Written question asked by Lord Brady of Altrincham (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 October 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 26 October 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

GCE A-Level

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of A levels in (a) chemistry, (b) physics, (c) mathematics and (d) modern languages were awarded to pupils at (i) grammar schools, (ii) comprehensive schools, (iii) sixth form colleges and (iv) independent schools in the 2008-09 academic year.

Answer

[holding answer 20 October 2009]: The information required is given as follows and relates to passes at grades A-E:

Contribution of total GCE A level passes by institution type in 2008/09
Percentage
	Comprehensive	Selective	Modern	Other maintained	All maintained	Independent	Sixth Form Colleges	Other FE Colleges	AII FE colleges	All schools and colleges (number)
Chemistry	39.4	14.6	0.6	0.3	54.8	21.8	17.1	6.2	23.4	36,278
Physics	41.5	14.0	0.5	0.2	56.3	23.0	14.5	6.2	20.8	24,844
Mathematics	40.3	13.1	0.7	0.3	54.3	21.7	17.0	7.0	24.0	63,439
French	37.4	12.8	0.6	0.3	51.2	29.8	14.1	4.9	18.9	12,152
German	39.2	13.7	0.7	0.1	53.7	27.4	14.3	4.7	19.0	5,086
Spanish	30.2	12.0	0.4	0.4	42.9	34.0	16.8	6.3	23.1	6,056
Other Modern Languages	28.0	3.8	0.7	1.2	33.6	48.9	9.8	7.7	17.4	5,973
Notes:
1. Figures relate to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August 2008).
2. 'Other modern languages' include 'Arabic', 'Bengali', 'Chinese', 'Dutch', 'Gujarati', 'Italian', 'Japanese', 'Panjabi', 'Persian', 'Polish', 'Portuguese', 'Russian', 'Turkish' and 'Urdu'.
Source:
Achievement and Attainment Tables data (provisional).

Secondary information