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Written question asked by Chris Skidmore (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 January 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 January 2012. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 February 2012 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Science: GCSE

Question
(2) how many and what proportion of all pupils entered for a single science award GCSE were eligible for free school meals in each of the last 10 years.
Answer

The information requested for the years 2008 to 2010 is presented in the following table, earlier years can be provided only at disproportionate cost. Information on 2011 key stage 4 attainment by characteristics will be published on 9 February in the publication ““GCSE and Equivalent Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England, 2010/11”” which will be available here:"http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001057/index.shtml"

Number and percentage of pupils entered for GCSEs in biological science, chemistry, physics and single science (core science) by eligibility for free school meals: Years 2008-10 (final)—Coverage: England
Biological Sciences Chemistry Physics Core science
FSM eligible Not FSM eligible FSM eligible Not FSM eligible FSM eligible Not FSM eligible FSM eligible Not FSM eligible
2008
Number 3,071 57,872 2,225 51,592 2,159 51,157 57,270 420,459
Percentage 95 4 96 4 96 12 88
2009
Number 3,869 69,795 3,095 64,730 3,034 64,709 54,824 387,127
Percentage 5 95 5 95 4 96 12 88
2010
Number 5,818 94,096 5,242 91,105 5,244 91,102 49,921 343,344
Percentage 6 94 5 95 5 95 13 87
Notes:
1. Single science is taken to mean ““Core Science”” only and no other science award.
2. Figures cover pupils in maintained mainstream schools only.
3. Figures do not take into account discounting where qualification content may overlap.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
89711; 540 c324-6W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Science GCSE
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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