GCSE: History Tim Loughton To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils who sat a GCSE in history at mainstream maintained schools gained a grade of A* to C in that subject in each year since 1997. Mr. Coaker The information requested can be found in the following table: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number |Percentage| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |98,528 |52.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |91,137 |54.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |95,133 |56.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |97,814 |57.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |100,260|57.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |100,891|58.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |103,715|59.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |110,869|60.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |112,615|62.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |115,212|62.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |114,692|63.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008 |116,272|64.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:The 1997-04 data are based on 15-year-old pupils at the start of the academic year. The 2005-08 data are based on pupils at the end of KS4.Source:Achievement and Attainment Tables| | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------