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General Certificate of Secondary Education: Suffolk

Volume 475: debated on Tuesday 29 April 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils in Suffolk were entered for fewer than five GCSEs in each of the last five years. (201499)

The information is given in the following tables:

Suffolk

Percentage of pupils entered for fewer than five GCSEs

Number of pupils entered for fewer than five GCSEs

2002/03

10.8

864

2003/04

8.3

723

2004/05

7.4

592

2005/06

7.1

565

2006/07

10.4

823

Percentage of pupils entered for fewer than five GCSEs (or equivalent*)

Number of pupils entered for fewer than five GCSEs (or equivalent*)

2002/03

7.8

674

2003/04

4.8

384

2004/05

4.4

352

2005/06

4.7

375

2006/07

5.1

402

England

Percentage of pupils entered for fewer than five GCSEs

Number of pupils entered for fewer than five GCSEs (or equivalent*)

2002/03

11.8

75,116

2003/04

8.5

49,956

2004/05

9.2

53,883

2005/06

9.8

58,185

2006/07

12.3

73,351

Percentage of pupils entered for fewer than five GCSEs (or equivalent*)

Number of pupils entered for fewer than five GCSEs (or equivalent*)

2002/03

8.7

55,602

2003/04

6.8

43,391

2004/05

6.8

43,138

2005/06

6.7

43,751

2006/07

5.7

34,044

* Figures from 2003/04 onwards include equivalencies. Figures for 2002/03 relate to GCSEs and GNVQs only. Notes: 1. From 2004/05 onwards figures relate to pupils at the end of Key Stage 4. Figures in 2002/03 and 2003/04 relate to 15-year-olds pupils (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August 2002). 2. The figures relate to pupils attending all schools.