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| North-south divide mapped in GCSE results | North-south divide mapped in GCSE results |
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| This year's GCSE results in England show few signs of a north-south divide getting any narrower. | This year's GCSE results in England show few signs of a north-south divide getting any narrower. |
| SchoolDash, an education data firm, has mapped the provisional results from this summer's exams. | SchoolDash, an education data firm, has mapped the provisional results from this summer's exams. |
| It shows 4.7 percentage points more pupils in the south achieve five good GCSEs including English and maths. | |
| Last week Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said it was a "sad truth" that many underperforming authorities were in the north of England. | Last week Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said it was a "sad truth" that many underperforming authorities were in the north of England. |
| There have been warnings from Ofsted about geographical divides in school achievement, with much attention being focused on weak exam results in coastal schools. | There have been warnings from Ofsted about geographical divides in school achievement, with much attention being focused on weak exam results in coastal schools. |
| Changing patterns | Changing patterns |
| But the analysis of provisional results, put out early for the first time this year, shows the north-south gap, based on a line roughly drawn between the Severn estuary and the Wash. | But the analysis of provisional results, put out early for the first time this year, shows the north-south gap, based on a line roughly drawn between the Severn estuary and the Wash. |
| According to SchoolDash, this line splits England into 3.7 million pupils in mainstream state schools in the North and about 4 million in the South. | According to SchoolDash, this line splits England into 3.7 million pupils in mainstream state schools in the North and about 4 million in the South. |
| And this year, the gap in achieving the benchmark of five good GCSEs, including English and maths, is 4.7% in provisional GCSE results, compared with 4.8% in the final results for 2014. In 2013, the gap was 2.8% and 1.8% the previous year. | And this year, the gap in achieving the benchmark of five good GCSEs, including English and maths, is 4.7% in provisional GCSE results, compared with 4.8% in the final results for 2014. In 2013, the gap was 2.8% and 1.8% the previous year. |
| The results breakdown suggests that London has been consistently the top achiever, with the South West and East Anglia improving. | The results breakdown suggests that London has been consistently the top achiever, with the South West and East Anglia improving. |
| But the analysis also shows that the gap at GCSE level is not consistent with primary school tests or A-levels. | But the analysis also shows that the gap at GCSE level is not consistent with primary school tests or A-levels. |
| The gap in national tests at the end of primary schools has been much narrower - with the most recent results showing a 1.1% difference. | The gap in national tests at the end of primary schools has been much narrower - with the most recent results showing a 1.1% difference. |
| The analysis suggests that once deprivation is taken into account, northern primary schools could be seen as more effective than their southern counterparts - with the exception of London which combines both high levels of deprivation and high results. | The analysis suggests that once deprivation is taken into account, northern primary schools could be seen as more effective than their southern counterparts - with the exception of London which combines both high levels of deprivation and high results. |
| SchoolDash founder Timo Hannay says the overview shows that regional performance up to the age of seven "correlates closely with deprivation except in London, which does unusually well". | SchoolDash founder Timo Hannay says the overview shows that regional performance up to the age of seven "correlates closely with deprivation except in London, which does unusually well". |
| Up to the age of 11, "northern schools tend to make better progress but once those kids go to secondary school their average performance falls well behind their compatriots in the south". | Up to the age of 11, "northern schools tend to make better progress but once those kids go to secondary school their average performance falls well behind their compatriots in the south". |