(2) how many schools did not enter any pupils for a GCSE in (a) history, (b) geography and (c) a modern foreign language in each year since 1996.
The following table shows the number of schools where no 15-year-old pupils were entered at GCSE in history, geography and a modern foreign language since 1996.
History Geography MFL All schools 1996 1,493 1,477 996 5,353 1997 1,511 1,469 1,333 5,358 1998 1,492 1,462 1,334 5,339 1999 1,474 1,437 1,301 5,295 2000 1,429 1,410 1,264 5,240 2001 1,412 1,397 1,267 5,223 2002 1,362 1,348 1,225 5,188 2003 1,377 1,390 1,219 5,170 2004 1,460 1,478 1,345 5,301 2005 1,408 1,454 1,301 5,256 2006 1,576 1,614 1,471 5,206 Note: Data for 2006 is provisional. Data for all other years is final.
This data cover all schools that are published in the Secondary Schools Achievement and Attainment tables and so include special schools and independent schools.