Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 November 2005. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 November 2005 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Vocational Qualifications

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd November, Official Report, column 1326W, on vocational qualifications, how many 15 year olds achieved five A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent, including a Full Intermediate GNVQ (a) as a proportion of all 15 year olds and (b) as a proportion of all 15 year olds who achieved 5 grades A*-C at GCSE or equivalent.

Answer: Provisional figures for 2005 are available in the following table: Proportions of 15-year-old pupils1 achieving five A*-C grades at GCSE and equivalent including a full intermediate GNVQ in 2005(85) Five A*-C grades at GCSE and equivalent including a full intermediate GNVQ 4,666 Total number of 15-year-old pupils 637,194 Percentage of all 15-year-olds who achieved five A*-C at GCSE and equivalent including a full intermediate GNVQ 0.7 Five A*-C grades at GCSE and equivalent including a full intermediate GNVQ 4,666 Five A*-C grades at GCSE and equivalent 23,688 Percentage of those achieving five A*-C grades at GCSE and equivalent whose achievement included a full intermediate GNVQ 19.7 (84) Pupils aged 15 at the beginning of the academic year (i.e. 31 August). (85) Figures for 2005 are provisional. Note: These figures are only based on those who achieved five A*-C GCSE and equivalent results, not five or more A*-C GCSE and equivalent results.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 27963; 440 c491W;440 c491W
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Vocational Qualifications
Thursday, 3 November 2005
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Standards GCSE GNVQs
Contains statistics: Yes
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