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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many entrants graded A and B at A2 level in (a) French, (b) German and (c) Spanish were from (i) independent, (ii) grammar and (iii) maintained schools in (A) 2003 and (B) 2004; and what percentage of each cohort this was in each case. [221219] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested on the number of 16-18 year old students achieving As or Bs in French, German and Spanish by school type is given in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2003 2004 Independent Grammar Comprehensive Independent Grammar Comprehensive Number achieving A/B in 3,060 1,043 2,127 2,989 1,075 2,145 French As a percentage of: 73.7 63.2 46.3 74.9 67.6 47.9 French candidates Total candidates 8.6 5.5 2.0 8.2 5.5 2.0 Number achieving A/B in 1,285 474 1,054 1,181 527 950 German As a percentage of: German candidates 77.2 56.8 43.8 77.6 64.4 43.7 Total candidates 3.6 2.5 1.0 3.3 2.7 0.9 Number achieving A/B in 1,369 241 602 1,388 330 640 Spanish As a percentage of: Spanish candidates 78.1 55.9 47.2 78.2 65.0 48.4 Total candidates 3.9 1.3 0.6 3.8 1.7 0.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

431 c1971-2W;431 c1963-4W; 221219

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Grammar schools Languages Private education Pupils Standards GCE A-level

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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