General Certificate of Secondary Education

Mr. Brady
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families of those pupils achieving A* and A grades at GCSE, how many were at (a) comprehensive, (b) independent and (c) grammar schools in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Jim Knight
The following table shows the number of pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieving at least one A* or A grade at GCSE and the number of these pupils who studied at comprehensive, independent and grammar schools.

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|                                                                                                                       |Number of pupils achieving at least one A* or A grade at GCSE|Comprehensive schools|Independent schools|Grammar schools|Other schools1|
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|2004                                                                                                                   |224,088                                                      |162,620              |36,827|19,272|5,369|
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|2005                                                                                                                   |228,623                                                      |166,142              |37,443|19,448|5,590|
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|2006                                                                                                                   |238,436                                                      |173,795              |38,626|19,976|6,039|
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|2007                                                                                                                   |242,629                                                      |177,604              |38,674|20,046|6,305|
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|2008                                                                                                                   |252,618                                                      |185,967              |39,236|20,478|6,937|
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|1 Other schools’ includes modern and other maintained schools.Source:Secondary School Achievement and Attainment Tables|                                                             |                     |
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Mr. Gibb
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 6 June 2007, Official Report, column 496W, on educational attainment, (1) how many (a) maintained secondary schools and (b) independent secondary schools fell within each percentage point in terms of the proportion of pupils at the end of key stage 4 who achieved seven or more GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics in 2008;

(2) how many (a) maintained secondary schools and (b) independent secondary schools fell within each percentage point in terms of the proportion of pupils at the end of key stage 4 who achieved nine or more GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics in 2008.

Jim Knight
The information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Gibb
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 30 April 2007, Official Report, columns 1468-69W, on GCSE, if he will list the bottom 200 schools in terms of proportions achieving five or more GCSEs at A* to C including English, mathematics, science and a modern foreign language.

Jim Knight
The information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.