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Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 28 October 2005. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Monday, 7 November 2005 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Vocational Qualifications

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools offered (a) Part One and (b) Full General National Vocational Qualification at (i) Foundation and (ii) Intermediate level in each year since 1995.
Answer

Information on the number of schools offering GNVQs is unavailable. Figures for the number of schools where at least one pupil has achieved this qualification is provided in the following table:

Number of schools where at least one 15-year-old pupil has achieved each qualification type(50)
Part 1 intermediate Part 1 foundation Full intermediate Full foundation
2005 42 5 1,202 317
2004 146 25 1,087 332
2003 1,479 970 1,010 358
2002 1,186 768 531 241
2001 783 426 181 154
2000 485 285 186 154
1999 403 269 134 128
1998 212 148 102 107
1997 103 85 97 88
Note: GNVQs were first introduced into the Achievement and Attainment tables (formerly Performance Tables) in 1996/97, therefore we cannot provide this information for earlier years.
(50) Age at the beginning of the academic year (i.e. 31 of August).
(51) Figures for 2005 are provisional. All other figures are final.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
23454; 439 c132-3W;439 c132-3W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
GNVQs
Link
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