Languages: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families at how many and what proportion of maintained mainstream schools which offered modern language GCSEs no pupil received a GCSE in a modern language at grades A* to C in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. (286805)

The Department does not hold information on which subjects are offered by schools.

The following table is based on exam entries,

*Mainstream maintained schools in which no pupil at the end of key stage 4 achieved a grade C or above in a modern foreign language GCSE*
			Total
	Schools with more than 10 pupils attempting a modern foreign language GCSE	Schools with 1-10 pupils attempting a modern foreign language GCSE	Number	Percentage
2005	3	59	62	2.0
2006	1	76	77	2.5
2007	1	100	101	3.3
Source: Achievement and Attainment Tables' database.

In order to protect confidentiality, it would not be possible to name schools with 10 or fewer pupils entering a modern foreign language GCSE.

Volume 498: debated on Thursday 29 October 2009