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GCSE: Disadvantaged

Answer

[holding answer 25 February 2010]: The requested information on the number of pupils in receipt of a free school meal is not available. The number and proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals who were entered for GCSE examinations in each subject in 2009 is shown in the following table.

The number and percentage of pupils entered for GCSEs in each subject in 2009 by free school meal eligibility
	Number of FSM pupils entered	Percentage of all FSM pupils at the end of key stage 4	Number of non-FSM pupils entered	Percentage of all non-FSM pupils at the end of key stage 4
Biological science	3,525	4.7	67,757	13.4
Chemistry	2,985	4.0	64,334	12.8
Physics	2,954	4.0	64,231	12.7
Core science	53,925	72.5	378,560	75.1
Additional science	30,470	41.0	275,635	54.7
Additional applied science	6,965	9.4	39,902	7.9
Single award science	53,927	72.5	378,603	75.1
English	67,351	90.5	487,358	96.6
Maths	68,130	91.6	489.359	97.0
Statistics	6,112	8.2	63,908	12.7
Design and technology and electronics	1,028	1.4	10,583	2.1
Design and technology and food technology	7,003	9.4	58,591	11.6
Design and technology and graphics	5,498	7.4	49,547	9.8
Design and technology and resistant materials technology	7,889	10.6	60,360	12.0
Design and technology and systems control	436	0.6	5,325	1.1
Design and technology and textiles technology	4,551	6.1	34,133	6.8
Office technology	3,465	4.7	28,372	5.6
Information technology	3,791	5.1	46,167	9.2
Business studies	5,696	7.7	63,969	12.7
Home economics	3,401	4.6	19,158	3.8
Geography	11.049	14.9	137,972	27.4
History	13,466	18.1	160,715	31.9
Music	2,951	4.0	39,641	7.9
Art and design	17.714	23.8	135,362	26.8
Fine art	4,019	5.4	36,876	7.3
English literature	44,942	60.4	399,628	79.2
Drama	8,124	10.9	70,021	13.9
Media, film and television studies	7,314	9.8	52,715	10.5
Physical education	10,314	13.9	117,719	23.3
Religious studies	16,202	21.8	137,223	27.2
French	10,273	13.8	130,311	25.8
German	3,098	4.2	58,014	11.5
Spanish	3,294	4.4	42,685	8.5
Italian	171	0.2	2,615	0,5
Arabic	676	0.9	751	0.1
Bengali	581	0.8	598	0.1
Chinese	109	0.1	1,168	0.2
Dutch	209	0.3	211	0.0
Gujarati	38	0.1	718	0.1
Japanese	48	0.1	797	0.2
Modern Greek	25	0.0	346	0.1
Modern Hebrew	12	0.0	230	0.0
Panjabi	111	0.1	760	0.2
Persian	144	0.2	253	0.1
Polish	61	0.1	2,021	0.4
Portuguese	254	0.3	938	0.2
Russian	62	0.1	871	0.2
Turkish	523	0.7	624	0.1
Urdu	1,248	1.7	2,747	0.5
Notes:
1. Figures are revised
2. Figures relate to pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in maintained schools
Source:
National Pupil Database

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

508 c1457-9W; 318675

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Disadvantaged GCSE

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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