 | 62.6(r) | 19.4 | 90.3 | 90.2(r) | -0.1 | 95.3 | 96.9(r) | 1.6 |
| Eastleigh District | 54.1 | 72.1(r) | 18.0 | 94.4 | 94.7(r) | 0.3 | 97.8 | 98.9(r) | 1.1 |
| Elmbridge District | 46.4 | 69(r) | 22.6 | 87.3 | 93.4(r) | 6.1 | 94.2 | 96.9(r) | 2.7 |
| Epsom and Ewell District | 62.6 | 75.5(r) | 12.9 | 95.3 | 96.2(r) | 0.9 | 96.8 | 98.9(r) | 2.1 |
| Fareham District | 48.8 | 60.6(r) | 11.8 | 90.3 | 94.2(r) | 3.9 | 95 | 98(r) | 3.0 |
| Gosport District | 35.1 | 46.1(r) | 11.0 | 92.4 | 91.4(r) | -1.0 | 96.3 | 97.5(r) | 1.2 |
| Gravesham District | 38.8 | 57.7(r) | 18.9 | 88.4 | 93.9(r) | 5.5 | 96.8 | 99.2(r) | 2.4 |
| Guildford District | 51.5 | 69.2(r) | 17.7 | 89.1 | 94.5(r) | 5.4 | 93.1 | 98.7(r) | 5.6 |
| Hart District | 65 | 70.2(r) | 5.2 | 97.9 | 97.9(r) | 0.0 | 99.3 | 99.3(r) | 0.0 |
| Hastings District | 35.7 | 38.6(r) | 2.9 | 82.9 | 84.4(r) | 1.5 | 88.7 | 96.7(r) | 8.0 |
| Havant District | 35 | 57.6(r) | 22.6 | 88.1 | 90.9(r) | 2.8 | 92.4 | 97.6(r) | 5.2 |
| Horsham District | 57.7 | 72.5(r) | 14.8 | 95.3 | 96.7(r) | 1.4 | 97.4 | 98.9(r) | 1.5 |
| Isle of Wight District | 43.9 | 52.7(r) | 8.8 | 89.1 | 92.1(r) | 3.0 | 93.4 | 96.8(r) | 3.4 |
| Lewes District | 45.5 | 57.8(r) | 12.3 | 88.1 | 91.9(r) | 3.8 | 92.8 | 98.6(r) | 5.8 |
| Maidstone District | 53.1 | 68.4(r) | 15.3 | 91.6 | 91.6(r) | 0.0 | 94.7 | 97.5(r) | 2.8 |
| Medway District | 41.4 | 63.5(r) | 22.1 | 89.7 | 93.1(r) | 3.4 | 94.8 | 98.3(r) | 3.5 |
| Mid Sussex District | 62 | 68.3(r) | 6.3 | 94.1 | 95.2(r) | 1.1 | 96.2 | 99(r) | 2.8 |
| Milton Keynes District | 35 | 52(r) | 17.0 | 86 | 92.5(r) | 6.5 | 91.3 | 98.4(r) | 7.1 |
| Mole Valley District | 51.8 | 65(r) | 13.2 | 89.1 | 92.4(r) | 3.3 | 92.7 | 98.9(r) | 6.2 |
| New Forest District | 54.4 | 60.3(r) | 5.9 | 94.8 | 93.3(r) | -1.5 | 97.3 | 98.5(r) | 1.2 |
| Oxford District | 38.8 | 43.9(r) | 5.1 | 81.5 | 86.2(r) | 4.7 | 88.8 | 95.8(r) | 7.0 |
| Portsmouth District | 31.6 | 53.4(r) | 21.8 | 81 | 88.2(r) | 7.2 | 86.7 | 96.6(r) | 9.9 |
| Reading District | 40.1 | 60(r) | 19.9 | 79 | 86.5(r) | 7.5 | 85.4 | 97.1(r) | 11.7 |
| Reigate and Banstead District | 49.1 | 61.5(r) | 12.4 | 90.7 | 90.6(r) | -0.1 | 92.6 | 98.4(r) | 5.8 |
| Rother District | 48.4 | 65.9(r) | 17.5 | 92.4 | 90.8(r) | -1.6 | 96.2 | 97.5(r) | 1.3 |
| Runnymede District | 49.1 | 61.1(r) | 12.0 | 93.3 | 89.6(r) | -3.7 | 96.2 | 97.5(r) | 1.3 |
| Rushmoor District | 43.4 | 52.8(r) | 9.4 | 90.7 | 89.2(r) | -1.5 | 94.9 | 98(r) | 3.1 |
| Sevenoaks District | 24.4 | 35.8(r) | 11.4 | 78.1 | 85.2(r) | 7.1 | 82.5 | 93.3(r) | 10.8 |
| Shepway District | 41.5 | 63(r) | 21.5 | 88.2 | 89.3(r) | 1.1 | 92.7 | 97.4(r) | 4.7 |
| Slough District | 42.7 | 65.4(r) | 22.7 | 90.4 | 96(r) | 5.6 | 96.5 | 99.3(r) | 2.8 |
| South Bucks District | 62.7 | 67.6(r) | 4.9 | 92.4 | 92(r) | -0.4 | 96.5 | 97.9(r) | 1.4 |
| South Oxfordshire District | 52.9 | 61.8(r) | 8.9 | 92.8 | 94(r) | 1.2 | 96.1 | 98.6(r) | 2.5 |
| Southampton District | 41 | 50.8(r) | 9.8 | 86.8 | 87.6(r) | 0.8 | 94.1 | 96.6(r) | 2.5 |
| Spelthorne District | 44 | 64.5(r) | 20.5 | 93.2 | 94.8(r) | 1.6 | 96.2 | 98.9(r) | 2.7 |
| Surrey Heath District | 57 | 67.9(r) | 10.9 | 93 | 92.3(r) | -0.7 | 95.9 | 97.1(r) | 1.2 |
| Swale District | 37.9 | 57.7(r) | 19.8 | 85.1 | 91.9(r) | 6.8 | 93 | 97.6(r) | 4.6 |
| Tandridge District | 54.2 | 55.4(r) | 1.2 | 93.7 | 92.1(r) | -1.6 | 95.8 | 98.4(r) | 2.6 |
| Test Valley District | 48.5 | 60.3(r) | 11.8 | 91.1 | 92.7(r) | 1.6 | 95.3 | 98(r) | 2.7 |
| Thanet District | 40.4 | 56.3(r) | 15.9 | 86.3 | 88.2(r) | 1.9 | 92.8 | 96.5(r) | 3.7 |
| Tonbridge and Malling District | 47.5 | 69(r) | 21.5 | 92.2 | 93.2(r) | 1.0 | 95.9 | 97.9(r) | 2.0 |
| Tunbridge Wells District | 65.3 | 77.8(r) | 12.5 | 92.4 | 95.7(r) | 3.3 | 94.4 | 99.5(r) | 5.1 |
| Vale of White Horse District | 47.4 | 59.5(r) | 12.1 | 88.8 | 93.5(r) | 4.7 | 93.4 | 97.9(r) | 4.5 |
| Waverley District | 53.8 | 67.2(r) | 13.4 | 93.1 | 94.7(r) | 1.6 | 96 | 98.8(r) | 2.8 |
| Wealden District | 52.3 | 63.5(r) | 11.2 | 91.8 | 94.5(r) | 2.7 | 94.2 | 98.9(r) | 4.7 |
| West Berkshire District | 50.7 | 63.3(r) | 12.6 | 92.5 | 93.7(r) | 1.2 | 94.9 | 98.3(r) | 3.4 |
| West Oxfordshire District | 53.3 | 65.2(r) | 11.9 | 91.9 | 95.6(r) | 3.7 | 96.2 | 98.9(r) | 2.7 |
| Winchester District | 60.3 | 74.4(r) | 14.1 | 92.4 | 94(r) | 1.6 | 94.5 | 98.3(r) | 3.8 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead District | 54 | 64.7(r) | 10.7 | 92.8 | 93.8(r) | 1.0 | 95.3 | 98(r) | 2.7 |
| Woking District | 48.1 | 66(r) | 17.9 | 91.1 | 94.6(r) | 3.5 | 94.7 | 98.6(r) | 3.9 |
| Wokingham District | 53.9 | 66.4(r) | 12.5 | 91.2 | 95.1(r) | 3.9 | 94.2 | 98.5(r) | 4.3 |
| Worthing District | 51.5 | 58(r) | 6.5 | 91.9 | 91.8(r) | -0.1 | 94.6 | 97.8(r) | 3.2 |
| Wycombe District | 60.1 | 72.2(r) | 12.1 | 92.6 | 98(r) | 5.4 | 95.8 | 99.4(r) | 3.6 |
| South East Region | 47.7 | 62(r) | 14.3 | 89.8 | 92.7(r) | 2.9 | 94.1 | 98.2(r) | 4.1 |
| England | 45.1 | 62.0(r) | 16.9 | 86.4 | 91.7(r) | 5.3 | 92.3 | 98.9(r) | 6.6 |
From 2005 includes GCSEs and other equivalent qualifications approved for use pre-16.
1997 figures are for pupils aged 15.
From 2006 figures are for pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.
National Indicator 78: Reduction in the number of schools where fewer than 30% of pupils achieve 5 or more A* - C grades at GCSE and equivalent including GCSEs in English and Maths
| 2004/05 | 2006/07 | |||
| Total number of schools | Schools <30% | Total number of schools | Schools <30% | |
| South East Region | 474 | 126 | 469 | 87 |
| England | 3,091 | 912 | 3,045 | 631 |
National Indicator 84: Percentage of pupils achieving of 2 or more A* - C grades in Science GCSEs or equivalent
| 2005/06 | 2006/07 | % points difference | |
| South East Region | 48.7 | 49.4 | 0.7 |
| England | 45.5 | 46.2 | 0.7 |
National Indicator 97: Percentage of pupils making 2 levels of progress in English between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
| 2005 | 2007 | % points difference | |
| South East Region | 56.3 | 57.6 | 1.3 |
| England | 54 | 55.5 | 1.5 |
National Indicator 98: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
| 2005 | 2007 | % points difference | |
| South East Region | 26.8 | 29.2 | 2.4 |
| England | 25.6 | 27.9 | 2.3 |
National Summary
Revised figures for 2007 show that in maintained schools 62.0 per cent of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieved 5 or more GCSE and equivalents at grades A*-C up from 45.1 per cent of 15 year olds in 1997. Revised figures for 2007 show that 91.7 per cent of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieved 5 or more GCSE and equivalents at grades A*-G up from 87.0 per cent of 15 year olds in 1997.
In 2006/07 the number of schools where fewer than 30% of pupils achieve 5 or more A* - C grades at GCSE and equivalent including GCSEs in English and Maths was 631, down from 912 in 2004/05.
In 2006/07 the percentage of pupils achieving of 2 or more A* - C grades in Science GCSEs or equivalent was 46.2 per cent up from 45.5 per cent in 2005/06.
In 2007 55.5 per cent of pupils progressed by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. This is up from 54 per cent in 2005.
In 2007 27.9 per cent of pupils progressed by 2 levels in Mathematics between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. This is up from 25.6 per cent in 2005.
