Table 2.8: Educational attainment across the West Midlands, Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving GCSE and equivalents

Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2004

Table 2.8: Educational attainment across the West Midlands, Percentage of 15 year old pupils achieving GCSE and equivalents

Top tier LA	No of pupils	%
Solihull	3228	60.2
Shropshire	3417	59.5
Herefordshire	1951	57.5
Worcestershire	6255	54.9
Warwickshire	6036	54.3
Birmingham	12140	51.2
Dudley	3985	51.1
Staffordshire	10554	51
Telford & The Wrekin	2227	49.5
Wolverhampton	2933	48.4
Coventry	3667	45.4
Stoke on Trent	2976	43.6
Walsall	3668	43.5
Sandwell	3747	38
West Midlands	66784	50.8
England	643574	53.7

SOURCE: Department for Education and Skills (DFES)
NOTES:
¹Aged 15 at the start of the 2003/04 academic year, ie. 31 August 2003.
⁴England averages include all schoools.
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000549/tab016.xls

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