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Dept for Education and Skills

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Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many entrants graded A*, A and B at GCSE level in (a) mathematics, (b) chemistry and (c) physics 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. [221216] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The tables show for (A) 2003 and (B) 2004 the numbers of entrants and those achieving grades A*-B at GCSE (a) mathematics, (b) chemistry and (c) physics by type of institution, together with the proportions of the whole cohort that these numbers represent. (A) 2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Entered Achieving A*-B School type (admissions Number of 15- Number Percentage of Number Percentage of basis) year-old pupils cohort cohort (a) Maths Grammar schools 21,706 21,633 100 18,675 86 All maintained schools 577,791 545,244 94 147,173 25 Independent schools 44,331 39,773 90 30,204 68 All schools 622,122 585,017 94 177,377 39 (b) Chemistry Grammar schools 21,706 6,868 32 5,631 26 All maintained schools 577,791 26,730 5 16,334 3 Independent schools 44,331 14,135 32 11,957 27 All schools 622,122 40,865 7 28,291 5 (c) Physics Grammar schools 21,706 6,871 32 5,761 27 All maintained schools 577,791 26,228 5 16,492 3 Independent schools 44,331 13,836 31 11,721 26 All schools 622,122 40,064 6 28,213 5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (A) 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Entered Achieving A*-B School type (admissions Number of 15- Number Percentage of Number Percentage of basis) year-old pupils cohort cohort (a) Maths Grammar schools 22,241 22,170 100 19,339 87 All maintained schools 596,615 564,488 95 155,257 26 Independent schools 46,959 41,492 88 31,971 68 All schools 643,574 605,980 94 187,228 29 (b) Chemistry Grammar schools 22,241 7,178 32 6,029 27 All maintained schools 596,615 28,624 5 18,485 3 Independent schools 46,959 14,446 31 12,274 26 All schools 643,574 43,070 7 30,759 5 (c) Physics Grammar schools 22,241 7,183 32 6,043 27 All maintained schools 596,615 28,344 5 18,620 3 Independent schools 46,959 14,164 30 12,004 26 All schools 643,574 42,498 7 30,624 5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c12-4W; 221216

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Assessments Chemistry Standards Science GCSE Mathematics Physics

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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