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Written question asked by Robert Syms (Conservative) on Monday, 1 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 March 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 8 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.


GCSE: Poole

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils resident in the Poole unitary authority area sat a GCSE in (a) history, (b) physics, (c) chemistry and (d) biology in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009.
Answer

Information about whether a pupil has entered GCSEs in history, physics, chemistry and biology has only been available on the National Pupil Database since the 2003/04 academic year.

Students¹, ² resident³ in Poole unitary authority entered for GCSEs in (a) history, (b) physics, (c) chemistry and (d) biology in 2003/04 and 2008/09
Poole unitary authority 2003/04 2008/09
Number of students¹, ² entered for
History GCSE 464 481
Physics GCSE 224 328
Chemistry GCSE 221 328
Biology GCSE 223 336
¹ Data for 2003/04 is based on pupils aged 15 on 31 August 2003 and data for 2008/09 is based on pupils at the end of key stage 4.
² Students attending maintained schools only, including city technology colleges and academies
³ Based on students with a valid postcode in that academic year.
Source:
National Pupil Database (2003/04 final data, 2008/09 amended data).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c38W; 320386
Session
2009-10
Subjects
GCSE Poole
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk