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Focus on London 2012: Skills: Degrees of Qualification
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Skills of 15-year olds in
INTERNATIONAL
ENGLAND
LONDON
context
Programme for International Student Assessment
- An international survey of educational achievement of 15-year-olds conducted by OECD in 60+ countries
- Three tests: reading, maths, science
- Data at country level but it is possible to break it down by size of a city
- 'Large city (over 1 million) used as a proxy for London
GCSE results
&
.
81%
GCSE results
PISA results
45%
.
UK
OECD average
All GCSE at least 5 A*-C
- London
81%
Similar trend in England - a large increase in the percentage of pupils achieving at least 5 GCSEs at A*-C grades
.
OECD
average
.
UK
All GCSE at least 5 A*-C
- London
UK
80%
London
While GCSE results improved significantly over the last decade, PISA results fell from slightly above average to slightly below average - in London and England/UK.
47%
Since the beginning of the millenium the proportion of pupils achieving at least 5 GCSEs with at least 5 A*-C grades
.
2010/11
1999/2000
All GCSE at least 5 A*-C
- England
45%
increased significantly
Science
Maths
Reading
2010/11
1999/2000
*Caveat:
- GCSE results are for maintained schools only,
- PISA scores include independent schools as well
This does not alter the fact that while London pupils are doing better in GCSEs, they score worse in PISA tests. Including independent schools in GCSE sample would only make the difference bigger.
A detailed analysis of poverty in London is presented in
FOCUS ON LONDON 2012
SKILLS:
DEGREES OF QUALIFICATION
available on London Datastore at:
http://data.london.gov.uk
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