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Volume 507: debated on Friday 12 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 at academies achieved five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics but excluding equivalents in each year since 2000. (304656)

The information requested is in the following table. The first academy opened in September 2002 with first results published for 2003.

Number of pupils achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grades A*-C inc. English and Maths in Academies

Percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grades A*-C inc. English and maths academies

2003

58

10.8

2004

221

11.9

2005

290

13.9

2006

1,044

29.3

2007

1,819

28.4

2008

3,790

31.7

2009

6,729

33.8

Qualifications included are full GCSEs, GCSE double awards and applied GCSEs. Equivalents are excluded.

Figures for 2003 and 2004 are based on pupils aged 15. All other figures are based on pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of 16-year-olds did not achieve five GCSEs at grades A* to C in (a) Leeds, West constituency, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England in 2009. (306622)

The proportion of pupils at the end Key Stage 4 that did not achieve five or more GCSEs at grade A*-C or the equivalent in 2009 was:

(a) 47.0 per cent. in maintained schools located in the Leeds, West constituency.

(b) 32.0 per cent. in schools maintained by West Yorkshire local authorities of Leeds Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield.

(c) 30.0 per cent. in all schools in England.

This answer is derived from the revised Achievement and Attainment tables.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 of each ethnic group who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals, did not achieve a GCSE at A* to C grade in (i) English, (ii) mathematics, (iii) history, (iv) French and (v) physics in each year since 1997. (309212)

[holding answer 6 January 2010]: Figures for 2005 to 2009 are presented in the tables and are derived from the National Pupil Database (NPD). The way subject level information has been captured on the NPD means that figures prior to 2005 are not consistent with later years and have therefore not been provided in this answer.

Figures are based on pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.

WhiteMixedAsianBlack

No. of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

No. of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

No. of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

No. of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

No. of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

No. of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

No. of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

No. of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

English

2005

170,490

40,898

3,438

1,685

9,402

6,174

6,603

4,250

2006

172,966

39,481

3,741

1,785

10,029

5,885

6,757

4,193

2007

171,548

38,027

4,190

1,902

10,200

5,500

6,781

3,843

2008

163,920

36,193

4,456

1,808

10,682

5,152

6,530

3,731

2009

148,438

34,280

4,236

1,801

10,547

4,996

6,263

3,678

Maths

2005

197,517

43,629

4,346

1,935

9,810

6,567

7,780

4,684

2006

197,738

41,823

4,753

2,007

10,317

6,136

8,028

4,562

2007

192,470

40,052

5,051

2,102

10,207

5,787

7,768

4,076

2008

183,003

37,620

5,424

2,029

10,531

5,295

7,471

3,915

2009

164,815

35,642

5,021

2,047

10,415

5,097

7,098

3,918

History

2005

337,632

52,116

7,377

2,430

19,723

9,530

11,913

6,020

2006

348,146

50,789

8,231

2,629

21,381

9,366

12,778

6,125

2007

355,783

49,972

9,349

2,852

22,408

9,029

13,268

5,916

2008

353,086

48,564

10,377

2,879

24,014

8,867

13,618

5,912

2009

335,422

47,462

10,654

3,024

25,085

8,963

13,984

6,227

French

2005

335,547

52,078

7,086

2,421

19,122

9,576

11,471

5,641

2006

356,509

51,492

8,193

2,605

21,218

9,624

12,590

5,861

2007

370,361

50,711

9,393

2,849

22,598

9,378

13,169

5,640

2008

373,047

49,441

10,574

2,875

24,487

9,193

13,483

5,641

2009

355,510

48,494

10,850

3,063

25,579

9,251

13,945

5,983

Physics

2005

408,161

54,999

8,839

2,626

23,019

10,424

13,419

6,423

2006

418,481

53,629

9,808

2,797

24,853

10,346

14,543

6,586

2007

424,182

52,716

10,883

3,054

25,787

9,974

15,025

6,339

2008

409,035

50,738

11,760

3,062

26,895

9,644

15,266

6,315

2009

378,839

49,425

11,828

3,200

27,100

9,596

15,412

6,635

ChineseAny other ethnic groupRefused or not obtained

No. of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

No. of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

No. of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

No. of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

No. of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

No. of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

English

2005

550

85

1,368

1,057

7,629

1,648

2006

581

99

1,341

1,028

6,599

1,258

2007

475

72

1,518

989

4,225

1,054

2008

532

86

1,608

1,055

2,983

796

2009

527

48

1,772

1,007

2,377

610

Maths

2005

301

51

1,405

1,004

8,763

1,762

2006

288

73

1,360

1,000

7,432

1,329

2007

236

49

1,444

922

4,780

1,109

2008

236

51

1,449

965

3,318

865

2009

256

47

1,594

935

2,564

632

History

2005

1,570

188

2,630

1,530

14,039

2,163

2006

1,489

216

2,587

1,566

11,896

1,651

2007

1,440

172

2,829

1,538

8,019

1,401

2008

1,476

202

3,064

1,703

5,923

1,116

2009

1,581

162

3,345

1,770

5,066

899

French

2005

1,347

180

2,403

1,476

14,122

2,156

2006

1,350

193

2,452

1,477

12,218

1,671

2007

1,293

167

2,674

1,476

8,404

1,412

2008

1,424

205

2,852

1,654

6,168

1,133

2009

1,498

173

3,250

1,728

5,325

913

Physics

2005

1,811

212

3,020

1,656

16,708

2,300

2006

1,676

235

2,977

1,677

14,122

1,748

2007

1,607

189

3,253

1,664

9,516

1,474

2008

1,553

216

3,350

1,839

6,766

1,173

2009

1,530

164

3,637

1,901

5,736

950

WhiteMixedAsianBlack

% of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

% of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

% of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

% of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

% of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

% of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

% of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

% of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

English

2005

39.6

73.6

36.5

63.3

38.2

58.1

47.7

65.1

2006

39.0

72.8

35.8

62.7

37.6

55.6

44.9

62.8

2007

38.0

71.3

35.9

61.3

36.6

53.8

43.3

59.5

2008

36.4

69.9

34.2

57.4

35.6

51.4

40.5

57.7

2009

34.5

67.5

31.2

54.3

33.6

49.2

37.5

53.3

Maths

2005

45.9

78.5

46.1

72.7

39.8

61.8

56.1

71.7

2006

44.5

77.1

45.4

70.5

38.6

58.0

53.4

68.3

2007

42.7

75.1

43.3

67.8

36.6

56.6

49.6

63.1

2008

40.7

72.7

41.7

64.4

35.1

52.8

46.4

60.6

2009

38.3

70.1

37.0

61.7

33.2

50.2

42.5

56.8

History

2005

78.4

93.7

78.3

91.4

80.1

89.6

86.0

92.2

2006

78.4

93.7

78.7

92.4

80.1

88.5

85.0

91.7

2007

78.9

93.7

80.1

91.9

80.4

88.3

84.8

91.6

2008

78.5

93.8

79.7

91.4

80.0

88.4

84.6

91.5

2009

78.0

93.4

78.5

91.2

80.0

88.3

83.7

90.3

French

2005

77.9

93.7

75.2

91.0

77.6

90.1

82.8

86.4

2006

80.3

95.0

78.3

91.5

79.5

90.9

83.7

87.7

2007

82.1

95.0

80.4

91.8

81.1

91.7

84.1

87.3

2008

82.9

95.5

81.2

91.3

81.6

91.7

83.7

87.3

2009

82.7

95.4

79.9

92.4

81.6

91.2

83.5

86.7

Physics

2005

94.8

98.9

93.8

98.7

93.4

98.1

96.8

98.3

2006

94.3

98.9

93.8

98.3

93.1

97.7

96.7

98.6

2007

94.0

98.8

93.2

98.5

92.5

97.6

96.0

98.1

2008

90.9

98.0

90.3

97.2

89.6

96.2

94.8

97.7

2009

88.1

97.3

87.2

96.5

86.4

94.6

92.2

96.2

ChineseAny other ethnic groupRefused or not obtained

% of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

% of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

% of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

% of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

% of Non-FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

% of FSM pupils not achieving A*-C

+English

2005

26.3

36.6

42.2

62.6

43.7

70.8

2006

29.6

39.1

41.8

59.6

44.6

70.6

2007

24.8

34.1

43.6

57.6

42.0

70.2

2008

26.9

33.7

43.3

55.8

39.9

65.8

2009

25.5

23.0

43.2

50.3

36.2

61.8

Maths

2005

14.4

22.0

43.4

59.4

50.2

75.7

2006

14.6

28.9

42.4

57.9

50.2

74.6

2007

12.3

23.2

41.5

53.7

47.5

73.9

2008

11.9

20.0

39.0

51.0

44.4

71.5

2009

12.4

22.5

38.9

46.7

39.1

64.0

History

2005

75.2

81.0

81.2

90.6

80.3

93.0

2006

75.7

85.4

80.6

90.7

80.4

92.6

2007

75.3

81.5

81.3

89.5

79.8

93.3

2008

74.5

79.2

82.5

90.0

79.2

92.3

2009

76.5

77.5

81.6

88.5

77.2

91.1

French

2005

64.5

77.6

74.2

87.4

80.8

92.7

2006

68.7

76.3

76.4

85.6

82.5

93.8

2007

67.6

79.1

76.8

85.9

83.6

94.1

2008

71.9

80.4

76.8

87.4

82.5

93.7

2009

72.5

82.8

79.3

86.4

81.2

92.5

Physics

2005

86.7

91.4

93.2

98.0

95.6

98.8

2006

85.2

92.9

92.7

97.2

95.4

98.1

2007

84.0

89.6

93.5

96.9

94.7

98.2

2008

78.4

84.7

90.2

97.2

90.5

97.0

2009

74.1

78.5

88.7

95.0

87.4

96.3

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of (a) boys and (b) girls achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE, including English and mathematics but excluding equivalents in the (i) earliest and (ii) most recent year for which figures are available. (309635)

[holding answer 11 January 2010]: In 1997, 96,468 (32.2 per cent.) boys and 112,587 (39.2 per cent.) girls aged 15 achieved five or more GCSEs1 at grade A*-C including English and maths.

In 2009, 141,357 (43.5 per cent.) boys and 162,523 (52.5 per cent.) girls at the end of Key Stage 4 achieved five or more GCSEs2 at grade A*-C including English and maths.

1 Includes full, double and short course GCSEs only.

2 Includes full, double and short course GCSEs as well as GCSEs in vocational subjects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each parliamentary constituency achieved five or more GCSEs excluding equivalent qualifications at grades A* to C in 2009. (318193)

The requested information by Government office region and England can be found in the following table. The figures by parliamentary constituency have been placed in the House of Commons Library.

Number and percentage of pupils at the end of Key Stage 41 in (a) England2, (b) each Government office region3 achieving five or more A*-C grades at GCSE excluding equivalents in 2008-09Number of pupils1 achieving 5+ A*-C grades at GCSE excluding equivalentsPercentage of pupils1 achieving 5+A*-C grades at GCSE excluding equivalentsNorth East15,13449.3North West44,22553.1Yorkshire and Humber30,02949.3East Midlands27,33452.9West Midlands32,82650.6East36,58356.1London42,10057.3South East51,77957.7South West32,31957.1England312,40454.0 1 National and Regional figures include pupils attending all maintained schools (including city technology colleges and academies).2 England figures include pupils recently arrived from overseas.3 Regional figures do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas.Source: National Pupil Database (2008-09 amended data)