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Schools White Paper

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills further to her oral statement of 25 October 2005, Official Report, column 185, on the Schools White Paper, what steps schools will be required to take to ensure fair access to them for all pupils living in the relevant community. [23712]

Jacqui Smith: Schools' admission arrangements are determined locally. Admission authorities for schools are already required to ensure that their admission arrangements comply with Equal Opportunities legislation. They are also required to have regard to the School Admissions Code Of Practice when determining their admission policies, to ensure that admission criteria and information published for parents are sufficiently clear, fair and objective to give applicants a reasonable indication of their chances of securing a
 
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place. The code recommends that criteria should be, as far as possible, inclusive of all elements of the local community.

We recognise that no one approach to ensuring fair access for children will work in all circumstances, and admission arrangements should be determined in light of local needs and circumstances. However, the White Paper proposes making it easier to introduce pupil banding. This provides a means of ensuring that a school's intake is representative of the full ability range of either applicants for a particular school, of children in the area as a whole, or of the national ability profile—depending on the type of banding adopted.

All proposals for new schools must set out their proposed admission arrangements, and indicate how these will promote community and social integration and choice. Successful schools will also be allowed to expand if they can show their admission arrangements
 
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are in line with the Admissions Code. In both instances the agreed admission arrangements will be set for three years, after which they will be subject to annual consultation locally.

We have also recently amended legislation to ensure that priority is given to looked after children, as one of the most vulnerable groups in the community.

Furthermore, we propose to extend entitlement to free transport for disadvantaged children, so that parental choice is not restricted by concerns about the cost and availability of transport.

Science

Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) specialist science colleges and schools and (b) science academies have been established in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. [22914]

Jacqui Smith: Science specialism was first introduced in 2002. The numbers of specialist Science Colleges becoming operational in each year are: 24 in 2002, 97 in 2003,104 in 2004 and 44 in 2005. The following numbers chose science as part of a combined specialism: five in 2003, 13 in 2004 and 14 in 2005. In 2004, 12 schools chose science as a second specialism at redesignation. Two of the 27 open Academies have a Science specialism; Stockley Academy, Hillingdon opened in 2004 and specialises in Science and Technology, Macmillan Academy opened in 2005 and specialises in science and PE.

The Government are committed to improving young people's attainment in science and the number of young people progressing to science study at higher levels.

Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps the Government are taking to increase the number of qualified science teachers in state schools; and if she will make a statement. [22922]

Jacqui Smith: The number of people recruited to science teacher training in England from 1999 to 2005 is given in Table 1.
Table 1: Science teacher training

	Recruitment
1999/2000	2,362
2000/01	2,413
2001/02	2,594
2002/03	2,701
2003/04	2,871
2004/05	2,806

 
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Since 2000 we have provided £6,000 bursaries to PGCE trainee science teachers and have also provided them with a £4,000 Golden Hello once they have successfully completed their induction. From September 2005 trainee science teachers have been provided with a £7,000 bursary and from September 2006 the bursary will increase again to £9,000. Science teachers who received the increased bursary will also be provided with an increased Golden Hello of £5,000, once they have successfully completed their induction.

The number of people recruited to teach science through the employment-based routes into teaching in England from 1999 to 2004 is given in Table 2.
Table 2: Science employment-based routes into teaching

	Recruitment
1999/2000	60
2000/01	170
2001/02	460
2002/03	520
2003/04	660

The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) is now funding nine enhancement courses to increase the number of people able to start initial teacher training. As a result of the pilot courses, this year 74 additional people who were previously unable to train as science teachers will begin initial teacher training with a specialism in either physics or chemistry. Enhancement courses will be made available nationally from January 2006.

In 2004, 2,711 science trainees successfully completed initial teacher training and gained qualified teacher status; this is 41.9 per cent. (801) more newly qualified science teachers than in 1999.

Over the last three years, in order to attract more science undergraduates into teaching we have been running the very successful Student Associate Scheme in partnership with the TDA. The scheme places high quality undergraduates in schools for up to 20 days to provide curriculum support for teachers and to carry out project work with pupils. From the academic year 2003/04 to 2004/05, the scheme has placed around 4,500 science undergraduates in schools and we expect that figure to rise by more than 3,000 in the current 2005/06 academic year.

The Government are committed to improving young people's attainment in science and the number progressing to science study at higher levels.

Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students have gained GCSEs in dual science in each year since 1997, broken down by grade; and if she will make a statement. [22927]

Jacqui Smith: The information requested can be found in the following table.
Table 1: Number of 15-year-old pupils⁽⁸¹⁾ achieving GCSE Double Award Science by grade

Thousand
	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U(82)	X(83)	Total(84)
1997	16.1	31.5	76.6	88.7	92.7	68.5	38.0	11.5	6.0	10.1	439.6
1998	15.3	33.8	55.2	110.3	92.1	64.7	36.1	13.8	8.9	0.8	431.0
1999	16.8	33.9	55.5	113.6	95.6	67.0	37.6	14.0	7.5	0.5	441.9
2000	17.5	35.3	54.7	117.7	96.5	65.5	35.8	13.7	7.7	0.7	445.0
2001	18.8	37.1	57.7	126.1	97.6	66.7	37.1	14.4	8.0	0.6	464.1
2002	19.0	37.2	59.1	127.1	97.7	66.8	36.2	14.1	8.5	0.7	466.5
2003	18.2	39.1	60.9	131.8	92.8	63.7	39.0	16.8	9.8	0.8	473.0
2004	20.4	40.2	63.5	135.7	91.4	64.1	37.3	16.5	9.8	0.7	479.6
2005(85)	21.2	40.6	63.1	127.9	86.5	54.8	31.2	13.3	8.2	0.7	447.4

⁽⁸¹⁾ Age at the beginning of the academic year (i.e. 31 August).
⁽⁸²⁾ Grade U refers to pupils who are ungraded or unclassified.
⁽⁸³⁾ Grade X refers to pupils who were absent or results pending.
⁽⁸⁴⁾ As numbers are rounded, figures in each row will not sum exactly to row totals.
⁽⁸⁵⁾ Figures for 2005 are provisional. All other figures are final.



 
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Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students have gained (a) an A level, (b) an AS level and (c) a GCSE in (i) biology or human biology, (ii) chemistry and (iii) physics in each year since 1997, broken down by grade; and if she will make a statement. [22928]

 
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Jacqui Smith: The information requested can be found in the following tables:

(a) A level examination results of 16 to 18-year–old ¹ students by grade
Thousand

	A	B	C	D	E	Other (88)	A-E passes	Total (91)
Biological sciences
1997	70.2	93.5	91.7	85.0	70.1	65.5	410.5	476.0
1998	79.3	95.7	94.6	86.7	70.8	61.8	427.1	489.0
1999	82.1	90.7	93.0	84.4	66.0	55.7	416.2	471.9
2000	81.9	91.6	91.9	81.7	64.4	50.4	411.5	461.9
2001	83.2	89.5	88.7	75.9	61.1	47.5	398.5	445.9
2002	96.6	88.8	89.9	81.8	61.7	35.3	418.7	454.1
2003	94.8	91.5	89.6	76.8	59.3	27.1	412.0	439.0
2004	99.6	94.8	91.9	76.9	55.8	23.4	419.0	442.4
2005 (87)	105.2	99.8	94.5	79.3	57.0	23.1	435.7	458.8
Chemistry
1997	77.8	77.3	66.9	53.9	43.4	45.0	319.3	364.3
1998	87.7	77.8	69.4	54.8	41.0	40.4	330.7	371.0
1999	88.8	77.4	67.6	53.4	37.6	33.6	324.8	358.3
2000	90.3	78.2	65.8	51.9	35.2	31.5	321.4	352.9
2001	89.8	74.3	63.0	47.7	35.2	28.7	310.1	338.7
2002	91.3	75.0	62.0	47.1	31.7	16.1	307.1	323.2
2003	90.6	75.2	58.9	44.2	29.5	12.3	298.3	310.7
2004	97.6	78.5	61.3	44.3	29.1	10.6	310.7	321.3
2005 (87)	99.0	83.0	63.9	46.4	29.2	11.6	321.5	333.1
Physics
1997	62.1	62.1	52.5	45.0	32.8	33.3	254.5	287.8
1998	68.0	61.5	55.4	46.1	33.7	32.1	264.6	296.7
1999	72.1	59.3	55.5	45.5	33.5	29.6	265.9	295.5
2000	71.0	56.1	51.7	42.7	31.9	28.4	253.5	281.9
2001	70.4	56.1	51.7	41.3	32.3	28.6	251.7	280.3
2002	74.9	56.9	51.6	44.9	32.6	17.7	260.9	278.6
2003	72.1	55.1	48.7	41.9	31.1	13.9	248.9	262.8
2004	71.0	51.2	47.1	37.8	27.2	11.8	234.3	246.1
2005 (87)	69.2	51.5	44.8	37.5	27.2	11.7	230.1	241.8

(b) AS level examination results of 16 to 18-year-old ¹ students by grade
Thousand

	A	B	C	D	E	Other (88)	A-E passes	Total (91)
Biological sciences
2001	9.0	8.5	9.1	8.7	7.1	8.5	42.4	50.9
2002	9.3	8.3	8.9	8.7	7.8	10.1	42.9	53.0
2003	8.5	8.2	9.0	9.3	9.1	11.4	44.1	55.4
2004	8.4	8.7	9.3	9.6	9.0	11.2	45.0	56.2
2005 (87)	8.2	8.8	9.8	9.6	9.2	11.3	45.7	56.9
Chemistry
2001	7.7	6.7	6.3	5.3	3.9	4.8	30.0	34.8
2002	7.4	6.3	6.3	5.8	4.8	5.5	30.6	36.1
2003	7.4	6.5	6.5	6.2	5.2	6.0	31.9	37.9
2004	7.2	6.6	6.7	6.3	5.4	6.5	32.1	38.6
2005 (87)	7.3	7.1	7.0	6.4	5.6	6.7	33.4	40.1
Physics
2001	6.7	5.4	5.4	4.6	3.6	4.5	25.7	30.1
2002	6.6	5.3	5.3	4.7	4.0	5.4	25.9	31.2
2003	6.1	4.9	5.0	4.6	4.3	5.4	25.0	30.4
2004	5.9	4.8	5.0	4.7	4.1	5.4	24.5	29.9
2005 (87)	5.6	4.8	4.9	4.6	4.0	5.2	23.9	29.2

 
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(c) GCSE examination results of 15-year–old ¹ pupils by grade
Thousand

	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U (89)	X (90)	Total (91)
Biological sciences
1997	4.4	9.8	11.3	6.7	2.4	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.1	36.6
1998	4.7	10.6	10.6	7.6	2.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	37.9
1999	5.7	10.4	11.0	7.5	2.8	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	38.8
2000	5.7	10.9	10.8	7.8	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	39.4
2001	6.7	10.8	11.0	7.9	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	40.5
2002	6.8	11.2	11.2	7.5	2.6	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	40.6
2003	7.2	11.8	11.7	8.3	3.0	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	43.6
2004	8.0	12.7	11.5	8.1	2.9	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	44.8
2005 (87)	8.5	13.5	12.0	8.6	3.1	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	47.5
Chemistry
1997	5.5	8.2	10.5	7.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	35.1
1998	5.4	10.2	10.1	7.1	2.4	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	36.6
1999	6.3	10.2	9.9	7.3	2.7	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	37.7
2000	6.4	10.3	9.8	7.4	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	37.7
2001	6.6	10.8	9.8	7.6	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	38.8
2002	6.9	10.8	9.7	7.7	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	39.1
2003	7.7	11.1	10.3	8.6	3.1	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	42.0
2004	8.8	11.6	10.4	8.2	3.0	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	43.1
2005 (87)	9.6	11.8	11.0	8.8	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	45.1
Physics
1997	5.3	8.4	10.4	6.6	2.2	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	34.5
1998	6.3	9.3	9.4	7.2	2.7	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	36.2
1999	7.4	9.5	9.2	7.2	2.7	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	37.2
2000	6.9	10.1	9.5	7.1	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	37.5
2001	7.1	10.5	9.4	7.6	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	38.4
2002	7.6	10.5	9.1	7.6	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	38.7
2003	7.9	11.1	9.8	8.1	3.1	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	41.1
2004	8.7	11.8	10.1	8.1	2.8	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	42.5
2005 (87)	9.4	12.2	11.0	8.2	2.9	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	44.7

⁽⁸⁶⁾ Age at the beginning of the academic year (i.e. 31 August).
⁽⁸⁷⁾ Figures for 2005 are provisional. All other figures are final.
⁽⁸⁸⁾ Includes ungraded, no award (absent/ declined) and pending.
⁽⁸⁹⁾ Grade U refers to pupils who are ungraded or unclassified.
⁽⁹⁰⁾ Grade X refers to pupils who were absent or results pending.
⁽⁹¹⁾ As numbers are rounded, figures in each row will not sum exactly to row totals.

Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of those students who gained GCSEs in dual science in each year since 1997 were educated in (a) the state sector and (b) the independent sector, broken down by grade; and if she will make a statement. [22929]

 
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Jacqui Smith: The information requested can be found in the following tables:
Table 1: Percentage of 15-year-old pupils⁽⁹²⁾ achieving each grade in GCSE Double Award Science educated in independent sector

	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U(93)	X(94)	Total
1997	15.8	12.0	8.3	3.3	1.3	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.3	4.0
1998	16.6	12.2	8.2	3.8	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.0	4.0
1999	17.0	11.4	8.1	3.6	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.0	3.8
2000	17.1	11.4	8.1	3.7	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.8	3.9
2001	16.9	11.7	8.3	3.6	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.9	4.0
2002	17.2	12.1	8.4	3.8	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.5	4.2
2003	17.9	11.5	8.2	3.7	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.4	4.1
2004	20.6	13.2	8.7	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.9	4.7
2005(95)	21.3	14.2	9.0	4.1	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.3	5.1

Table 2: Percentage of 15-year-old pupils⁽⁹²⁾ achieving each grade in GCSE Double Award Science educated in maintained sector

	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U(93)	X(94)	Total
1997	84.2	88.0	91.7	96.7	98.7	99.4	99.7	99.8	99.6	99.7	96.0
1998	83.4	87.8	91.8	96.2	98.6	99.5	99.8	99.9	99.7	99.0	96.0
1999	83.0	88.6	91.9	96.4	98.7	99.6	99.8	99.9	99.7	99.0	96.2
2000	82.9	88.6	91.9	96.3	98.6	99.6	99.8	99.9	99.7	99.2	96.1
2001	83.1	88.3	91.7	96.4	98.6	99.5	99.8	99.8	99.7	99.1	96.0
2002	82.8	87.9	91.6	96.2	98.5	99.5	99.8	99.9	99.6	98.5	95.8
2003	82.1	88.5	91.8	96.3	98.4	99.5	99.8	99.9	99.7	98.6	95.9
2004	79.4	86.8	91.3	95.9	98.5	99.4	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.1	95.3
2005(95)	78.7	85.8	91.0	95.9	98.6	99.4	99.8	99.8	99.6	98.7	94.9

⁽⁹²⁾ Age at the beginning of the academic year (i.e. 31 August).
⁽⁹³⁾ Grade U refers to pupils who are ungraded or unclassified.
⁽⁹⁴⁾ Grade X refers to pupils who were absent or results pending.
⁽⁹⁵⁾ Figures for 2005 are provisional. All other figures are final.



 
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Mrs. Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of those students who gained (a) a GCSE, (b) an A level and (c) an AS level in (i) biology or human biology, (ii) chemistry and (iii) physics in each year since 1997 were educated in (A)
 
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the state sector and (B) the independent sector, broken down by by grade; and if she will make a statement. [22930]

Jacqui Smith: The information requested can be found in the following tables:
(a) A level science results: Percentage of 16–18 year-old⁽⁹⁶⁾ students achieving each grade in science A levels educated in independent sector

Percentage
	A	B	C	D	E	Other(98)	A-E passes	Total
Biological Sciences
1997	38.5	25.3	17.1	12.5	9.9	7.5	20.4	18.7
1998	37.9	24.9	17.6	12.5	9.8	6.8	20.7	18.9
1999	37.8	24.6	17.3	12.6	9.0	6.7	20.7	19.0
2000	36.4	23.2	16.9	13.1	10.5	6.7	20.4	18.9
2001	36.2	24.1	17.2	12.5	9.8	7.2	20.7	19.3
2002	36.5	23.8	16.5	11.1	8.1	5.6	20.4	19.2
2003	36.2	23.4	15.8	11.3	8.3	5.2	20.3	19.3
2004	36.5	24.3	15.9	11.6	8.3	6.0	20.9	20.1
2005(97)	35.3	22.1	14.9	9.7	6.8	4.6	19.5	18.7
Chemistry
1997	42.2	28.9	19.5	16.5	13.1	9.4	25.9	23.9
1998	41.8	28.0	20.1	15.6	12.5	9.6	26.0	24.2
1999	40.8	27.2	20.8	16.3	12.6	10.6	26.1	24.7
2000	39.5	26.8	20.0	15.8	12.6	9.2	25.6	24.1
2001	39.2	27.1	20.0	15.7	12.4	11.9	25.7	24.6
2002	39.8	27.0	19.3	13.6	9.9	6.9	25.4	24.5
2003	40.8	26.4	19.1	13.9	9.3	7.3	25.8	25.1
2004	40.5	26.5	19.0	13.4	10.4	8.4	26.1	25.5
2005(97)	38.8	24.7	18.0	13.0	9.9	8.2	24.7	24.1
Physics
1997	38.4	26.4	19.6	15.2	11.6	10.0	24.0	22.4
1998	38.8	25.7	19.2	14.8	12.2	8.6	24.1	22.4
1999	37.6	25.6	20.1	14.6	11.7	11.2	24.1	22.8
2000	37.0	26.3	20.2	15.3	12.3	9.7	24.4	22.9
2001	37.4	26.5	20.1	15.3	12.3	9.4	24.6	23.0
2002	36.3	25.1	17.9	14.4	9.8	8.3	23.2	22.2
2003	38.4	25.6	19.0	13.5	11.5	8.2	24.2	23.4
2004	38.8	26.2	20.1	15.2	11.5	9.1	25.3	24.5
2005(97)	37.2	25.6	17.6	13.2	8.7	7.8	23.5	22.7

Percentage of 16–18 year-old⁽⁹⁶⁾ students achieving each grade in science A levels educated in maintained sector

Percentage
	A	B	C	D	E	Other(98)	A-E passes	Total
Biological sciences
1997	61.5	74.6	82.9	87.5	90.1	92.5	79.5	81.3
1998	62.1	75.1	82.4	87.5	90.2	93.2	79.3	81.1
1999	62.2	75.4	82.7	87.4	91.0	93.3	79.3	81.0
2000	63.6	76.8	83.1	86.9	89.5	93.3	79.6	81.1
2001	63.8	75.9	82.8	87.5	90.2	92.8	79.3	80.7
2002	63.5	76.2	83.5	88.9	91.9	94.4	79.6	80.8
2003	63.8	76.6	84.2	88.7	91.7	94.8	79.7	80.7
2004	63.5	75.7	84.1	88.4	91.7	94.0	79.1	79.9
2005(97)	64.7	77.9	85.1	90.3	93.2	95.4	80.5	81.3
Chemistry
1997	57.7	71.0	80.5	83.4	86.8	90.5	74.0	76.0
1998	58.2	72.0	79.9	84.4	87.5	90.4	74.0	75.8
1999	59.2	72.8	79.2	83.7	87.4	89.4	73.9	75.3
2000	60.5	73.2	80.0	84.2	87.4	90.8	74.4	75.9
2001	60.8	72.9	80.0	84.3	87.6	88.1	74.3	75.4
2002	60.2	73.0	80.7	86.4	90.1	93.1	74.6	75.5
2003	59.2	73.6	80.9	86.1	90.7	92.7	74.2	74.9
2004	59.5	73.5	81.0	86.6	89.6	91.6	73.9	74.5
2005(97)	61.2	75.3	82.0	87.0	90.1	91.8	75.3	75.9
Physics
1997	61.3	73.3	80.0	84.6	88.2	90.0	75.7	77.3
1998	61.2	74.3	80.8	85.2	87.8	91.4	75.9	77.6
1999	62.4	74.4	79.9	85.4	88.3	88.8	75.9	77.2
2000	63.0	73.7	79.8	84.7	87.7	90.3	75.6	77.1
2001	62.6	73.5	79.9	84.7	87.7	90.6	75.4	77.0
2002	63.7	74.9	82.1	85.6	90.2	91.7	76.8	77.8
2003	61.6	74.4	81.0	86.5	88.5	91.8	75.8	76.6
2004	61.2	73.8	79.9	84.8	88.5	90.9	74.7	75.5
2005(97)	62.8	74.4	82.4	86.8	91.3	92.2	76.5	77.3

 
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(b) AS level examination results: Percentage of 16–18 year-old⁽⁹⁶⁾ students achieving each grade in science AS levels educated in independent sector

Percentage
	A	B	C	D	E	Other(98)	A-E passes	Total
Biological sciences
2001	26.2	16.7	11.7	7.7	6.2	3.6	14.0	12.3
2002	27.2	17.2	13.0	9.1	6.3	2.9	14.9	12.6
2003	27.7	18.2	12.6	9.5	6.9	3.2	14.7	12.3
2004	26.8	18.3	12.3	8.6	6.6	3.3	14.2	12.1
2005(97)	26.6	16.5	11.0	8.2	6.1	3.2	13.3	11.3
Chemistry
2001	30.4	19.2	13.8	8.7	7.0	3.9	17.5	15.6
2002	33.3	22.1	16.5	11.5	8.3	4.9	19.5	17.3
2003	32.8	20.9	15.9	12.2	8.8	4.5	19.0	16.6
2004	31.8	19.8	15.1	11.6	8.0	4.3	17.9	15.6
2005(97)	29.4	19.8	13.5	10.6	7.6	4.1	16.7	14.6
Physics
2001	28.6	18.7	13.6	11.2	7.6	6.0	17.3	15.7
2002	33.0	21.4	17.5	12.8	9.5	5.4	20.2	17.6
2003	31.6	21.8	18.1	12.6	10.0	5.3	19.7	17.1
2004	30.9	21.1	15.8	12.3	9.1	4.7	18.7	16.2
2005(97)	31.2	21.0	15.6	12.1	9.4	5.0	18.6	16.2

Percentage of 16–18 year-old⁽⁹⁶⁾ students achieving each grade in science AS levels educated in maintained sector

Percentage
	A	B	C	D	E	Other(98)	A-E Passes	Total
Biological sciences
2001	73.8	83.3	88.3	92.3	93.8	96.4	86.0	87.7
2002	72.8	82.8	87.0	90.9	93.7	97.1	85.1	87.4
2003	72.3	81.8	87.4	90.5	93.1	96.8	85.3	87.7
2004	73.2	81.7	87.7	91.4	93.4	96.7	85.8	87.9
2005(97)	73.4	83.5	89.0	91.8	93.9	96.8	86.7	88.7
Chemistry
2001	69.6	80.8	86.2	91.3	93.0	96.1	82.5	84.4
2002	66.7	77.9	83.5	88.5	91.7	95.1	80.5	82.7
2003	67.2	79.1	84.1	87.8	91.2	95.5	81.0	83.4
2004	68.2	80.2	84.9	88.4	92.0	95.7	82.1	84.4
2005(97)	70.6	80.2	86.5	89.4	92.4	95.9	83.3	85.4
Physics
2001	71.4	81.3	86.4	88.8	92.4	94.0	82.7	84.3
2002	67.0	78.6	82.5	87.2	90.5	94.6	79.8	82.4
2003	68.4	78.2	81.9	87.4	90.0	94.7	80.3	82.9
2004	69.1	78.9	84.2	87.7	90.9	95.3	81.3	83.8
2005(97)	68.8	79.0	84.4	87.9	90.6	95.0	81.4	83.8

(c) GCSE examination results: Percentage of 15 year-old pupils⁽⁹⁶⁾ achieving each grade in GCSE science educated in independent sector

Percentage
	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U(99)	X(100)	Total
Biological sciences
1997	65.8	55.3	45.2	38.5	36.5	33.4	28.0	13.7	32.4	31.5	47.8
1998	63.9	52.1	42.2	35.8	33.2	24.5	22.9	20.8	21.9	55.2	45.0
1999	61.3	49.8	39.8	33.1	29.2	24.6	19.7	13.6	20.8	26.5	42.9
2000	60.5	48.4	37.3	29.6	28.8	26.2	19.1	8.0	8.6	22.2	41.0
2001	59.8	47.0	36.2	29.1	27.4	26.1	18.9	11.7	18.4	18.6	40.5
2002	59.3	44.8	33.9	28.2	25.3	22.6	11.6	1.9	16.8	24.6	39.1
2003	56.5	42.5	32.6	25.4	21.6	18.3	10.1	1.3	9.1	21.4	36.4
2004	55.8	39.2	26.4	22.4	18.1	16.6	9.0	4.4	12.3	20.0	33.6
2005(97)	51.3	36.9	24.2	20.7	18.3	14.9	5.6	3.5	9.1	13.2	31.1
Chemistry
1997	68.1	56.6	44.7	35.6	25.5	19.1	13.1	3.2	22.5	23.5	46.8
1998	67.3	53.0	39.8	31.9	21.2	12.5	10.6	8.1	19.3	46.7	43.9
1999	63.8	51.0	39.4	28.9	19.9	14.1	7.9	3.1	14.1	41.7	42.3
2000	62.7	49.7	36.7	26.4	18.4	12.6	8.8	4.1	20.4	27.3	40.6
2001	63.3	48.4	35.8	25.2	19.9	12.0	12.2	4.8	14.0	27.0	40.1
2002	62.7	47.3	34.0	23.9	17.3	10.4	10.4	5.5	13.3	33.3	39.0
2003	56.9	45.9	32.0	21.5	15.7	9.9	7.7	4.1	14.4	31.0	36.3
2004	55.5	40.5	26.0	19.9	14.0	12.4	7.9	6.7	6.5	58.3	33.5
2005(97)	51.5	37.8	23.7	17.8	11.9	12.1	6.2	2.1	10.6	21.7	31.0
Physics
1997	64.7	54.2	44.4	36.7	27.5	24.3	17.7	9.8	22.6	26.8	46.3
1998	62.1	51.6	41.4	33.2	22.8	14.1	12.6	11.9	19.3	40.0	43.7
1999	59.3	48.3	40.4	29.3	22.4	16.3	11.5	11.8	20.5	25.0	41.9
2000	58.7	47.1	36.9	28.0	23.2	15.1	8.0	7.8	19.1	45.0	40.3
2001	59.9	46.6	36.7	26.3	21.7	16.7	9.4	9.6	16.1	45.5	39.9
2002	58.2	45.1	35.3	24.1	19.5	14.0	7.4	9.0	15.8	40.4	38.5
2003	56.0	42.6	32.5	22.7	17.7	13.2	7.3	14.0	15.8	54.3	36.2
2004	55.7	38.0	26.4	20.0	15.0	11.4	9.4	7.0	13.8	38.9	33.3
2005(97)	51.0	35.9	23.8	18.5	13.8	12.0	6.2	4.5	8.7	15.0	30.9

 
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Percentage of 15 year-old pupils⁽⁹⁶⁾ achieving each grade in GCSE science educated in maintained sector

Percentage
	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U(99)	X(100)	Total
Biological sciences
1997	34.2	44.7	54.8	61.5	63.5	66.6	72.0	86.3	67.6	68.5	52.2
1998	36.1	47.9	57.8	64.2	66.8	75.5	77.1	79.2	78.1	44.8	55.0
1999	38.7	50.2	60.2	66.9	70.8	75.4	80.3	86.4	79.2	73.5	57.1
2000	39.5	51.6	62.7	70.4	71.2	73.8	80.9	92.0	91.4	77.8	59.0
2001	40.2	53.0	63.8	70.9	72.6	73.9	81.1	88.3	81.6	81.4	59.5
2002	40.7	55.2	66.1	71.8	74.7	77.4	88.4	98.1	83.2	75.4	60.9
2003	43.5	57.5	67.4	74.6	78.4	81.7	89.9	98.7	90.9	78.6	63.6
2004	44.2	60.8	73.6	77.6	81.9	83.4	91.0	95.6	87.7	80.0	66.4
2005(97)	48.7	63.1	75.8	79.3	81.7	85.1	94.4	96.5	90.9	86.8	68.9
Chemistry
1997	31.9	43.4	55.3	64.4	74.5	80.9	86.9	96.8	77.5	76.5	53.2
1998	32.7	47.0	60.2	68.1	78.8	87.5	89.4	91.9	80.7	53.3	56.1
1999	36.2	49.0	60.6	71.1	80.1	85.9	92.1	96.9	85.9	58.3	57.7
2000	37.3	50.3	63.3	73.6	81.6	87.4	91.2	95.9	79.6	72.7	59.4
2001	36.7	51.6	64.2	74.8	80.1	88.0	87.8	95.2	86.0	73.0	59.9
2002	37.3	52.7	66.0	76.1	82.7	89.6	89.6	94.5	86.7	66.7	61.0
2003	43.1	54.1	68.0	78.5	84.3	90.1	92.3	95.9	85.6	69.0	63.7
2004	44.5	59.5	74.0	80.1	86.0	87.6	92.1	93.3	93.5	41.7	66.5
2005(97)	48.5	62.2	76.3	82.2	88.1	87.9	93.8	97.9	89.4	78.3	69.0
Physics
1997	35.3	45.8	55.6	63.3	72.5	75.7	82.3	90.2	77.4	73.2	53.7
1998	37.9	48.4	58.6	66.8	77.2	85.9	87.4	88.1	80.7	60.0	56.3
1999	40.7	51.7	59.6	70.7	77.6	83.7	88.5	88.2	79.5	75.0	58.1
2000	41.3	52.9	63.1	72.0	76.8	84.9	92.0	92.2	80.9	55.0	59.7
2001	40.1	53.4	63.3	73.7	78.3	83.3	90.6	90.4	83.9	54.5	60.1
2002	41.8	54.9	64.7	75.9	80.5	86.0	92.6	91.0	84.2	59.6	61.5
2003	44.0	57.4	67.5	77.3	82.3	86.8	92.7	86.0	84.2	45.7	63.8
2004	44.3	62.0	73.6	80.0	85.0	88.6	90.6	93.0	86.2	61.1	66.7
2005(97)	49.0	64.1	76.2	81.5	86.2	88.0	93.8	95.5	91.3	85.0	69.1

⁽⁹⁶⁾ Age at the beginning of the academic year (i.e. 31 August).
⁽⁹⁷⁾ Figures for 2005 are provisional. All other figures are final.
⁽⁹⁸⁾ Includes ungraded, no award (absent/declined) and pending.
⁽⁹⁹⁾ Grade U refers to pupils who are ungraded or unclassified.
⁽¹⁰⁰⁾ Grade X refers to pupils who were absent or results pending.

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