The double award in science was no longer available to pupils in 2006 and therefore the only pupils counted in the 2008 figures are those who began their studies before 2006 and have been held back.
The following figures are based on the school at which the pupil was registered at the time they sat their exams. It is possible, by moving schools, that some pupils were educated in both sectors.
The requested information is given in the following tables:
Maintained sector Independent sector 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008 ** 13,821 15,022 17,532 208 4,758 5,288 5,322 4 AA 27,186 25,196 35,103 415 6,028 5,933 6,002 5 BB 42,475 40,339 58,044 504 5,967 6,271 6,325 7 CC 85,050 78,082 119,090 481 5,699 5,776 6,066 11 DD 55,676 51,255 83,130 254 1,364 1,558 1,749 2 EE 35,085 31,650 49,967 160 335 413 372 1 FF 20,412 18,364 27,786 90 83 98 105 0 GG 9,096 8,403 11,724 65 30 39 33 0
Maintained sector Independent sector 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008 ** 74.4 74.0 76.7 98.1 25.6 26.0 23.3 1.9 AA 81.9 80.9 85.4 98.8 18.1 19.1 14.6 1.2 BB 87.7 86.5 90.2 98.6 12.3 13.5 9.8 1.4 CC 93.7 93.1 95.2 97.8 6.3 6.9 4.8 2.2 DD 97.6 97.0 97.9 99.2 2.4 3.0 2.1 0.8 EE 99.1 98.7 99.3 99.4 0.9 1.3 0.7 0.6 FF 99.6 99.5 99.6 100.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.0 GG 99.7 99.5 99.7 100.0 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.0
All pupils at the end of key stage 4 that achieved grades in double award applied science are counted in the following table which is broken down by grade and the education sector attended by the pupil.
2007 2008 Maintained Independent Maintained Independent Grade Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage A*A* 54 100.0 0 0.0 22 100.0 0 0.0 A*A — — — — 62 100.0 0 0.0 AA 481 99.0 5 1.0 173 100.0 0 0.0 AB — — — — 449 99.8 1 0.2 BB 2,588 99.4 16 0.6 1,115 99.9 1 0.1 BC — — — — 2,046 100.0 1 0.0 CC 8,045 99.7 24 0.3 3,515 99.9 4 0.1 CD — — — — 3,094 99.8 7 0.2 DD 7,793 99.8 13 0.2 2,527 99.8 4 0.2 DE — — — — 2,011 99.9 2 0.1 EE 5,235 99.9 4 0.1 1,664 99.9 1 0.1 EF — — — — 1,265 99.9 1 0.1 FF 3,076 100.0 1 0.0 863 100.0 0 0.0 FG — — — — 581 99.8 1 0.2 GG 1,283 100.0 0 0.0 319 99.7 1 0.3 Note: The grading structure of the double award applied science changed between 2007 and 2008.
The following figures are based on the school at which the pupil was registered at the time they sat their exams. It is possible, by moving schools, that some pupils were educated in both sectors.
In 2007, there were only seven pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieving a GCSE in core science and at least one GCSE in biology, chemistry or physics both at grade A*-G. All of these pupils were educated in the maintained sector.
In 2008, pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieving a GCSE in core science at grade A*-G and one or more of the separate sciences are counted in the following tables.1
1 Pupils that have passed core science will appear in each row for which they have passed a separate science. Pupils are counted once in the final row by their highest grade in the separate sciences.
Maintained A* A B C D E F G Biology 671 1,661 2,294 2,296 1,415 788 385 206 Chemistry 712 1,408 1,542 1,131 484 173 86 24 Physics 624 1,278 1,474 1,133 414 106 59 26 Best separate grade 1,120 2,045 2,433 2416 1,553 893 462 239
Independent A* A B C D E F G Biology 82 139 116 80 12 5 3 0 Chemistry 103 111 82 63 8 1 4 0 Physics 98 90 69 57 13 1 1 0 Best separate grade 155 156 137 73 9 5 7 0
The following tables give the percentages of the pupils achieving particular grades in the maintained and independent sector.
Maintained A* A B C D E F G Biology 89.1 92.3 95.2 96.6 99.2 99.4 99.2 100.0 Chemistry 87.4 92.7 95.0 94.7 98.4 99.4 95.6 100.0 Physics 86.4 93.4 95.5 95.2 97.0 99.1 98.3 100.0 Best separate grade 87.8 92.9 94.7 97.1 99.4 99.4 98.5 100.0
Independent A* A B C D E F G Biology 10.9 7.7 4.8 3.4 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.0 Chemistry 12.6 7.3 5.0 5.3 1.6 0.6 4.4 0.0 Physics 13.6 6.6 4.5 4.8 3.0 0.9 1.7 0.0 Best separate grade 12.2 7.1 5.3 2.9 0.6 0.6 1.5 0.0