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Science: GCSE

Answer

The percentage of pupils that were entered for GCSEs in the three separate sciences in 2010/11 for each local authority is given as follows.

Percentage of Pupils¹,²,³,4 entered for GCSEs in separate sciences by local authority: year 2010/11 (revised), coverage: England
			Three separate sciences
			Percentage entered for GCSEs in:
Region local authority	LA region number	Number of pupils at end Key Stage 4	Physics	Chemistry	Biological Sciences
North East	El2000001	29,305	18	18	18
Darlington	E06000005	1,129	19	19	19
Durham	E06000047	5,481	12	12	13
Gateshead	E08000020	2,219	20	20	20
Hartlepool	E06000001	1,285	15	. 15	15
Middlesbrough	E06000002	1,600	16	17	17
Newcastle upon Tyne	E08000021	2,553	17	17	17
North Tyneside	E08000022	2,165	16	16	16
Northumberland	E06000048	3,650	29	29	29
Redcar and Cleveland	E06000003	1,858	24	24	24
South Tyneside	E08000023	1,797	16	16	16
Stockton-on-Tees	E06000004	2,262	17	16	16
Sunderland	E08000024	3,306	16	16	16
North West	El2000002	79,661	19	19	19
Blackburn with Darwen	E06000008	1,815	15	16	16
Blackpool	E06000009	1,557	12	12	12
Bolton	E08000001	3,418	19	19	19
Bury	E08000002	2,199	19	19	19
Cheshire East	E06000049	3,839	22	22	22
Cheshire West and Chester	E06000050	3,874	20	20	20
Cumbria	El0000006	5,716	24	24	24
Halton	E06000006	1,462	15	15	15
Knowsley	E08000011	1,578	8	8	8
Lancashire	El0000017	12,878	23	23	23
Liverpool	E08000012	5,136	15	15	15
Manchester	E08000003	4,432	15	15	16
Oldham	E08000004	2,967	16	15	17
Rochdale	E08000005	2,449	10	9	12
Salford	E08000005	2,198	13	13	13
Sefton	E08000014	3,383	15	15	15
St Helens	E08000013	1,977	15	15	15
Stockport	E08000007	3,006	23	23	23
Tameside	E08000008	2,845	14	14	14
Trafford	E08000009	2,829	21	21	21
Warrington	E06000007	2,475	25	25	25
Wigan	E08000010	3,772	20	20	20
Wirral	E08000015	3,856	29	29	29
Yorkshire and the Humber	E12000003	59,052	18	19	19
Barnsley	E08000016	2,606	14	14	14
Bradford	E08000032	5,679	13	13	13
Calderdale	E08000033	2,590	19	19	19
Doncaster	E08000017	3,536	22	22	22
East Riding of Yorkshire	E06000011	3,952	17	17	17
Kingston upon Hull, City of	E06000010	2,613	6	6	6
Kirklees	E08000034	4,590	23	23	23
Leeds	E08000035	8,001	16	15	17
North East Lincolnshire	E06000012	1,886	10	12	11
North Lincolnshire	E06000013	2,042	17	17	17
North Yorkshire	E10000023	6,792	28	28	28
Rotherham	E08000018	3,491	18	18	18
Sheffield	E08000019	5,514	22	22	22
Wakefield	E08000036	3,985	16	16	16
York	E06000014	1,775	22	22	22
East Midlands	El2000004	50,587	19	19	19
Derby	E06000015	2,837	20	20	20
Derbyshire	El0000007	8,760	19	19	19
Leicester	E06000016	3,393	15	15	15
Leicestershire	E10000018	7,460	17	17	17
Lincolnshire	E10000019	8,427	21	21	22
Northamptonshire	E10000021	7,893	22	22	23
Nottingham	E06000018	2,573	16	16	16
Nottinghamshire	E10000024	8,800	17	17	17
Rutland	E06000017	454	27	27	27
West Midlands	E12000005	63,387	18	18	18
Birmingham	E08000025	12,159	21	21	21
Coventry	E08000026	3,471	10	10	11
Dudley	E08000027	3,805	15	15	16
Herefordshire	E06000019	1,877	14	14	14
Sandwell	E08000028	3,659	12	13	13
Shropshire	E06000051	3,207	17	17	17
Solihull	E08000029	3,027	20	20	20
Staffordshire	E10000028	9,408	18	18	18
Stoke-on-Trent	E05000021	2,618	11	11	11
Telford and Wrekin	E06000020	2,038	20	21	21
Walsall	E08000030	3,474	18	18	18
Warwickshire	El0000031	6,022	26	26	26
Wolverhampton	E08000031	2,558	15	16	15
Worcestershire	El0000034	6,064	19	19	19
East of England	El2000006	64,585	22	22	23
Bedford	E06000055	1,630	19	19	19
Cambridgeshire	El0000003	5,967	28	28	28
Central Bedfordshire	E06000056	2,857	26	26	26
Essex	El0000012	15,887	20	20	20
Hertfordshire	E10000015	12,874	27	27	28
Luton	E06000032	2,408	15	15	15
Norfolk	El0000020	8,887	20	20	20
Peterborough	E06000031	2,276	20	20	20
Southend-on-Sea	E06000033	2,076	27	27	27
Suffolk	E10000029	7,741	21	22	22
Thurrock	E06000034	1,782	19	19	19
London	El2000007	74,236	20	20	20
Inner London	E13000001	23,323	18	19	19
Camden	E09000007	1,491	13	13	13
City of London	E09000001	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hackney	E09000012	1,485	20	20	21
Hammersmith and Fulham	E09000013	1,071	32	32	32
Haringey	E09000014	2,107	20	20	20
Islington	E09000019	1,351	11	11	11
Kensington and Chelsea	E09000020	581	14	14	14
Lambeth	E09000022	1,611	22	22	22
Lewisham	E09000023	2,202	23	23	23
Newham	E09000025	3,311	10	10	10
Southwark	E09000028	2,337	17	19	19
Tower Hamlets	E09000030	2,553	21	21	22
Wandsworth	E09000032	1,846	25	25	25
Westminster	E09000033	1,377	18	18	18
Outer London	E13000002	50,913	20	20	20
Barking and Dagenham	E09000002	2,060	13	12	15
Barnet	E09000003	3,387	15	15	15
Bexley	E09000004	3,260	23	23	23
Brent	E09000005	2,840	23	23	23
Bromley	E09000006	3,438	21	21	21
Croydon	E09000008	3,719	17	17	17
Ealing	E09000009	2,811	20	20	20
Enfield	E09000010	3,563	18	18	18
Greenwich	E09000011	2,275	17	17	17
Harrow	E09000015	2,141	21	21	21
Havering	E09000016	3,080	15	15	15
Hillingdon	E09000017	2,982	17	17	17
Hounslow	E09000018	2,586	15	16	17
Kingston upon Thames	E09000021	1,524	33	33	33
Merton	E09000024	1,525	22	22	24
Redbridge	E09000026	3,266	25	26	26
Richmond upon Thames	E09000027	1,374	20	20	20
Sutton	E09000029	2,636	44	44	44
Waltham Forest	E09000031	2,456	11	11	11
South East	E12000008	88,521	23	23	23
Bracknell Forest	E06000036	1,093	26	26	26
Brighton and Hove	E06000043	2,324	14	14	14
Buckinghamshire	El0000002	5,525	41	41	41
East Sussex	El0000011	5,201	20	20	20
Hampshire	El0000014	13,860	21	21	21
Isle of Wight	E06000046	1,485	19	19	19
Kent	El0000016	16,173	22	23	23
Medway	E06000035	3,231	22	21	22
Milton Keynes	E06000042	2,707	18	18	18
Oxfordshire	El0000025	6,179	24	24	24
Portsmouth	E06000044	1,949	14	14	14
Reading	E06000038	987	29	29	30
Slough	E06000039	1,570	23	23	23
Southampton	E06000045	2,044	23	23	23
Surrey	El0000030	10,725	22	22	22
West Berkshire	E06000037	1,983	20	20	20
West Sussex	El0000032	8,266	21	21	21
Windsor and Maidenhead	E06000040	1,516	36	36	36
Wokingham	E06000041	1,703	27	27	27
South West	E12000009	55,540	22	22	22
Bath and North East Somerset	E06000022	2,134	25	25	25
Bournemouth	E06000028	1,703	25	25	25
Bristol, City of	E06000023	3,030	17	17	17
Cornwall	E06000052	5,750	20	20	20
Devon	E10000008	7,503	21	21	21
Dorset	El0000009	4,220	24	24	24
Gloucestershire	E10000013	6,624	23	23	24
Isles of Scilly	E06000053	19	26	26	26
North Somerset	E06000024	2,303	21	21	21
Plymouth	E06000026	2,885	14	14	14
Poole	E06000029	1,601	30	30	30
Somerset	El0000027	5,480	21	21	21
South Gloucestershire	E06000025	3,254	20	20	20
Swindon	E06000030	2,196	29	29	29
Torbay	E06000027	1,490	17	17	17
Wiltshire	E06000054	5,148	24	24	24
England (maintained sector)	E92000001	564,874	20	20	20
n/a = Not applicable.
¹ Figures are based on pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.
² For each subject, only one attempt is counted—that which achieved the highest grade. This is including attempts by these pupils in previous academic years.
³ Local authority, region and the England (maintained sector) figures in this table do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas.
4 Figures cover achievements in maintained schools including academies but exclude hospital schools, Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) and Alternative Provision (AP).
Source:
'GCSE and Equivalent Results in England, 2010/11 (Revised)' available at the following link:
http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001056/index.shtml

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

95054; 540 c730-6W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Science GCSE

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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