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Written question asked by Adam Afriyie (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 December 2008. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Monday, 15 December 2008 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Science: GCSE

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils in maintained schools were entered for individual science GCSE examinations in (a) biology, (b) chemistry and (c) physics in each year since 1992.
Answer

Readily available information on the number and proportion of pupils in maintained schools who were entered for physics, chemistry and biology is shown in the following table:

Number of entries Percentage of entries
Physics Chemistry Biology Physics Chemistry Biology
2007 36,586 36,718 38,721 6.1 6.2 6.5
2006 34,299 34,587 36,261 5.7 5.8 6.1
2005 30,954 31,248 32,838 5.2 5.2 5.5
2004 28,302 28,589 29,613 4.7 4.8 5.0
2003 26,226 26,730 27,638 4.5 4.6 4.8
2002 23,752 23,841 24,553 4.1 4.1 4.2
2001 23,094 23,212 23,935 4.0 4.0 4.1
2000 22,399 22,389 23,133 3.9 3.9 4.0
1999 21,607 21,715 22,054 3.7 3.8 3.8

Data for 2005-07 are based on pupils at the end of KS4. Data prior to 2005 are based on 15-year-old pupils at the start of the academic year.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
485 c498-9W;485 c499-500W; 240805
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Science GCSE
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk