The information required for the last three years has been placed in the House of Commons Library. Figures for earlier years can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Comprehensive Selective Modern Other maintained Independent Sixth form colleges Other FE sector colleges Total Biological Sciences 20,078 5,463 298 47 8,540 7,613 3,623 45,662 Chemistry 13,031 4,532 145 33 7,980 5,094 2,349 33,164 Physics 10,313 3,339 123 21 5,469 3,086 1,743 24,094 Other Science 910 223 32 0 292 1,672 650 3,779 Mathematics 18,435 5,646 210 33 10,476 7,604 3,630 46,034 Further Mathematics 1,406 750 1— 1— 1,979 779 274 5,192 Design and Technology 10,281 1,575 271 0 1,966 1,742 242 16,077 Computer Studies 1,871 641 23 6 374 1,985 910 5,810 ICT 5,936 853 161 15 1,009 3,024 1,855 12,853 Home Economics 183 71 1— 0 158 55 1— 475 Accounting and Finance 396 10 5 3 243 1,232 933 2,822 Business Studies 12,753 2,827 176 33 4,574 5,876 3,709 29,948 Economics 4,228 1,713 23 25 4,683 1,999 748 13,419 Geography 14,045 3,201 349 22 5,421 3,583 1,762 28,383 Government and Politics 3,156 1,506 61 3 2,138 1,832 749 9,445 History 18,532 4,237 419 27 7,084 5,979 2,920 39,198 Law 3,172 259 128 9 201 5,222 3,660 12,651 Psychology 21,696 3,585 444 63 2,507 10,987 6,741 46,023 Sociology 11,888 1,212 288 37 439 5,300 4,330 23,494 Other social studies 498 164 12 0 306 1,167 587 2,734 Art and Design 15,027 2,066 636 29 5,597 7,313 4,926 35,594 Drama 7,496 1,072 247 18 2,376 2,169 1,090 14,468 English 36,785 6,592 1,052 61 9,253 14,367 8,887 76,997 Media/Film/Television Studies 10,516 936 505 56 525 5,592 3,337 21,467 Other Communication Studies 2,790 284 179 0 180 3,122 2,176 8,731 French 4,220 1,584 46 8 3,781 1,624 700 11,963 German 2,023 772 24 0 1,400 712 307 5,238 Spanish 1,408 505 21 9 1,904 775 308 4,930 Other modern languages 1,246 200 28 25 2,140 417 478 4,534 Classical Studies 793 826 10 0 2,686 933 213 5,461 Religious Studies 7,385 1,632 154 1— 2,841 1,482 1— 13,856 Music 3,816 727 82 0 1,504 1,627 686 8,442 Physical Education 10,285 1,268 321 10 2,093 4,196 1,586 19,759 General Studies 26,343 10,037 326 4 4,072 15,955 1,937 58,674 All subjects 302,941 70,308 6,808 600 106,191 136,115 68,408 691,371 1 Suppressed due to small numbers. Note: Figures relate to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August).