Written question asked by Lord Gove (Conservative) on Friday, 19 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 February 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

GCSE and GCE A-level

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils in (a) comprehensive and (b) maintained schools (a) sat GCSEs, excluding equivalents in English, English literature, history, at least two sciences, a modern language and mathematics and (b) obtained grade C or higher in each subject in 2009.

Answer

The information requested is provided in the following table:

GCSE excluding equivalents results¹ for pupils² who sat English, English literature, history, at least two sciences, a modern language and mathematics in 2009
	Number of pupils entered	Percentage of pupils entered	Number of pupils achieving grade C or above	Percentage of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieving grade C or above
Comprehensive schools	72,117	13.9	45,304	8.7
Maintained schools³,4	84,706	14.6	55,948	9.7
¹ Revised data.
² Figures are for pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.
³ Includes pupils attending all maintained mainstream schools including Academies and City Technology Colleges.
4 Figures for comprehensive schools are included in those for maintained schools.
Source:
School and College Achievement and Attainment Tables

Secondary information