Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 5 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 December 2005. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 February 2006 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Examination Results

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to her answer of 3 November 2005, Official Report, column 1326W, on vocational qualifications, how many 15-year-olds achieved five or more A* to 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 five or more A* to C grades at GCSE or equivalent.

Answer: Out of the 636,796 15-year-old¹ pupils on roll in 2005 7.8 per cent. achieved five A*-C grades at GCSE and equivalent including a full intermediate GNVQ. Of the 358,413 pupils who achieved any five A*-C grades in 2005,13.9 per cent. achieved this level including a full intermediate GNVQ.Of course, these pupils may still have achieved this level even if they had not taken the GNVQ."¹ Age at the beginning of the academic year (i.e. 31 August)."

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 36027; 442 c1133W;442 c1133W
Session: 2005-06
Related items: GCSEs
Monday, 27 February 2006
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Qualifications Standards GCSE GNVQs
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk