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Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: East Midlands
England > East Midlands Region
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 | |
| Amber Valley Constituency | 37.1 | 56.9(r) | 19.8 | 82.6 | 90.9(r) | 8.3 | 89.4 | 98.3(r) | 8.9 |
| Ashfield Constituency | 30.3 | 44.6(r) | 14.3 | 82.4 | 91.1(r) | 8.7 | 90.6 | 97.6(r) | 7.0 |
| Bassetlaw Constituency | 28.5 | 43.7(r) | 15.2 | 80 | 88.1(r) | 8.1 | 87.9 | 96.9(r) | 9.0 |
| Blaby Constituency | 50.3 | 63.4(r) | 13.1 | 91.8 | 93.9(r) | 2.1 | 95.2 | 98.5(r) | 3.3 |
| Bolsover Constituency | 31.7 | 44.9(r) | 13.2 | 84.9 | 91.4(r) | 6.5 | 89.8 | 98.4(r) | 8.6 |
| Boston and Skegness Constituency | 41.9 | 60(r) | 18.1 | 83.9 | 93.1(r) | 9.2 | 92.5 | 97.8(r) | 5.3 |
| Bosworth Constituency | 39.4 | 57.6(r) | 18.2 | 85.7 | 92.2(r) | 6.5 | 91.7 | 98.1(r) | 6.4 |
| Broxtowe Constituency | 45.1 | 55.7(r) | 10.6 | 89 | 92(r) | 3.0 | 94.2 | 97.9(r) | 3.7 |
| Charnwood Constituency | 40.4 | 59.4(r) | 19.0 | 88.9 | 93.2(r) | 4.3 | 92.9 | 99(r) | 6.1 |
| Chesterfield Constituency | 42.1 | 57.6(r) | 15.5 | 87.1 | 93.6(r) | 6.5 | 92.2 | 98.3(r) | 6.1 |
| Corby Constituency | 38.8 | 59.3(r) | 20.5 | 85.6 | 90.6(r) | 5.0 | 90.6 | 98.8(r) | 8.2 |
| Daventry Constituency | 50.2 | 60.1(r) | 9.9 | 92.6 | 95.1(r) | 2.5 | 96.2 | 99.4(r) | 3.2 |
| Derby North Constituency | 38.9 | 59.6(r) | 20.7 | 86.3 | 94.5(r) | 8.2 | 92.2 | 98(r) | 5.8 |
| Derby South Constituency | 37.5 | 47.3(r) | 9.8 | 83.8 | 89(r) | 5.2 | 91.8 | 97(r) | 5.2 |
| Erewash Constituency | 39.5 | 61.6(r) | 22.1 | 86.9 | 93.7(r) | 6.8 | 91.1 | 98.6(r) | 7.5 |
| Gainsborough Constituency | 53.5 | 67.2(r) | 13.7 | 92.3 | 96.2(r) | 3.9 | 96.1 | 99.1(r) | 3.0 |
| Gedling Constituency | 43.3 | 58.2(r) | 14.9 | 86 | 90.8(r) | 4.8 | 93.6 | 96.7(r) | 3.1 |
| Grantham and Stamford Constituency | 49.1 | 67(r) | 17.9 | 91.3 | 93.9(r) | 2.6 | 95.3 | 98.3(r) | 3.0 |
| Harborough Constituency | 50.7 | 67.7(r) | 17.0 | 90 | 95.5(r) | 5.5 | 93.8 | 98.7(r) | 4.9 |
| High Peak Constituency | 43.8 | 60(r) | 16.2 | 88.9 | 93(r) | 4.1 | 94 | 99(r) | 5.0 |
| Kettering Constituency | 45.9 | 59.8(r) | 13.9 | 90 | 93.4(r) | 3.4 | 94.2 | 98.4(r) | 4.2 |
| Leicester East Constituency | 37.7 | 59(r) | 21.3 | 86.4 | 88(r) | 1.6 | 94 | 97.3(r) | 3.3 |
| Leicester South Constituency | 32.1 | 58.4(r) | 26.3 | 80.1 | 89.1(r) | 9.0 | 89.6 | 96.6(r) | 7.0 |
| Leicester West Constituency | 26.7 | 37.4(r) | 10.7 | 74.7 | 78.7(r) | 4.0 | 81.9 | 92.9(r) | 11.0 |
| Lincoln Constituency | 36.7 | 69.9(r) | 33.2 | 82.3 | 92.4(r) | 10.1 | 89.3 | 98.1(r) | 8.8 |
| Loughborough Constituency | 41.5 | 61.2(r) | 19.7 | 88.1 | 93.6(r) | 5.5 | 93.4 | 97.8(r) | 4.4 |
| Louth and Horncastle Constituency | 43.9 | 59.7(r) | 15.8 | 87.5 | 93.7(r) | 6.2 | 92.8 | 98.5(r) | 5.7 |
| Mansfield Constituency | 33.4 | 47.4(r) | 14.0 | 83.7 | 83.4(r) | -0.3 | 90.7 | 95.5(r) | 4.8 |
| Newark Constituency | 47.3 | 57.1(r) | 9.8 | 89 | 89.2(r) | 0.2 | 94 | 96.2(r) | 2.2 |
| North East Derbyshire Constituency | 43.2 | 54.6(r) | 11.4 | 88 | 93.9(r) | 5.9 | 93.4 | 98.7(r) | 5.3 |
| North West Leicestershire Constituency | 43.8 | 57.6(r) | 13.8 | 87 | 92.2(r) | 5.2 | 93.6 | 95.3(r) | 1.7 |
| Northampton North Constituency | 30.8 | 40(r) | 9.2 | 81.9 | 84.8(r) | 2.9 | 88.4 | 95.8(r) | 7.4 |
| Northampton South Constituency | 46.8 | 60.8(r) | 14.0 | 92 | 91.9(r) | -0.1 | 96.8 | 97.8(r) | 1.0 |
| Nottingham East Constituency | 22.9 | 59.6(r) | 36.7 | 74.9 | 81.7(r) | 6.8 | 85.4 | 92.6(r) | 7.2 |
| Nottingham North Constituency | 18.3 | 48.5(r) | 30.2 | 71.9 | 79.1(r) | 7.2 | 82.4 | 93.3(r) | 10.9 |
| Nottingham South Constituency | 39.5 | 64.2(r) | 24.7 | 85.8 | 90.1(r) | 4.3 | 92.7 | 97.4(r) | 4.7 |
| Rushcliffe Constituency | 53.6 | 66.6(r) | 13.0 | 92.7 | 91.4(r) | -1.3 | 95.7 | 98.3(r) | 2.6 |
| Rutland and Melton Constituency | 49.8 | 60(r) | 10.2 | 92.6 | 91.6(r) | -1.0 | 96.3 | 98.4(r) | 2.1 |
| Sherwood Constituency | 42.2 | 56.7(r) | 14.5 | 89.2 | 91.5(r) | 2.3 | 94.1 | 97.3(r) | 3.2 |
| Sleaford and North Hykeham Constituency | 50.3 | 72.2(r) | 21.9 | 90.6 | 97.2(r) | 6.6 | 94.8 | 99.5(r) | 4.7 |
| South Derbyshire Constituency | 42.4 | 57.9(r) | 15.5 | 91.4 | 93.2(r) | 1.8 | 95.2 | 98.5(r) | 3.3 |
| South Holland and The Deepings Constituency | 48.9 | 61.9(r) | 13.0 | 89.2 | 93.1(r) | 3.9 | 95 | 99.3(r) | 4.3 |
| Wellingborough Constituency | 41.6 | 51.5(r) | 9.9 | 87.5 | 88.8(r) | 1.3 | 93.3 | 98.2(r) | 4.9 |
| West Derbyshire Constituency | 59.4 | 69.9(r) | 10.5 | 93.6 | 94.2(r) | 0.6 | 96 | 99.2(r) | 3.2 |
| East Midlands Region | 41.5 | 57.9(r) | 16.4 | 86.8 | 91.2(r) | 4.4 | 92.6 | 97.7(r) | 5.1 |
| 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% | |
| East Midlands Region | 263 | 88 | 265 | 65 |
| 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 | |
| East Midlands Region | 45.8 | 46.6 | 0.8 |
| 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 | |
| East Midlands Region | 53.3 | 53.9 | 0.6 |
| 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 | |
| East Midlands Region | 22.4 | 24.7 | 2.3 |
| 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.
