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Written question asked by Lord Gove (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 5 February 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 8 April 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

GCSE

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils did not gain one or more GCSEs, excluding equivalents, at grade (a) G, (b) E, (c) D and (d) C or above in 2009.
Answer

The information required is given in the following table:

Number and proportion of pupils who did not gain one or more GCSEs, excluding equivalents at the selected grades
1997 2009
Grades Number Proportion (percentage) Number Proportion (percentage)
G or above 45,074 7.7 19,867 3.1
E or above 65,329 11.1 37,813 6.0
D or above 101,822 17.4 65,429 10.3
C or above 173,197 29.5 119,687 18.9
Source:
Achievement and Attainment Tables.

The data for 1997 relate to pupils aged 15 and for 2009 relates to pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.The figures are cumulative, in that if a pupil is included as not gaining G or above, they will also be included in the data as not receiving E or above, D or above and C or above.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1570W; 316407
Session
2009-10
Subjects
GCSE
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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