(2) what percentage of (a) pupils and (b) boys did not gain five GCSEs at grades A* to C in each of the last five years;
(3) what percentage of boys did not obtain one or more GCSEs at grades A*-C in each of the last five years;
(4) what percentage of pupils gained five GCSEs at grades A*-C in each of the last five years.
The information requested is in the following table:
2002-032003-042004-052005-062006-07Percentage of pupils gaining five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C 52.953.756.358.560.3Percentage of boys gaining five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C47.948.851.453.855.8Percentage of pupils who did not obtain one or more GCSEs at grades A*-C24.224.222.521.119.2Percentage of boys who did not obtain one or more GCSEs at grades A*-C29.028.927.025.322.9 Percentage of pupils gaining five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and Maths41.942.644.345.345.7Notes:1. Figures from 2006-07 are provisional. Schools will get the opportunity to amend their results as part of the data checking process before the revised figures are published in January 2008.2. Figures relate to the achievements of pupils who were 15-years-old at the start of the school year, i.e. 31 August.3. Results from 2004 onwards include equivalencies.Source:Data taken from the annual GCSE Statistical First Releases (SFRs) available at:http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgatewav/DB/SFR/s000474/index.shtml (2002/2003)http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgatewav/DB/SFR/s000585/index.shtml (2003/2004)http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgatewav/DB/SFR/s000664/index.shtml (2004/2005)http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgatewav/DB/SFR/s000702/index.shtml (2005/2006)http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgatewav/DB/SFR/s000754/index.shtml (2006/2007)
The information to answer the question can only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, information on the proportion of pupils entered for a modern foreign language at GCSE and the proportion of those pupils entered who gained an A*-C grade is readily available and given in the following table.
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 20072 Percentage of pupils1 entered for a modern foreign language at GCSE 74 77 78 79 78 76 73 68 59 51 46 Percentage of pupils1 entered for a modern foreign language at GCSE gaining A*-C grade 48 48 50 50 51 52 50 53 60 64 66 1 Figures from 1997 to 2004 are for pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year. Figures from 2004 to 2007 are for pupils at the end of Key Stage 4. 2 Figures for 2007 are provisional.