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Further Education: Absences
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what mechanism is used to measure the number of pupils aged 16 to 18 years attending (a) maintained sixth form colleges, (b) further education colleges and (c) maintained secondary schools being reported absent. [169150]
Jim Knight: The requested information is not collected centrally.
General Certificate of Secondary Education
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils in maintained schools achieved five A* to C grades in 2007, excluding equivalents. [169125]
Jim Knight: The percentage of pupils in maintained schools who achieved 5 A* to C grades in the academic year 2006/07, excluding equivalents, is 51.9 per cent. If GCSE short courses and GCSEs in vocational subjects are included, this figure increases to 53.9 per cent.
This figure relates to pupils who were 15-years-old at the start of the academic year, i.e. on 31 August 2006. It includes any attempts and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years.
The 2006/07 data are provisional. Schools are given the opportunity to amend their results as part of the data checking exercise before the revised data is published in January.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many pupils eligible for free school meals achieved five A* to C grades in English, mathematics, science and a modern foreign language in the latest period for which figures are available; [169126]
(2) how many and what proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals studied for a modern foreign language at GCSE in the latest period for which figures are available; [169127]
(3) how many and what proportion of the pupils who achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE gained English, mathematics, science and a modern foreign language GCSEs in the latest period for which figures are available. [169131]
Jim Knight: The information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils studied (a) history, (b) geography and (c) a modern language GCSE in each year since 1997. [169128]
Jim Knight: The available information is given in the table.
| Number of 15-year-old pupils’( 1) entered for a GCSE in specific subjects in all schools, 1997 to 2007 | |||
| History | Geography | Modern foreign language | |
| (1) Those pupils aged 15 at 31 August at the start of the academic year. (2) Provisional | |||
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils studied for (a) 14, (b) 15, (c) 16, (d) 17 and (e) 18 or more GCSEs in each of the last three years. [169130]
Jim Knight: The information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the proportion of male pupils eligible for free school meals obtained 5 A* to C GCSE grades including English and mathematics in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by ethnicity. [169140]
Jim Knight: The available information has been placed in the Library. The figures have been taken from the Statistical First Release ‘National Curriculum Assessment, GCSE and Equivalent Attainment and Post-16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England 2005/06 (Provisional)’ which is available at:
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils achieving combined Level 4 at key stage 2 reading, writing and mathematics tests in each year between 1997 and 2002 subsequently went on to achieve five GCSEs at A* to C. [169142]
Jim Knight: The information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils in each London borough achieved more than five A* to C grades at GCSE in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [169238]
Jim Knight: The available information has been placed in the Library.
General Certificate of Secondary Education: Mathematics
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils who achieved Level 5 at Key Stage 3 mathematics in each year between 1997 and 2004 subsequently went on to achieve a C grade or above at GCSE mathematics. [169143]
Jim Knight: The information requested is in the following table. The figures relate to pupils in maintained mainstream schools in England.
| Number of pupils at Level 5 in KS3 maths who achieved A*-C in GCSE maths | Percentage of pupils at Level 5 in KS3 maths who achieved A*-C in GCSE maths | Number of pupils at Level 5 or above in KS3 maths who achieved A*-C in GCSE maths | Percentage of pupils at Level 5 or above in KS3 maths who achieved A*-C in GCSE maths | |
General Certificate of Secondary Education: Standards
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils gained (a) no GCSEs and (b) fewer that five A* to G grades including English and mathematics at GCSE in each year since 1999. [171159]
Jim Knight: Information on the percentages who achieve at least five or more A*-G at GCSE and equivalent, including English and maths GCSE and the percentages who achieve any qualification is in the following table and in table 1 of SFR 34/2007 ‘GCSE and equivalent results in England, 2006/07 (Provisional)’
The underlying numbers can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| Table 1: Time series of GCSE and equivalent attempts and achievements in all schools , y ears: 1995/96 to 2006/07( 1) ( p rovisional)( 2) ; c overage: England | |||
| Percentage who achieved | |||
| Number of pupils( 3) | 5+ A*-G grades inc. English and mathematics GCSEs | Any passes( 4) | |
| (1) Including attempts and achievement in previous academic years (2 )Figures for 2006/07 are provisional, all other figures are final. (3) Number of pupils on roll aged 15 at the start of the academic year or from 2004/05 end of Key Stage 4 figures are the number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in that academic year (4) From 2003/04 this includes attempts in entry level qualifications which do not contribute towards A*-C or A*-G thresholds (5) Percentages from 1996/97 include GCSEs and GNVQs (6) Percentages from 2003/04 include GCSEs and other equivalent qualifications approved for use pre-16. | |||
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many pupils in maintained schools sat English language, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, a foreign language and history or geography GCSEs in 2007; and how many of them achieved A* to C grades in all of these subjects; [171160]
(2) how many pupils in maintained schools sat English language, English literature, mathematics,
biology, chemistry, physics, a foreign language, history and geography GCSEs in 2007; and how many achieved A* to C grades in all of these subjects. [171161]
Jim Knight: The information in the following table provides figures for pupils in all schools. Figures for maintained schools can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| GCSE attempts and achievements in selected subjects of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in schools (numbers): Years: 2006/07 (provisional): c overage: England | ||
| Thousand | ||
| Number attempted | Number achieved A*-C | |
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