Written question asked by Baroness Teather (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 17 July 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 July 2006. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Thursday, 20 July 2006 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.
Examinations
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of examinations taken in (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) science, (d) music, (e) French, (f) physical education and (g) leisure and tourism at (i) GCSE and (ii) A-level were set by Edexcel in the last year for which figures are available.
- Answer
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The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) publishes data on national results each year in August via its website at www.jcq.org.uk. The most recent examination series for which the data are available is summer 2005. The following tables show the total number of results issued in each subject for the awarding bodies based in England which offer GCSE and A-level examinations, and the proportion of results that were issued by Edexcel.
GCSE (full course)¹ Subject Total number of results issued by English-based awarding bodies Total number of results issued by Edexcel Percentage Maths 694,754 351,583 50.60 English Language 600,764 29,715 4.95 English Literature 492,906 23,392 4.75 Science (Double Award) 1,019,577 188,571 18.50 French 258,456 46,838 18.12 Music 54,279 2,334 4.30 PE 151,624 5,688 3.75 Leisure and Tourism (Applied GCSE) 17,071 8,222 48.16 ¹ These data refer to full course entries only GCE A-level¹ Subject Total number of results issued by English-based awarding bodies Total number of results issued by Edexcel Percentage Maths 53,622 24,075 44.90 English Language 16,041 1,424 8.78 English Literature 45,928 8,698 18.94 Biology 48,207 8,956 18.58 Chemistry 34,804 8,956 25.73 Physics 25,780 8,030 31.15 French 12,019 5,726 47.64 Music 8,765 6,594 75.23 PE 21,084 3,368 15.97 Leisure and Tourism ²— ²— ²— ¹ These data refer to A2 examinations only, not AS ² No data available—first certification summer 2006
Secondary information
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- Reference
- 86747; 449 c640-1W
- Session
- 2005-06
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- Assessments GCSE GCE A-level Edexcel
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