GCSE: Results

Mr. Gibb

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the bottom 200 schools in terms of proportions achieving five or more GCSEs A*-C including English, mathematics, science and a modern foreign language in 2006. (112152)

The information requested has been placed in the House of Commons Library.

This analysis is based on the revised 2006 KS4 data.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of pupils left school without at least five GCSEs at grade C or above including one in mathematics and one in English in (a) the last year for which figures are available and (b) each of the previous 10 years. (130157)

[holding answer 27 March 2007]: The information requested is shown in the following table.

*GCSE and equivalent attempts and achievements, 1995/96 to 2005/06*¹ *in England*
		Pupils not achieving 5+ A-C grades at GCSE o*r equivalent inc. GCSEs in English and mathematics
	Number of pupils²	Number	Percentage
15-year-olds
1995/96	594,035	384,686	64.8
1996/97³	586,766	377,609	64.4
1997/98	575,210	362,639	63.0
1998/99	580,972	356,489	61.4
1999/2000	580,393	348,307	60.0
2000/01	603,318	357,897	59.3
2001/02	606,554	351,422	57.9
2002/03	622,122	361,686	58.1
2003/04⁴	643,560	369,078	57.3
2004/05	636,771	354,597	55.7
2005/06⁵	648,942	354,837	54.7

Pupils at End Key Stage 4
2004/05	633,414	349,205	55.1
2005/06⁵	645,931	349,894	54.2
¹Including attempts and achievement in previous academic years. ² Number of pupils on roll aged 15 at the start of the academic year or from 2004/05 figures are also shown for the number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in that academic year. ³ Percentages from 1996/97 include GCSEs and GNVQs. ⁴ Percentages from 2003/04 include GCSEs and other equivalent qualifications approved for use pre-16. ⁵ Figures for 2005/06 are revised, all other figures are final.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what percentage of pupils gained five A*-C grades at GCSE including mathematics, English, science, history and geography in each year between 1997 and 2006; (123054)

(2) what percentage of pupils gained five A*-C grades at GCSE including mathematics, English, geography, modern languages and double science in each year between 1997 and 2006;

(3) what percentage of pupils gained five A*-C grades at GCSE including mathematics, English, history, geography, modern languages and double science in each year between 1997 and 2006;

(4) what percentage of pupils gained five A*-C grades at GCSE excluding mathematics, English, history, geography, modern languages and double science in each year between 1997 and 2006.

The information requested is given in the following table:

	Percentage of 15-year-old pupils¹ who gained at least five A-C grades at GCSE or equivalent including mathematics, English, science, history and geography*	Percentage of 15-year-old pupils¹ who gained at least five A-C grades at GCSE or equivalent including mathematics, English, geography, modern languages and double science*	Percentage of 15-year-old pupils¹ who gained at least five A-C grades at GCSE or equivalent including mathematics, English, history, geography, modern languages and double science*	Percentage of 15-year-old pupils¹ who gained at least five A-C grades at GCSE or equivalent, excluding² grades A-C at GCSE in mathematics, English, history, geography, modern languages or double science
2006	8.8	12.6	4.4	3.2
2005	9.0	14.7	4.9	2.4
2004	9.0	16.5	5.3	1.7
2003	8.9	17.4	5.4	1.3
2002	9.6	19.8	6.0	0.5
2001	10.2	21.9	6.6	0.1
2000	10.3	21.9	6.5	0.1
1999	10.9	23.3	6.9	0.1
1998	11.4	23.3	7.0	0.1
1997	12.8	23.4	7.6	0.0
¹ Number of pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year, i.e. 31 August. ²These figures exclude pupils who achieved grade C or above in any of mathematics, English, history, geography, modern languages or double science.

Volume 459: debated on Tuesday 17 April 2007