Readily available information on the number and proportion of pupils in maintained schools who were entered for physics, chemistry and biology is shown in the following table:
Physics Chemistry Biology Physics Chemistry Biology 2007 36,586 36,718 38,721 6.1 6.2 6.5 2006 34,299 34,587 36,261 5.7 5.8 6.1 2005 30,954 31,248 32,838 5.2 5.2 5.5 2004 28,302 28,589 29,613 4.7 4.8 5.0 2003 26,226 26,730 27,638 4.5 4.6 4.8 2002 23,752 23,841 24,553 4.1 4.1 4.2 2001 23,094 23,212 23,935 4.0 4.0 4.1 2000 22,399 22,389 23,133 3.9 3.9 4.0 1999 21,607 21,715 22,054 3.7 3.8 3.8
Data for 2005-07 are based on pupils at the end of KS4. Data prior to 2005 are based on 15-year-old pupils at the start of the academic year.