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General Certificate of Secondary Education: Mathematics

Volume 469: debated on Tuesday 11 December 2007

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Michael Gove

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils who achieved Level 5 at Key Stage 3 mathematics in each year between 1997 and 2004 subsequently went on to achieve a C grade or above at GCSE mathematics. (169143)

Jim Knight

The information requested is in the following table. The figures relate to pupils in maintained mainstream schools in England.

Number of pupils at Level 5 in KS3 maths who achieved A*-C in GCSE maths

Percentage of pupils at Level 5 in KS3 maths who achieved A*-C in GCSE maths

Number of pupils at Level 5 or above in KS3 maths who achieved A*-C in GCSE maths

Percentage of pupils at Level 5 or above in KS3 maths who achieved A*-C in GCSE maths

2001/02

42,600

32.7

251,800

70.6

2002/03

37,000

27.5

253,900

67.3

2003/04

35,800

27.6

271,500

68.5

2004/05

31,100

24.6

284,600

68.8

2005/06

29,100

23.4

298,800

69.0

2006/07 (provisional)

32,400

26.1

313,400

71.0