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General Certificate of Secondary Education

Volume 479: debated on Monday 1 September 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils left secondary school with (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight, (i) nine and (j) 10 or more GCSEs graded at C or above in 2007. (217993)

In 2007, the following percentage of pupils at the end of key stage 4 obtained the following GCSEs and equivalents at grades A*-C.

GCSEs and equivalents at grades A*-C

Percentage

1 or more

82.5

2 or more

76.1

3 or more

71.1

4 or more

67.1

5 or more

62.0

6 or more

56.7

7 or more

51.5

8 or more

45.8

9 or more

38.4

10 or more

27.0

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils achieved five or more A* grades at GCSE in 2007. (220848)

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils received A or A* grades in all their GCSE examinations in 2007. (220849)