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Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: London
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 | |
| Barking and Dagenham District | 30.9 | 58.7(r) | 27.8 | 84.6 | 92.5(r) | 7.9 | 91.3 | 98.2(r) | 6.9 |
| Barnet District | 52 | 70.1(r) | 18.1 | 89.7 | 94.3(r) | 4.6 | 93.1 | 98.7(r) | 5.6 |
| Bexley District | 44.5 | 62.4(r) | 17.9 | 91.9 | 92.7(r) | 0.8 | 95.7 | 98.5(r) | 2.8 |
| Brent District | 38.3 | 64.8(r) | 26.5 | 87.5 | 93.5(r) | 6.0 | 95.1 | 98.3(r) | 3.2 |
| Bromley District | 52.6 | 71.3(r) | 18.7 | 91.8 | 93.1(r) | 1.3 | 95.1 | 98.5(r) | 3.4 |
| Camden District | 48 | 55.9(r) | 7.9 | 84.1 | 89.9(r) | 5.8 | 90.8 | 97.1(r) | 6.3 |
| City of London District | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Croydon District | 40.4 | 58.8(r) | 18.4 | 86 | 92.5(r) | 6.5 | 93.3 | 98.4(r) | 5.1 |
| Ealing District | 37.9 | 62(r) | 24.1 | 86.8 | 93.9(r) | 7.1 | 92.9 | 98.9(r) | 6.0 |
| Enfield District | 42.3 | 56.2(r) | 13.9 | 87.3 | 92.3(r) | 5.0 | 92.7 | 97.8(r) | 5.1 |
| Greenwich District | 30.8 | 47.2(r) | 16.4 | 79 | 90(r) | 11.0 | 87.7 | 97.3(r) | 9.6 |
| Hackney District | 30.4 | 53.7(r) | 23.3 | 78.9 | 90.3(r) | 11.4 | 92.2 | 97.6(r) | 5.4 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham District | 40.3 | 66.9(r) | 26.6 | 80.5 | 93.7(r) | 13.2 | 92 | 98.3(r) | 6.3 |
| Haringey District | 26.7 | 56.2(r) | 29.5 | 73.2 | 87.8(r) | 14.6 | 88.6 | 94.9(r) | 6.3 |
| Harrow District | 53.4 | 68(r) | 14.6 | 91.7 | 94.9(r) | 3.2 | 95.4 | 98.5(r) | 3.1 |
| Havering District | 48.1 | 64.4(r) | 16.3 | 92.1 | 94.3(r) | 2.2 | 95.8 | 98(r) | 2.2 |
| Hillingdon District | 40.4 | 58.2(r) | 17.8 | 85.4 | 91.2(r) | 5.8 | 91.7 | 97.9(r) | 6.2 |
| Hounslow District | 44.1 | 64.3(r) | 20.2 | 85.2 | 93.4(r) | 8.2 | 93.2 | 98.4(r) | 5.2 |
| Islington District | 24.9 | 49.3(r) | 24.4 | 75 | 87.1(r) | 12.1 | 86.5 | 96.2(r) | 9.7 |
| Kensington and Chelsea District | 44.8 | 69.7(r) | 24.9 | 87.9 | 95.7(r) | 7.8 | 94.7 | 98(r) | 3.3 |
| Kingston upon Thames District | 57.5 | 70.7(r) | 13.2 | 88 | 91.7(r) | 3.7 | 92.4 | 97.3(r) | 4.9 |
| Lambeth District | 28.6 | 56(r) | 27.4 | 80.8 | 89.3(r) | 8.5 | 93.7 | 98.4(r) | 4.7 |
| Lewisham District | 29.5 | 54.9(r) | 25.4 | 81.4 | 90.3(r) | 8.9 | 91.2 | 97.7(r) | 6.5 |
| Merton District | 37.5 | 48.7(r) | 11.2 | 82.9 | 88.9(r) | 6.0 | 90.1 | 96.4(r) | 6.3 |
| Newham District | 33.4 | 55.6(r) | 22.2 | 86.3 | 94(r) | 7.7 | 94.8 | 98.1(r) | 3.3 |
| Redbridge District | 50.3 | 72.6(r) | 22.3 | 90.9 | 96.1(r) | 5.2 | 96.8 | 99(r) | 2.2 |
| Richmond upon Thames District | 46.5 | 57.4(r) | 10.9 | 89.2 | 86.4(r) | -2.8 | 93.5 | 97.4(r) | 3.9 |
| Southwark District | 27.2 | 52.7(r) | 25.5 | 79.5 | 87.3(r) | 7.8 | 92.2 | 96.4(r) | 4.2 |
| Sutton District | 51.7 | 71.8(r) | 20.1 | 91 | 93.9(r) | 2.9 | 94.6 | 98.7(r) | 4.1 |
| Tower Hamlets District | 25.8 | 59.5(r) | 33.7 | 77.7 | 91.3(r) | 13.6 | 91 | 97.8(r) | 6.8 |
| Waltham Forest District | 38.6 | 57(r) | 18.4 | 85.8 | 95.3(r) | 9.5 | 92.2 | 98.6(r) | 6.4 |
| Wandsworth District | 35.3 | 61.5(r) | 26.2 | 83 | 89(r) | 6.0 | 93.4 | 98(r) | 4.6 |
| Westminster District | 34.1 | 55.1(r) | 21.0 | 76.8 | 93.2(r) | 16.4 | 87.3 | 98.7(r) | 11.4 |
| London Region | 40.4 | 60.9(r) | 20.5 | 85.5 | 92.2(r) | 6.7 | 93 | 98(r) | 5.0 |
| 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.
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% | |
| London Region | 402 | 111 | 405 | 67 |
| England | 3,091 | 912 | 3,045 | 631 |
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 | |
| London Region | 44.7 | 45.5 | 0.8 |
| England | 45.5 | 46.2 | 0.7 |
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 | |
| London Region | 62.3 | 60.8 | -1.5 |
| England | 54 | 55.5 | 1.5 |
National Indicator 98: Percentage of pupils progressing by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
| 2005 | 2007 | % points difference | |
| London Region | 34.7 | 37.9 | 3.2 |
| England | 25.6 | 27.9 | 2.3 |
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.
