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Physics
GCE A level entries in physics by institution type
	Comprehensive	Selective	Modern	Other maintained	Independent	Sixth form college	Other FE college	All schools and colleges
1997	12,126	3,305	67	0	6,454	3,915	2,835	28,702
1998	12,546	3,582	107	0	6,648	4,018	2,771	29,672
1999	12,694	3,575	92	0	6,734	3,881	2,576	29,552
2000	12,098	3,622	101	0	6,467	3,528	2,375	28,191
2001	12,052	3,568	105	0	6,455	3,601	2,250	28,031
2002	12,221	3,603	117	0	6,190	3,527	2,202	27,860
2003	11,175	3,537	127	1	6,143	3,390	1,905	26,278
2004	10,202	3,298	102	17	6,037	3,071	1,879	24,606
2005	10,313	3,339	123	21	5,469	3,086	1,743	24,094
2006	9,916	3,167	133	21	5,651	3,198	1,571	23,657
2007	9,921	3,291	152	41	5,423	3,426	1,633	23,887
2008	10,118	3,491	159	39	5,627	3,503	1,766	24,703

History
GCE A level entries in history by institution type
	Comprehensive	Selective	Modern	Other maintained	Independent	Sixth form college	Other FE college	All schools and colleges
1997	15,740	3,321	242	1	7,112	5,759	3,894	36,069
1998	15,742	3,155	263	2	6,534	5,205	3,536	34,437
1999	15,244	3,301	272	1	6,605	4,824	3,159	33,406
2000	15,241	3,173	277	3	6,454	4,881	3,111	33,140
2001	15,498	3,404	293	0	6,555	5,053	3,027	33,830
2002	16,798	3,698	267	2	6,853	5,118	2,777	35,513
2003	17,138	3,884	329	4	6,849	5,323	2,986	36,513
2004	17,957	4,076	375	16	7,167	5,532	3,027	38,150
2005	18,532	4,237	419	27	7,084	5,979	2,920	39,198
2006	19,401	4,313	443	27	7,150	6,252	3,087	40,673
2007	19,279	4,447	429	65	7,174	6,181	2,967	40,542
2008	20,042	4,541	440	76	7,377	6,439	3,192	42,107

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of year 13 students in comprehensive maintained schools were entered for one or more A-level examinations in each year since 1997. [286388]

Mr. Coaker: It is not possible to provide the proportion of year 13 students entered for A level examinations. It is normal in post-16 statistics to give figures as a percentage of candidates entered for qualifications at least equivalent to one A level. That would not make sense in this context-all the percentages would be 100 per cent.

The numbers required are given in the following table:

	Number of students in comprehensive schools entered for A levels
1996/97	90,697
1997/98	95,508
1998/99	97,050
1999/2000	96,998
2000/01	100,940
2001/02	107,197
2002/03	111,565
2003/04	113,013
2004/05	116,452
2005/06	116,545
2006/07	113,081
2007/08	116,947
Notes: 1. Figures relate to all comprehensive schools including Academies and CTCs. 2. Figures relate to 16-18 year olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31st August) at the end of their advanced study. Figures for 1996/97 to 1999/2000 relate to all 16-18 year olds. 3. Figures for 1996/97 to 1999/2000 relate to entries in GCE A levels. 4. Since 2001, figures relate to entries in GCE/VCE/applied A levels and double awards. 5. Figures for 2001 onwards were taken from table 1 of the following statistical first releases: 2001 and 2002 http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000387/index.shtml 2003 http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000475/index.shtml 2004 http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000586/index.shtml 2005 http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000663/index.shtml 2006 http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000703/index.shtml 2007 http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000769/index.shtml 2008 http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s00Q827/index.shtml 6. Figures prior to 2001 were derived from the achievement and attainment tables. data.

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