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Saturday, October 18, 2008, 09:00
Provisional results, released by the Government, show 39.4 per cent of teenagers achieved five GCSEs at grade A* to C, including maths and English – 0.4 per cent better then last year.
But results in other local authorities across England means North East Lincolnshire has dropped from 118th to joint 131st with Wolverhampton.
Locally, this means nearly two-thirds of teenagers are leaving school without basic qualifications, but when compared to bordering areas, North East Lincolnshire scored higher than Hull, who came bottom of the table with 29.3.
However, our provisional results fell short of North Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire, which scored 41.4 and 52.2 respectively.
The national average was 47.2 per cent.
A spokesperson for the council said: “The results indicate that more than 57 per cent of students (last year 52 per cent) in North East Lincolnshire gained five higher grades and over 39 per cent (last year 38.5 per cent) gained five higher grades including English and maths.”
Andrew De Freitas, leader of North East Lincolnshire Council, expressed concern about the statistical differences. However, they are provisional and should not be used to compare local authorities’ performance.
Roger Edwardson, deputy director learning for the council, said: “We are awaiting validated GCSE data and these provisional figures only confirm that more work is needed before we can realistically judge overall performance.”
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