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Written question asked by Jonathan Lord (Conservative) on Friday, 13 April 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 April 2012. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 April 2012 on behalf of the Department for Education.


GCSE: Surrey

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children were awarded A* to C grades in (a) A-level and (b) GCSE (i) mathematics and (ii) English in (A) Woking constituency and (B) Surrey in each of the last five years.
Answer

The information requested can be found in the following tables:-

Numbers and percentages of students aged 16-18¹, ², ³ achieving A*-C grades in mathematics4 and English5 A levels6 in Woking constituency7, Surrey local authority8 and England9 Years: 2007-11 Coverage: England
Number and percentage of students achieving A*-C A level grades in: 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Mathematics:
Woking (Number) 30 48 59 82 80
Woking (Percentage) 9.1 11.5 14.6 16.4 17.3
Surrey (Number) 808 863 983 1,074 1,198
Surrey (Percentage) 11.6 12.3 13 13.3 75.3
England (Number) 30,707 33,547 37,605 40,764 42,989
England (Percentage) 10.9 11.4 11.9 11.9 12.8
English:
Woking (Number) 75 80 67 95 104
Woking (Percentage) 22.8 19.1 16.5 19.0 22.5
Surrey (Number) 1,433 1,382 1,436 1,453 1,336
Surrey (Percentage) 20.5 19.8 19.0 18.0 17.1
England (Number) 48,315 50,805 53,509 52,686 52,520
England (Percentage) 17.1 17.2 17.0 15.4 15.6
¹ Percentages are based on all 16-18 year old students in each area.
² Age at the start of the academic year, for example 31 August 2010 for the 2010/11 academic year.
³ Figures include alt maintained schools (including academies and CTCs) and Further Education (FE) sector colleges.
4 Includes pupils achieving an A*-C grade at A level in at least one of mathematics, pure mathematics, statistics, additional mathematics or further mathematics.
5 Includes pupils achieving an A*-C grade at A level in at least one of English, English language or English literature.
6 Includes cumulative results obtained in the previous academic year.
7 Parliamentary constituency figures are based on the postcode of the school or college.
8 Local Authority figures are based on the Local Authority maintaining the school or college or in the case of CTCs and Academies the local authority in which the school is situated.
9 England figures are the sum of all local authority figures.
Source:
National Pupil Database (2006/07 to 2009/10 final data, 2010/11 revised data)
Numbers and percentages of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4¹, ², ³ achieving A*-C grades in mathematics and English GCSEs4,5 in Woking constituency6, Surrey local authority7 and England8 Years: 2007-11 Coverage: England
Number and percentage of KS4 pupils achieving A*-C GCSE grades in: 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Mathematics:
Woking (Number) 510 575 560 602 611
Woking (Percentage) 60.2 64.5 66.7 69.1 72.1
Surrey (Number) 6,646 7,049 6,954 7,356 7,529
Surrey (Percentage) 61.8 64.3 66.2 68.3 70.2
England (Number) 323,044 335,453 339,196 360,532 368,911
England (Percentage) 54.0 56.3 58.8 62.6 65.3
English:
Woking (Number) 555 650 604 662 642
Woking (Percentage) 65.5 72.9 719 76.0 75.7
Surrey (Number) 7,202 7,475 7,303 7,888 7,963
Surrey (Percentage) 67.0 68.2 69.5 73.3 74.2
England (Number) 349,086 357,983 358,136 382,870 392,117
England (Percentage) 58.3 60.1 62.1 66.5 69.4
¹ Percentages are based on all pupils at end of key stage 4 in each area.
² Figures do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas.
³ Figures include all maintained schools (including CTCs and academies).
4 Full GCSEs have been included (Full GCSEs, double awards, accredited international certificates and their predecessor iGCSEs) and AS levels. Figures from 2006/07-2008/09 exclude iGCSEs. 2009/10 and 2010/11 figures include accredited iGCSEs.
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 Local authority figures are based on the local authority maintaining the school or in the case of CTCs and Academies the local
authority in which the school is situated.
8 England figures are the sum of all local authority figures.
Source:
National Pupil Database (2006/07to 2009/10 final data, 2010/11 revised data)

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
103418; 543 c928-30W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
GCSE Surrey
Link
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