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Science: GCSE

Answer

Estimates of the number of pupils in Gillingham and Rainham constituency entering and achieving A*-C grades in science subjects, for the cohort who completed key stage 4 in 2007/08, are shown in Table 1. The number and proportion of these who went on to enter science AS levels by 2008/09, and science A-levels by 2009/10, are shown in Tables 2 and 3 respectively.

Table 1: Number of pupils¹,²,³ entering science GCSEs and percentage achieving A*-C grades4,5 in Gillingham and Rainham constituency6, 2007/08
	Number of pupils:	Percentage achieving
	taking each GCSE	achieving A*-C	A*-C grades
Biology	302	165	55
Chemistry	157	144	92
Physics	157	147	94
Additional science	228	130	57
Core science	924	394	43
Source:
National Pupil Database

Table 2: Number and percentage of pupils¹,²,³ achieving science GCSEs at A*-C4,5 who entered science AS levels by 2008/09
		From GCSE A*-C
		AS level biology	AS level chemistry	AS level physics
GCSE subject	No. of pupils achieving A*-C	No.	% of A*-C	No.	% of A*-C	No.	% of A*-C
Biology	165	57	35	223	1	20	12
Chemistry	144	55	38	21	15	20	14
Physics	147	54	37	21	14	20	14
Additional science	130	10	8	9	7	3	2
Core science	394	11	3	11	3	3	1
Source:
National Pupil Database

Table 3: Number and percentage of pupils¹,²,³ achieving science GCSEs at A*-C4,5 who entered science A levels by 2009/10
		From GCSE A*-C
		A level biology	A level chemistry	A level physics
GCSE subject	Number of pupils achieving A*-C	No.	% of A*-C	No.	% of A*-C	No.	% of A*-C
Biology	165	57	35	22	13	20	12
Chemistry	144	55	38	21	15	20	14
Physics	147	54	37	21	14	20	14
Additional science	130	6	5	5	4	7—	7—
Core science	394	7	2	6	2	7—	7—
¹ Figures do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas.
² Figures include all maintained schools (including CTCs and academies).
³ Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in the 2007/08 academic year.
4 Percentage achieving A*- C based on the number of pupils entering each subject.
5 Including attempts and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years.
6 Parliamentary constituency figures are based on the postcode of the school.
7 Indicates that a figure of less than three pupils has been suppressed
Source:
National Pupil Database

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

96722; 541 c809-10W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Science GCSE Gillingham

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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