GCSE: Disadvantaged Tim Loughton To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of white (a) boys and (b) girls eligible for free school meals at the end of key stage 4 did not achieve an A* to C grade at GCSE in (i) English, (ii) mathematics, (iii) history, (iv) French and (v) physics in (A) the earliest year and (B) the most recent year for which figures are available. Ms Diana R. Johnson [holding answer 11 January 2010]: Pupil level attainment data by free school meal eligibility and ethnicity is only available from 2003 onwards. The information requested is presented in the following table and is for maintained schools only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Boys |Girls |Boys|Girls| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |English |19,586|16,046|76.8|61.7 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mathematics |21,837|21,423|81.8|81.5 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |History |3,631 |3,656 |71.5|67.9 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |French |7,391 |8,011 |86.5|75.5 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Physics |119 |131 |32.6|43.1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |20092 | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |English |15,398|13,245|69.8|57.4 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mathematics |14,748|15,766|65.2|68.4 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |History |2,791 |2,557 |64.5|58.7 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |French |1,450 |2,019 |63.6|57.7 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Physics |164 |145 |17.5|19.0 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Figures for 2003 are based on pupils aged 15 and 2009 figures are based on pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.2 Figures for 2009 are provisional.Source:National Pupil Database| | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------