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England > South East Region > Buckinghamshire LA

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
Abbey Ward	83.1	92.8(r)	9.7	95	99.8(r)	4.8	95.4	100(r)	4.6
Amersham Common Ward	45.6	39.7(r)	-5.9	80.5	78.7(r)	-1.8	91.1	99.3(r)	8.2
Amersham Town Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Amersham-on-the-Hill Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Asheridge Vale and Lowndes Ward	41.7	47.5(r)	5.8	85.2	93.4(r)	8.2	93.9	99.2(r)	5.3
Ashley Green, Latimer and Chenies Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Aston Clinton Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Austenwood Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Aylesbury Central Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Beaconsfield North Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Beaconsfield South Ward	60	72.3(r)	12.3	92.2	98.3(r)	6.1	96.1	99.3(r)	3.2
Beaconsfield West Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Bedgrove Ward	69.3	80.3(r)	11.0	94.4	97.7(r)	3.3	96.9	99.5(r)	2.6
Bierton Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Bledlow and Bradenham Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Booker and Cressex Ward	20.9	37.5(r)	16.6	82.4	96.5(r)	14.1	88.2	99.3(r)	11.1
Bourne End-cum-Hedsor Ward	32.1	58.6(r)	26.5	89.9	94.7(r)	4.8	94.5	100(r)	5.5
Bowerdean Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Brill Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Buckingham North Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Buckingham South Ward	62.1	65.6(r)	3.5	95.5	98(r)	2.5	98	100(r)	2.0
Burnham Beeches Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Burnham Church Ward	65.4	69.4(r)	4.0	92.6	94.4(r)	1.8	96.9	98.9(r)	2.0
Burnham Lent Rise Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Central Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Chalfont Common Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Chalfont St Giles Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Cheddington Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill Ward	96.4	100(r)	3.6	97.9	100(r)	2.1	99	100(r)	1.0
Chiltern Rise Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Cholesbury, The Lee and Bellingdon Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Coldharbour Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Denham North Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Denham South Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Disraeli Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Dorney and Burnham South Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Downley and Plomer Hill Ward	24.3	-(r)	N/A	87.8	-(r)	N/A	91.9	-(r)	N/A
Edlesborough Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Elmhurst and Watermead Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Farnham Royal Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Gatehouse Ward	15.8	25.9(r)	10.1	80	85.4(r)	5.4	82.5	97.5(r)	15.0
Gerrards Cross East and Denham South West Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Gerrards Cross North Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Gerrards Cross South Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Gold Hill Ward	43.4	60.3(r)	16.9	91.6	94.8(r)	3.2	95.2	99.3(r)	4.1
Great Brickhill Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Great Horwood Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Great Missenden Ward	51.6	58.9(r)	7.3	94.1	97.4(r)	3.3	96.1	99.6(r)	3.5
Greater Hughenden Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Greater Marlow Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Grendon Underwood Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Haddenham Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Hambleden Valley Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Hazlemere North Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Hazlemere South Ward	45.3	53.4(r)	8.1	92.8	99.4(r)	6.6	96.4	99.4(r)	3.0
Hedgerley and Fulmer Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Hilltop and Townsend Ward	90.9	94.1(r)	3.2	94.9	97.3(r)	2.4	94.9	97.3(r)	2.4
Holmer Green Ward	53	69(r)	16.0	96	97.9(r)	1.9	98	100(r)	2.0
Icknield Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Iver Heath Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Iver Village and Richings Park Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Lacey Green, Speen and the Hampdens Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Little Chalfont Ward	98.6	100(r)	1.4	99.3	100(r)	0.7	99.3	100(r)	0.7
Little Missenden Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Long Crendon Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Luffield Abbey Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Mandeville and Elm Farm Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Marlow North and West Ward	65.2	78.1(r)	12.9	96.4	98.8(r)	2.4	97.4	100(r)	2.6
Marlow South East Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Marsh Gibbon Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Micklefield Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Newton Longville Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Newtown Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Oakfield Ward	-	-(r)	N/A	-	-(r)	N/A	-	-(r)	N/A
Oakridge and Castlefield Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Penn and Coleshill Ward	-	-(r)	N/A	-	-(r)	N/A	50	100(r)	50.0
Pitstone Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Prestwood and Heath End Ward	-	9.1(r)	N/A	60	45.5(r)	-14.5	100	72.7(r)	-27.3
Quainton Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Quarrendon Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Ridgeway Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Ryemead Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Sands Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Seer Green Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Southcourt Ward	84.8	87.8(r)	3.0	87.2	89(r)	1.8	87.8	99.4(r)	11.6
St Mary's and Waterside Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Steeple Claydon Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Stewkley Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Stoke Poges Ward	.	-(r)	.	.	-(r)	.	.	74.1(r)	.
Stokenchurch and Radnage Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Taplow Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Terriers and Amersham Hill Ward	99.5	100(r)	0.5	100	100(r)	0.0	100	100(r)	0.0
The Risboroughs Ward	36.4	59.8(r)	23.4	96.3	95.7(r)	-0.6	97.2	98.2(r)	1.0
The Wooburns Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Tingewick Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Totteridge Ward	28.2	32.7(r)	4.5	80.6	96.3(r)	15.7	94.2	99.1(r)	4.9
Tylers Green and Loudwater Ward	-	.(r)	N/A	-	.(r)	N/A	100	.(r)	N/A
Vale Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Waddesdon Ward	59	86.1(r)	27.1	97.8	97.2(r)	-0.6	100	100(r)	0.0
Walton Court and Hawkslade Ward	11.4	55.7(r)	44.3	81.8	94.3(r)	12.5	87.1	97.7(r)	10.6
Weedon Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Wendover Ward	44	49.7(r)	5.7	89.3	91.7(r)	2.4	94	98.3(r)	4.3
Wexham and Iver West Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Wing Ward	37.4	62.7(r)	25.3	87.8	97.3(r)	9.5	93.1	99.5(r)	6.4
Wingrave Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Winslow Ward	-	-(r)	N/A	-	-(r)	N/A	28	100(r)	72.0
Buckinghamshire LA	59.7	69.6(r)	9.9	91.4	95.3(r)	3.9	94.9	99.1(r)	4.2
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.

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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%
Buckinghamshire LA	34	10	34	7
South East Region	474	126	469	87
England	3,091	912	3,045	631

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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
Buckinghamshire LA	60.4	60.3	-0.1
South East Region	48.7	49.4	0.7
England	45.5	46.2	0.7

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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
Buckinghamshire LA	60.4	63.3	2.9
South East Region	56.3	57.6	1.3
England	54	55.5	1.5

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National Indicator 98: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4

	2005	2007	% points difference
Buckinghamshire LA	32.6	35.3	2.7
South East Region	26.8	29.2	2.4
England	25.6	27.9	2.3

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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.

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