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Art and Design Music French
Number of 15-year-old pupils Number of pupils entered for GCSE Percentage of all 15-year-olds attempting subject Number of pupils entered for GCSE Percentage of all 15-year-olds attempting subject Number of pupils entered for GCSE Percentage of all 15-year-olds attempting subject

1997

586,766

194,666

33

39,691

7

306,055

52

1998

575,210

180,735

31

38,155

7

307,293

53

1999

580,972

183,157

32

40,709

7

311,384

54

2000

580,393

178,219

31

41,486

7

313,146

54

2001

603,318

180,627

30

41,625

7

321,207

53

2002

606,554

182,056

30

43,470

7

311,847

51

2003

622,122

186,968

30

47,557

8

304,472

49

2004

643,560

187,504

29

50,979

8

289,756

45

2005

636,796

184,814

29

52,228

8

243,177

38

2006

648,942

189,723

29

55,000

8

211,045

33


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German Spanish Other Modern Languages
Number of 15-year-old pupils Number of pupils entered for GCSE Percentage of all 15-year-olds attempting subject Number of pupils entered for GCSE Percentage of all 15-year-olds attempting subject Number of pupils entered for GCSE Percentage of all 15-year-olds attempting subject

1997

586,766

127,510

22

34,454

6

17,791

3

1998

575,210

127,374

22

38,810

7

18,207

3

1999

580,972

129,765

22

39,523

7

18,779

3

2000

580,393

127,437

22

42,288

7

19,423

3

2001

603,318

130,627

22

45,629

8

20,317

3

2002

606,554

124,717

21

48,444

8

20,641

3

2003

622,122

120,659

19

51,299

8

21,508

3

2004

643,560

116,347

18

53,539

8

21,879

3

2005

636,796

98,712

16

51,732

8

17,697

3

2006

648,942

85,247

13

52,478

8

19,148

3

(1) Those pupils aged 15 at 31 August at the start of the academic year.
(2) Combined Syllabuses for Design and Technology and Information Systems are shown with the main subjects.
(3) Also includes Computer Studies, Information Systems and any combined syllabus of which Information Technology is the major part.

GCSE: Results

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the bottom 200 schools in terms of proportions achieving five or more GCSEs A*-C including English, mathematics, science and a modern foreign language in 2006. [112152]

Jim Knight: The information requested has been placed in the House of Commons Library.

This analysis is based on the revised 2006 KS4 data.

Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of pupils left school without at least five GCSEs at grade C or above including one in mathematics and one in English in (a) the last year for which figures are available and (b) each of the previous 10 years. [130157]

Jim Knight [holding answer 27 March 2007]: The information requested is shown in the following table.

GCSE and equivalent attempts and achievements, 1995/96 to 2005/06( 1) in England
Pupils not achieving 5+ A*-C grades at GCSE o r equivalent inc. GCSEs in English and mathematics
Number of pupils( 2) Number Percentage

15-year-olds

1995/96

594,035

384,686

64.8

1996/97(3)

586,766

377,609

64.4

1997/98

575,210

362,639

63.0

1998/99

580,972

356,489

61.4

1999/2000

580,393

348,307

60.0

2000/01

603,318

357,897

59.3

2001/02

606,554

351,422

57.9

2002/03

622,122

361,686

58.1

2003/04(4)

643,560

369,078

57.3

2004/05

636,771

354,597

55.7

2005/06(5)

648,942

354,837

54.7

Pupils at End Key Stage 4

2004/05

633,414

349,205

55.1

2005/06(5)

645,931

349,894

54.2

(1 )Including attempts and achievement in previous academic years.
(2) Number of pupils on roll aged 15 at the start of the academic year or from 2004/05 figures are also shown for the number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in that academic year.
(3) Percentages from 1996/97 include GCSEs and GNVQs.
(4) Percentages from 2003/04 include GCSEs and other equivalent qualifications approved for use pre-16.
(5) Figures for 2005/06 are revised, all other figures are final.

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what percentage of pupils gained five A*-C grades at GCSE including mathematics, English, science, history and geography in each year between 1997 and 2006; [123054]

(2) what percentage of pupils gained five A*-C grades at GCSE including mathematics, English, geography, modern languages and double science in each year between 1997 and 2006; [123055]

(3) what percentage of pupils gained five A*-C grades at GCSE including mathematics, English, history, geography, modern languages and double science in each year between 1997 and 2006; [123056]


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(4) what percentage of pupils gained five A*-C grades at GCSE excluding mathematics, English, history, geography, modern languages and double science in each year between 1997 and 2006. [123057]


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