Information on the percentages who achieve at least five or more A*-G at GCSE and equivalent, including English and maths GCSE and the percentages who achieve any qualification is in the following table and in table 1 of SFR 34/2007 ‘GCSE and equivalent results in England, 2006/07 (Provisional)’
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000754/index.shtml
The underlying numbers can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Percentage who achieved Number of pupils3 5+ A*-G grades inc. English and mathematics GCSEs Any passes4 15-year-olds 1995/96 594,035 83.4 92.2 1996/975 586,766 83.9 92.3 1997/98 575,210 83.8 93.4 1998/99 580,972 85.8 94.0 1999/2000 580,393 86.8 94.4 2000/01 603,318 86.9 94.5 2001/02 606,554 87.1 94.6 2002/03 622,122 86.6 94.8 2003/045 643,560 86.7 95.9 2004/05 636,771 86.9 96.4 2005/06 648,942 86.8 96.7 2006/07 656,667 86.1 97.3 Pupils at End Key Stage 4 2004/05 633,414 88.0 97.4 2005/06 645,931 87.8 97.8 2006/07 648,752 87.7 99.1 1 Including attempts and achievement in previous academic years 2 Figures for 2006/07 are provisional, all other figures are final. 3 Number of pupils on roll aged 15 at the start of the academic year or from 2004/05 end of Key Stage 4 figures are the number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in that academic year 4 From 2003/04 this includes attempts in entry level qualifications which do not contribute towards A*-C or A*-G thresholds 5 Percentages from 1996/97 include GCSEs and GNVQs 6 Percentages from 2003/04 include GCSEs and other equivalent qualifications approved for use pre-16.
(2) how many pupils in maintained schools sat English language, English literature, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, a foreign language, history and geography GCSEs in 2007; and how many achieved A* to C grades in all of these subjects.
The information in the following table provides figures for pupils in all schools. Figures for maintained schools can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Thousand Number attempted Number achieved A*-C English 618.3 389.5 Mathematics 617.0 354.1 Physics 53.6 46.9 Chemistry 51.0 46.8 Biological Sciences 54.1 48.7 Geography 185.0 123.4 History 204.2 136.9 Any Modern Language 301.4 200.2 English Literature 522.2 359.7
This information can be found in table 7 of SFR 34/2007 ‘GCSE and equivalent results in England, 2006/07 (Provisional)’
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000754/index.shtml
The information required is in the Library, in the Schools and Colleges Achievement and Attainment Tables.
Data for the academic year 2006/07 are not yet published. They will be available from the Library in January 2008.