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England > North West Region > Blackburn with Darwen 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
Audley Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Bastwell Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Beardwood with Lammack Ward	29.8	56(r)	26.2	88.8	93.6(r)	4.8	93.9	99.3(r)	5.4
Corporation Park Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Earcroft Ward	25.9	51.3(r)	25.4	80	88.2(r)	8.2	91.8	93.4(r)	1.6
East Rural Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Ewood Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Fernhurst Ward	-	.(r)	N/A	-	.(r)	N/A	90.9	.(r)	N/A
Higher Croft Ward	-	.(r)	N/A	-	.(r)	N/A	9.1	.(r)	N/A
Little Harwood Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Livesey with Pleasington Ward	55.1	75.4(r)	20.3	93	97.5(r)	4.5	96.2	99(r)	2.8
Marsh House Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Meadowhead Ward	.	-(r)	.	.	-(r)	.	.	90(r)	.
Mill Hill Ward	61.8	76.4(r)	14.6	95.9	100(r)	4.1	99.2	100(r)	0.8
North Turton with Tockholes Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Queen's Park Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Roe Lee Ward	35.9	55.1(r)	19.2	90.9	98.3(r)	7.4	95.9	99.1(r)	3.2
Shadsworth with Whitebirk Ward	25.5	54.5(r)	29.0	73.6	86.9(r)	13.3	84.9	97.1(r)	12.2
Shear Brow Ward	.	98.3(r)	.	.	100(r)	.	.	100(r)	.
Sudell Ward	23.4	47(r)	23.6	86.5	91(r)	4.5	92.8	97.5(r)	4.7
Sunnyhurst Ward	-	.(r)	N/A	-	.(r)	N/A	-	.(r)	N/A
Wensley Fold Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Whitehall Ward	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.	.	.(r)	.
Blackburn with Darwen LA	.	59.9(r)	.	.	93.1(r)	.	.	98.1(r)	.
North West Region	41.5	60.3(r)	18.8	85.9	91.1(r)	5.2	92.1	97.4(r)	5.3
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%
Blackburn with Darwen LA	8	3	10	2
North West Region	472	162	462	112
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
Blackburn with Darwen LA	39.9	41.6	1.7
North West Region	43.1	44.6	1.5
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
Blackburn with Darwen LA	44.7	58.5	13.8
North West Region	49.2	54.5	5.3
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
Blackburn with Darwen LA	26.9	28.3	1.4
North West Region	23.9	26.3	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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