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GCSE: Analysis of Results 1994-97

Baroness Blatch asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish data for England showing for comprehensive schools, modern schools, grammar schools, state schools, independent schools and all schools separately, the percentage of all

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16 year-old pupils in each of the years 1994 to 1997 passing GCSE examinations with grades A* to C in the following subjects; mathematics, English, English literature, sciences (showing separately percentages for single award science, double award science, physics, chemistry and biology), French history and geography, showing separately for each type of state school the percentages for local education authority schools, voluntary schools (including together voluntary controlled, voluntary aided, and special agreement schools), grant-maintained schools and, where appropriate, CTCs and including for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of 16 year-old pupils.[HL420]

Baroness Blackstone: The information requested in respect of GCSE achievements is shown in the following tables.

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GCSE achievements of 15 year-old pupils in schools

	1993-94			1994-95			1995-96			1996-97
	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total
LEA Maintained Comprehensive
Number of 15 year-olds	155.1	150.4	305.5	168.1	163.5	331.6	172.6	168.5	341.1	169.2	164.7	333.8
Number of schools			1,950			1,934			1,928			1,915
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	35	35	35	34	34	34	35	36	36	36	37	36
English	37	56	46	35	54	45	36	54	45	35	53	44
English literature	32	49	41	34	51	42	34	52	43	34	52	43
Any science	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38
Single award science	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1
Double award science	34	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35
Physics	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2
Chemistry	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2
Biology	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
French	14	26	20	14	26	20	14	26	20	14	26	20
History	15	20	17	14	19	17	14	19	16	14	19	17
Geography	20	18	19	20	18	19	21	20	21	21	20	21
Voluntary Comprehensive
Number of 15 year-olds	30.3	31.5	61.8	32.9	33.2	66.1	32.9	34.1	67.0	32.9	33.8	66.7
Number of schools			428			425			419			417
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	42	41	41	40	39	40	42	42	42	43	43	43
English	47	64	56	45	63	54	45	63	54	44	62	53
English literature	40	56	48	42	60	51	41	60	50	42	60	51
Any science	43	42	42	43	43	43	44	45	44	44	45	45
Single award science	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2
Double award science	38	37	37	38	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	39
Physics	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Chemistry	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Biology	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	3
French	18	32	25	18	31	25	18	31	25	17	31	24
History	18	24	21	18	24	21	17	23	20	18	23	21
Geography	22	20	21	23	20	22	25	23	24	24	23	23
Grant Maintained Comprehensive
Number of 15 year-olds	37.6	34.5	72.1	41.0	38.1	79.2	43.2	40.1	83.3	43.2	41.0	84.2
Number of schools			465			478			489			495
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	42	42	42	41	41	41	43	44	44	45	45	45
English	44	63	53	43	62	52	43	62	53	43	62	52
English literature	37	54	45	40	59	49	41	59	50	41	60	50
Any science	42	41	42	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46
Single award science	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Double award science	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	41	40	41	42	41
Physics	2	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	2	3
Chemistry	2	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	2	3
Biology	2	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	2	3
French	16	29	22	18	30	23	17	30	24	17	29	23
History	17	23	20	18	22	20	18	22	20	18	22	20
Geography	23	22	22	23	23	23	25	24	24	25	24	24
CTC Comprehensive
Number of 15 year-olds	0.7	0.7	1.4	0.9	0.9	1.8	1.1	1.0	2.1	1.1	1.1	2.2
Number of schools			12			12			14			14
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	38	32	35	41	41	41	52	44	48	54	50	52
English	40	61	50	39	62	50	50	65	57	59	73	66
English literature	27	47	37	31	49	40	48	62	55	52	64	59
Any science	41	39	40	44	43	44	55	48	52	59	54	56
Single award science	1	3	2	3	4	3	2	3	2	3	3	3
Double award science	41	37	39	40	41	41	48	43	46	51	48	50
Physics	1	0	0	4	3	3	8	5	6	8	5	6
Chemistry	1	1	1	3	3	3	8	5	6	9	5	7
Biology	1	1	1	3	3	3	8	5	6	9	5	7
French	9	15	12	12	22	17	14	21	17	21	27	24
History	14	19	16	12	18	15	14	18	16	15	17	16
Geography	14	13	13	18	19	18	23	16	20	19	14	16
All Comprehensive Schools
Number of 15 year-olds	223.7	217.1	440.8	242.9	235.6	478.6	249.9	243.7	493.6	246.4	240.6	486.9
Number of schools			2,855			2,849			2,850			2,841
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	37	37	37	36	36	36	38	38	38	39	39	39
English	40	58	49	38	57	47	38	57	48	38	56	47
English literature	34	51	43	36	54	45	36	54	45	36	54	45
Any science	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	41
Single award science	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Double award science	35	34	35	36	35	36	36	36	36	37	37	37
Physics	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Chemistry	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Biology	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
French	15	27	21	15	27	21	15	27	21	15	27	21
History	16	21	18	15	21	18	15	20	18	15	20	18
Geography	20	19	20	21	19	20	22	21	22	22	21	22
LEA Maintained Selective
Number of 15 year-olds	1.5	3.8	5.2	1.7	4.4	6.1	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.5	4.1	5.6
Number of schools			51			51			47			44
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	94	94	94	91	93	92	91	93	93	92	94	93
English	94	98	97	92	97	96	90	97	95	90	97	95
English literature	83	93	90	87	95	93	80	95	91	87	94	92
Any science	90	90	90	89	91	90	89	91	90	91	91	91
Single award science	5	4	4	5	4	4	8	3	4	4	3	3
Double award science	54	71	67	57	71	67	50	67	63	61	72	69
Physics	32	14	19	28	15	18	33	20	23	27	15	19
Chemistry	27	14	18	27	15	18	31	20	23	27	16	19
Biology	32	15	20	28	15	19	33	20	24	27	16	19
French	61	79	74	60	73	70	57	72	68	53	67	63
History	45	52	50	40	51	48	38	48	46	40	49	46
Geography	49	45	46	51	39	42	51	49	50	51	47	48
Voluntary Selective
Number of 15 year-olds	1.7	1.0	2.6	1.7	1.0	2.7	1.8	1.0	2.8	1.7	1.1	2.9
Number of schools			21			21			21			21
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	96	94	95	97	96	96	96	95	96	97	96	97
English	96	98	97	96	98	97	96	99	97	97	98	98
English literature	87	94	89	91	97	93	91	96	93	91	97	93
Any science	90	92	91	94	95	94	94	94	94	95	93	94
Single award science	8	3	6	5	1	3	5	1	4	5	1	3
Double award science	42	65	50	50	86	64	44	77	56	42	76	56
Physics	41	19	33	41	8	29	47	13	35	50	15	37
Chemistry	40	22	33	40	8	28	47	15	35	50	16	37
Biology	41	22	34	41	8	28	46	15	35	50	15	36
French	64	76	68	67	75	70	67	78	71	61	72	65
History	43	55	47	45	54	48	45	46	45	51	51	51
Geography	49	45	48	58	47	53	57	55	56	56	52	54
Grant Maintained Selective
Number of 15 year-olds	4.9	3.9	8.7	5.9	4.4	10.3	6.3	4.8	11.1	6.7	5.3	12.0
Number of schools			87			92			96			103
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	95	94	95	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	94
English	95	98	96	93	98	95	94	97	95	93	97	95
English literature	89	95	92	86	94	90	87	92	89	87	95	91
Any science	92	92	92	91	92	92	91	91	91	92	92	92
Single award science	7	5	6	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	2
Double award science	46	76	60	48	75	60	51	72	60	53	72	62
Physics	39	13	27	38	14	28	36	17	28	35	18	27
Chemistry	37	12	26	37	14	27	36	17	27	35	19	28
Biology	39	13	28	38	15	28	36	17	28	35	19	28
French	72	75	73	67	74	70	66	72	68	63	70	66
History	50	56	53	50	53	51	47	49	48	49	50	50
Geography	56	48	52	57	49	54	60	50	55	59	47	54
Selective Schools
Number of 15 year-olds	8.0	8.6	16.6	9.2	9.9	19.1	9.5	10.1	19.7	10.0	10.5	20.5
Number of schools			159			164			164			168
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	95	94	95	94	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	94
English	95	98	97	93	97	95	93	97	95	94	98	96
English literature	87	94	91	87	95	91	86	94	90	88	95	91
Any science	91	91	91	91	92	91	91	91	91	92	92	92
Single award science	7	4	6	4	3	4	5	2	3	3	2	2
Double award science	47	73	60	50	74	63	50	71	60	53	72	63
Physics	38	14	25	37	14	25	38	18	27	37	17	26
Chemistry	36	14	25	35	14	24	37	18	27	36	17	27
Biology	38	15	26	36	14	25	37	18	27	36	17	26
French	68	77	73	66	74	70	65	73	69	61	69	65
History	48	54	51	47	52	50	45	49	47	48	50	49
Geography	53	46	49	56	45	50	58	50	54	57	48	52
LEA Maintained Modern
Number of 15 year-olds	6.5	6.8	13.3	6.9	7.1	14.0	6.5	6.8	13.3	6.3	6.7	13.1
Number of schools			113			107			99			100
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	25	24	25	24	23	23	26	25	25	26	25	26
English	29	50	39	26	47	37	27	48	38	26	47	37
English literature	19	37	28	23	42	33	23	41	32	23	44	34
Any science	25	24	25	28	27	27	29	29	29	28	29	29
Single award science	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Double award science	22	19	20	24	22	23	25	23	24	25	25	25
Physics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
French	7	18	13	10	20	15	10	21	16	12	22	18
History	7	12	10	8	14	11	7	13	10	9	13	11
Geography	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	12	13
Voluntary Modern
Number of 15 year-olds	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.6	1.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.6	1.1
Number of schools			12			12			11			13
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	21	22	22	21	19	20	25	22	23	21	22	22
English	28	47	37	22	50	37	29	48	39	28	52	41
English literature	18	37	28	23	35	30	25	37	31	30	47	39
Any science	23	25	24	23	27	25	26	26	26	27	30	29
Single award science	3	8	6	2	1	1	3	2	2	1	2	1
Double award science	20	18	19	21	26	24	23	24	24	26	28	27
Physics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
French	4	16	10	5	19	12	5	15	10	7	16	12
History	9	13	11	5	12	9	8	13	11	11	9	10
Geography	7	8	7	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	13	12
Grant Maintained Modern
Number of 15 year-olds	2.6	2.6	5.2	3.2	2.8	6.0	3.4	3.2	6.6	3.5	3.0	6.5
Number of schools			42			44			46			47
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	25	22	24	25	20	22	27	24	25	29	27	28
English	33	52	42	30	49	39	29	49	39	28	50	38
English literature	24	41	33	27	43	34	27	45	36	29	46	37
Any science	23	21	22	29	24	27	30	26	28	31	27	29
Single award science	3	5	4	3	6	5	6	8	7	5	5	5
Double award science	20	17	18	26	18	22	24	19	22	26	22	24
Physics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
French	8	19	13	10	21	16	12	22	17	14	25	19
History	7	11	9	8	12	10	8	12	10	8	12	10
Geography	14	13	14	14	12	13	15	16	15	16	16	16
All Modern Schools
Number of 15 year-olds	9.6	9.9	19.5	10.6	10.5	21.1	10.3	10.5	20.8	10.3	10.4	20.7
Number of schools			167			163			156			160
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	25	23	24	24	22	23	26	24	25	27	26	26
English	30	50	40	27	48	37	27	48	38	27	48	37
English literature	20	38	30	24	42	33	24	42	33	25	45	35
Any science	24	24	24	28	26	27	29	28	28	29	29	29
Single award science	3	5	4	3	5	4	4	6	5	4	4	4
Double award science	21	19	20	25	21	23	25	22	23	25	24	25
Physics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
French	7	18	13	10	20	15	11	21	16	13	23	18
History	7	12	10	8	13	11	8	13	10	8	13	11
Geography	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	14
All Maintained Schools
Number of 15 year-olds	247.6	238.7	486.2	270.9	259.8	530.7	278.7	268.6	547.3	275.8	265.9	541.7
Number of schools			4,168			4,299			4,292			4,303
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	38	38	38	36	37	37	38	39	38	39	40	39
English	40	58	49	38	57	48	39	57	48	38	56	47
English literature	34	52	43	36	54	45	36	54	45	37	55	46
Any science	38	38	38	39	40	40	40	41	41	40	42	41
Single award science	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Double award science	34	34	34	35	36	35	35	37	36	35	37	36
Physics	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	2	3
Chemistry	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	2	3
Biology	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	2	3
French	16	28	22	16	28	22	16	28	22	16	28	22
History	16	22	19	16	21	18	16	20	18	16	21	18
Geography	21	19	20	21	20	21	22	21	22	23	21	22
Independent Schools
Number of 15 year-olds	24.6	21.5	46.1	25.3	22.2	47.5	24.6	22.2	46.8	23.6	21.3	45.0
Number of schools			1,060			1,062			1,061			1,053
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	80	81	81	79	81	80	80	82	81	80	82	81
English	79	87	83	78	87	82	78	86	82	78	86	81
English literature	70	79	74	70	80	75	70	80	75	70	80	75
Any science	74	76	75	77	79	78	76	79	77	76	79	78
Single award science	3	5	4	3	5	4	3	5	4	3	4	4
Double award science	17	30	23	26	40	32	27	40	33	28	42	35
Physics	48	29	39	44	26	35	42	26	34	41	25	33
Chemistry	46	33	40	42	28	36	42	29	36	41	28	35
Biology	45	37	41	40	32	36	40	32	36	40	31	36
French	66	74	70	66	73	69	64	72	68	63	70	66
History	47	45	46	46	45	45	45	42	43	44	42	43
Geography	48	42	45	48	41	45	48	43	46	49	43	46
All Schools
Number of 15 year-olds	272.1	260.1	532.3	296.2	282.0	578.2	303.3	290.7	594.0	299.5	287.2	586.7
Number of schools			5,228			5,361			5,353			5,356
	Percentage achieving grades A*-C in
Mathematics	42	42	42	40	40	40	41	42	42	42	43	43
English	44	61	52	42	60	50	42	59	50	41	59	50
English literature	38	54	46	39	56	47	39	56	48	39	57	48
Any science	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	43	44	44
Single award science	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Double award science	32	34	33	34	36	35	34	37	36	35	38	36
Physics	7	4	5	7	4	5	7	4	5	7	4	5
Chemistry	7	4	5	6	4	5	7	4	5	6	4	5
Biology	7	5	6	6	4	5	6	5	6	6	4	5
French	20	32	26	21	32	26	20	32	26	20	31	25
History	19	24	21	18	23	21	18	22	20	18	22	20
Geography	23	21	22	24	21	23	25	23	24	25	23	24

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