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GCSE

Volume 491: debated on Wednesday 22 April 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) in how many schools less than 30 per cent. of eligible pupils achieved (a) five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics, (b) a GCSE at grades A* to C in (i) mathematics, (ii) English literature, (iii) English language, (iv) physics, (v) chemistry and (vi) French, German and Spanish in the last 12 months, broken down by decile of income deprivation based on school location; (257731)

(2) in how many schools less than 30 per cent. of eligible pupils achieved a grade A* to C in (a) mathematics, (b) physics, (c) English literature, (d) French, Spanish and German, (e) chemistry and (f) English language in the last 12 months, broken down by decile of income deprivation affecting children indices.

The information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

A wide range of information on the attainment of pupils in schools is published in the achievement and attainment tables which are available in the Libraries.