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Examination Results

Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) males and (b) females achieved five A*–C grades at GCSE in each year since 1994; and how many (i) males and (ii) females achieved 5 A*–C grades at GCSE in the 10 per cent. (A) most and (B) least deprived wards in each year since 1994. [170113]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is shown in the following tables. Data for years prior to 1997 is not   readily available and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
 
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Number of males and females achieving 5 A*–C Grades at GCSE: 1997–2003

	Male		Female
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
2003	133,462	46	158,525	56
2002	125,476	44	150,769	55
2001	119,862	43	145,645	53
2000	112,719	41	138,218	52
1999	109,564	40	134,307	51
1998	103,546	39	127,677	49
1997	102,894	38	125,761	48

 
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	Male				Female
	10 per cent. most deprived wards		10 per cent. least deprived wards		10 per cent. most deprived wards		10 per cent. least deprived wards
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
2003	9,005	32	19,136	60	11,349	42	21,969	71
2002	8,335	30	18,101	59	10,507	40	21,129	70
2001	7,883	29	17,320	57	9,855	37	20,982	69
2000	7,137	27	16,737	56	9,037	36	19,587	68
1999	6,892	25	16,243	55	8,711	34	19,223	67
1998	6,340	24	15,760	54	8,122	32	18,604	66
1997	6,368	24	15,319	52	7,904	30	18,359	64

Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) males and (b) females achieved level 5 or above at Key Stage 3 in (i) English, (ii) mathematics and (iii) science in the 10 per cent. (A) most and (B) least deprived wards in each year since 1994. [170114]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is shown in the following table. Data for years prior to 1997 are not readily available and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Number of males and females achieving level 5 or above at Key Stage 3: 1997–2003

	Male				Female
	10 per cent. most deprived wards		10 per cent. least deprived wards		10 per cent. most deprived wards		10 per cent. least deprived wards
Subject/year	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
English
2003	14,067	48	24,616	74	17,704	63	27,070	86
2002	13,486	44	23,270	71	18,180	63	27,134	86
2001	12,723	43	22,392	70	16,954	59	25,432	85
2000	12,053	40	21,883	69	16,184	58	25,135	84
1999	12,309	41	21,156	70	16,617	59	25,431	85
1998	11,605	41	20,727	69	15,755	58	23,652	84
1997	9,535	33	18,219	62	13,831	50	22,472	80
Maths
2003	16,333	55	26,823	80	16,149	58	26,185	83
2002	15,465	51	25,621	78	15,078	52	25,209	80
2001	14,723	49	24,896	78	14,609	51	24,347	80
2000	13,951	47	24,347	77	13,232	47	23,393	78
1999	13,281	44	23,017	76	12,442	44	22,802	76
1998	11,823	41	21,433	72	10,808	40	20,491	73
1997	11,966	41	21,795	74	11,060	40	21,119	75
Science
2003	15,177	51	26,880	80	14,528	52	25,811	82
2002	14,876	49	25,918	79	14,333	49	25,306	80
2001	14,318	48	25,245	79	13,619	47	24,316	80
2000	12,345	41	23,436	74	10,819	39	21,752	73
1999	10,909	36	21,366	70	10,254	36	21,182	71
1998	10,912	38	21,089	71	9,518	35	19,577	70
1997	11,808	41	22,167	75	10,922	40	21,083	75

Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) males and (b) females achieved level 4 or above at Key Stage 2 in (i) English, (ii) mathematics and (iii) science in the 10 per cent. (A) most and (B) least deprived wards in each year since 1994. [170115]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is shown in the following table. Data for years prior to 1997 is not readily available and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
 
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Number of males and females achieving level 4 or above at Key Stage 2: 1997–2003

	Males				Females
	10 per cent. most deprived wards		10 per cent. least deprived wards		10 per cent. most deprived wards		10 per cent. least deprived wards
Subject/year	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
English
2003	27,223	57	22,845	83	31,481	69	23,540	90
2002	27,323	57	22,431	83	30,921	67	23,536	89
2001	27,046	57	21,951	83	31,645	69	23,364	90
2000	26,863	57	21,894	83	30,534	67	22,464	90
1999	24,391	50	20,648	79	29,199	63	21,914	88
1998	20,083	42	18,192	73	27,415	59	20,547	86
1997	19,712	42	17,612	73	24,608	54	19,407	84
Maths
2003	29,842	63	23,117	84	27,739	61	21,490	82
2002	30,053	63	22,571	83	28,898	63	21,933	83
2001	28,517	60	21,755	82	27,291	59	21,064	81
2000	28,451	61	21,824	83	26,955	59	20,504	82
1999	27,503	57	21,068	81	26,098	56	20,175	81
1998	21,174	44	18,722	75	19,831	43	17,567	74
1997	22,809	48	18,465	77	21,118	47	17,713	76
Science
2003	36,763	77	25,807	94	35,392	78	24,528	94
2002	37,482	78	25,187	93	36,116	78	24,551	93
2001	37,529	79	24,895	94	36,700	80	24,511	94
2000	35,072	75	24,304	92	34,419	76	23,326	93
1999	32,126	66	23,261	89	30,837	66	22,315	89
1998	26,281	55	20,938	83	24,673	53	19,874	83
1997	25,573	54	19,732	82	24,830	55	19,301	83

Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) males and (b) females achieved level 2 or above at Key Stage 1 in (i) English, (ii) mathematics and (iii) science in the 10 per cent. (A) most and (B) least deprived wards in each year since 1994. [170116]

 
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Mr. Miliband: The information requested is shown in the following table. Data for years prior to 1998 is not readily available and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Number of males and females achieving level 2 or above in the Key Stage 1 Test Tasks: 1998–2003

	Male				Female
	10 per cent. most deprived wards		10 per cent. least deprived wards		10 per cent. most deprived wards		10 per cent. deprived wards
Subject/year	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
English reading
2003	33,082	71	23,558	89	36,194	81	23.981	94
2002	34,128	71	23,880	89	36,353	81	24,035	94
2001	34,186	71	24,667	89	37,230	80	24,439	94
2000	34,667	70	23,831	89	37,887	80	24,120	94
1999	35,212	68	24,179	87	38,511	78	24,307	93
1998	34,136	64	23,298	86	38,169	76	24,030	92
English writing
2003	30,752	66	22,662	85	35,246	79	23,700	93
2002	34,653	72	24,163	90	37,535	83	24,434	95
2001	34,963	72	24,957	90	38,354	83	24,800	95
2000	34,992	71	24,004	89	38,728	82	24,371	95
1999	35,407	68	24,353	88	39,247	79	24,586	94
1998	34,552	65	23,587	87	39,010	77	24,257	93
Maths
2003	38,662	83	25,064	94	38,477	86	24,397	95
2002	39,820	83	25,355	94	38,939	86	24,472	95
2001	40,680	84	26,234	95	40,165	87	24,990	96
2000	40,910	82	25,245	94	40,619	86	24,562	96
1999	40,774	78	25,598	93	40,156	81	24,532	94
1998	39,769	75	24,611	91	39,786	79	24,165	93

 
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