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Percentage of pupils at the end of key stage 4 attaining specific grades in Double Award Science, 2005-08
	Maintained sector				Independent sector
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2005	2006	2007	2008
**	74.4	74.0	76.7	98.1	25.6	26.0	23.3	1.9
AA	81.9	80.9	85.4	98.8	18.1	19.1	14.6	1.2
BB	87.7	86.5	90.2	98.6	12.3	13.5	9.8	1.4
CC	93.7	93.1	95.2	97.8	6.3	6.9	4.8	2.2
DD	97.6	97.0	97.9	99.2	2.4	3.0	2.1	0.8
EE	99.1	98.7	99.3	99.4	0.9	1.3	0.7	0.6
FF	99.6	99.5	99.6	100.0	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.0
GG	99.7	99.5	99.7	100.0	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.0

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils who achieved a GCSE in double award applied science at each grade in 2007 were educated in the (a) maintained mainstream and (b) the independent sector. [286807]

Mr. Coaker: All pupils at the end of key stage 4 that achieved grades in double award applied science are counted in the following table which is broken down by grade and the education sector attended by the pupil.

Double award applied science
	2007				2008
	Maintained		Independent		Maintained		Independent
Grade	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
A*A*	54	100.0	0	0.0	22	100.0	0	0.0
A*A	-	-	-	-	62	100.0	0	0.0
AA	481	99.0	5	1.0	173	100.0	0	0.0
AB	-	-	-	-	449	99.8	1	0.2
BB	2,588	99.4	16	0.6	1,115	99.9	1	0.1
BC	-	-	-	-	2,046	100.0	1	0.0
CC	8,045	99.7	24	0.3	3,515	99.9	4	0.1
CD	-	-	-	-	3,094	99.8	7	0.2
DD	7,793	99.8	13	0.2	2,527	99.8	4	0.2
DE	-	-	-	-	2,011	99.9	2	0.1
EE	5,235	99.9	4	0.1	1,664	99.9	1	0.1
EF	-	-	-	-	1,265	99.9	1	0.1
FF	3,076	100.0	1	0.0	863	100.0	0	0.0
FG	-	-	-	-	581	99.8	1	0.2
GG	1,283	100.0	0	0.0	319	99.7	1	0.3
Note: The grading structure of the double award applied science changed between 2007 and 2008.

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Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils who achieved a GCSE in core science and one of (a) biology, (b) chemistry and (c) physics at each grade were educated in the (i) maintained mainstream and (ii) independent sector in each year since 2007. [286852]

Mr. Coaker: The following figures are based on the school at which the pupil was registered at the time they sat their exams. It is possible, by moving schools, that some pupils were educated in both sectors.

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In 2007, there were only seven pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieving a GCSE in core science and at least one GCSE in biology, chemistry or physics both at grade A*-G. All of these pupils were educated in the maintained sector.

In 2008, pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieving a GCSE in core science at grade A*-G and one or more of the separate sciences are counted in the following tables.⁽¹⁾

⁽¹⁾ Pupils that have passed core science will appear in each row for which they have passed a separate science. Pupils are counted once in the final row by their highest grade in the separate sciences.

Number
Maintained	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Biology	671	1,661	2,294	2,296	1,415	788	385	206
Chemistry	712	1,408	1,542	1,131	484	173	86	24
Physics	624	1,278	1,474	1,133	414	106	59	26
Best separate grade	1,120	2,045	2,433	2416	1,553	893	462	239

Number
Independent	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Biology	82	139	116	80	12	5	3	0
Chemistry	103	111	82	63	8	1	4	0
Physics	98	90	69	57	13	1	1	0
Best separate grade	155	156	137	73	9	5	7	0

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