GCSE

Michael Gove

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils did not gain a single GCSE grade excluding equivalents in 2008. (251122)

The number of pupils that did not attain at least one full¹ GCSE (excluding all² equivalents) in the grade of A*-G is 24,119, which is a proportion of 3.7 per cent. of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in the year, 2008.

¹ Short GCSE courses have been excluded. Full, double and extended double courses have been included.

² GNVQ’s have also been excluded.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils, including those in the cohort but not entered for examination, in (a) comprehensive schools, (b) independent schools, (c) pupil referral units, excluding hospital schools, (d) special schools, (e) grammar schools, (f) academies and city technology colleges and (g) any other type of school attained five GCSEs grades A* to C, including English and mathematics and excluding equivalents in the last year for which figures are available. (266862)

The requested information is given in the following table:

*Number and proportion of pupils at the end of KS4 that achieved five or more GCSEs*¹ *at grade A*-C, including English and maths, by school type in 2008*
School category	Number of pupils achieving 5+ A-C including English and maths*	Percentage of pupils achieving 5+ A- C including English and maths*
(a) Comprehensive²	247,840	46.2
(b) Independent mainstream	22,597	49.0
(c) Pupil referral units (excluding hospital schools)	55	0.8
(d) Special schools³	110	1.0
(e) Grammar schools	22,038	97.7
(f) Academies and CTCs²	4,448	34.6
(g) Other (modern and other maintained schools)	10,267	34.7
¹ Only GCSE and vocational GCSE grades have been considered. ² Academies and CTCs are a subset of comprehensive schools. ³ Including independent special schools and excluding hospital schools.

Volume 493: debated on Thursday 4 June 2009