The gender gap in the county's GCSE results has narrowed, and passes have risen - but there's still more we can do to help schools improve further, says the county council.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has today (Thursday 18 October) released national 2007 GCSE results, which enables comparisons to be made between Cumbria's results and those of the country as a whole.
Nationally, the percentage of boys achieving 5 or more A*-C Grades increased by around 2.5 per cent, but in Cumbria the increase was notably higher, with boys' results up by over 4 per cent.
The rise in the county's GCSE results overall continues, with the 5 or over A*-C pass rate increasing by 1 per cent between 2006 and 2007.
Councillor Jim Buchanan is the county council's Cabinet member for Children's Wellbeing. He said:
"The hard work of the pupils, teachers, parents and the council's education support staff continues to pay dividends. We are still moving in the right direction. We have made great strides over the last few years, which I am sure will continue.
"I'm especially pleased to see that the performance of boys has improved and that the gap is narrowing - we have been working hard with secondary schools to raise boys''s achievements and this has obviously worked particularly well."
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