Languages: GCSE Mr. Gibb 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. Mr. Coaker The Department does not hold information on which subjects are offered by schools. The following table is based on exam entries, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | |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.