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Dept for Education and Employment

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Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the grades achieved at (a) GCSE and (b) A level in each science subject in (i) schools and (ii) further education colleges in Staffordshire in each of the last five years. [57945] Mr. Mudie: [holding answer 4 November 1998]: The GCSE and GCE A level data requested for schools and colleges in Staffordshire is shown in the following tables. GCSE and GCE A level achievements in Staffordshire 1993 to 1997 (i) (a) GCSE achievements in maintained schools _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Grade achieved at GCSE A* A B C D E F G U X Total 1993 Biology -- 8 21 52 47 40 23 6 2 10 209 Chemistry -- 7 26 30 33 12 2 2 0 0 112 Physics -- 11 22 31 30 18 5 2 0 1 120 Single -- 25 61 130 257 323 358 183 84 46 1,467 science Double -- 781 1,030 1,799 1,737 1,499 999 414 126 78 8,463 award science Other -- 9 102 175 161 148 70 17 0 23 705 science 1994 Biology 2 17 24 37 55 22 12 4 2 3 178 Chemistry 6 11 23 31 26 10 3 0 0 3 113 Physics 5 17 17 22 11 20 3 0 0 1 96 Single 2 18 54 90 227 197 108 54 30 75 855 science Double 224 629 1,469 1,735 2,265 1,568 835 298 95 244 9,362 award science Other 0 2 9 22 27 22 10 3 4 1 100 science 1995 Biology 2 4 15 12 15 17 7 2 3 0 77 Chemistry 0 3 11 9 7 5 2 0 1 0 38 Physics 0 5 11 7 6 6 1 1 0 0 37 Single 1 10 59 103 191 205 135 43 26 47 820 science Double 338 657 1,560 2,089 2,378 1,796 978 275 128 275 10,474 award science Other 0 1 1 16 19 14 10 4 2 3 70 science 1996 Biology 7 25 48 44 26 23 6 0 0 0 179 Chemistry 4 27 35 54 27 13 6 0 1 0 167 Physics 9 23 51 38 21 13 9 0 3 0 167 Single 2 26 91 133 247 216 135 59 26 52 987 science Double 300 808 1,667 2,130 2,192 1,705 1,039 328 165 262 10,596 award science Other 0 1 7 13 32 24 23 3 8 5 116 science 1997 Biology 15 42 61 36 10 10 4 1 4 1 184 Chemistry 18 41 53 37 8 4 6 0 1 0 168 Physics 16 42 54 38 10 6 3 0 0 1 170 Single 2 12 75 68 158 135 83 34 16 28 611 science Double 279 570 1,355 1,750 1,791 1,314 705 187 109 185 8,248 award science Other 0 1 5 9 31 27 19 4 3 1 100 science _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (i) (b) GCE A level achievements in maintained schools _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Grade achieved at GCE A level A B C D E N U X Total 1993 Biology 51 63 68 77 89 70 82 0 500 Chemistry 62 68 59 75 78 50 52 1 445 Physics 56 43 61 67 94 72 46 0 439 Other science 6 16 16 37 31 23 9 0 138 1994 Biology 40 61 92 92 117 93 45 1 541 Chemistry 50 63 70 81 101 52 43 2 462 Physics 54 55 59 88 72 50 33 3 414 Other science 6 12 22 46 36 24 7 0 153 1995 Biology 41 74 82 89 103 81 50 3 527 Chemistry 45 66 73 83 64 64 38 1 435 Physics 50 46 69 76 53 43 21 0 358 Other science 7 21 26 50 28 13 5 2 152 1996 Biology 40 99 102 111 109 64 41 4 570 Chemistry 56 67 103 64 73 61 34 0 458 Physics 49 60 55 58 85 57 31 0 395 Other science 4 20 20 31 26 9 5 0 115 1997 Biology 65 102 89 88 113 68 33 5 563 Chemistry 59 80 83 60 58 38 36 1 415 Physics 60 67 62 58 70 32 20 2 371 Other science 4 19 29 36 25 16 4 0 133 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. GCSE and GCE A level achievements in Staffordshire 1993 to 1997 (ii) (a) GCSE achievements in FE sector colleges _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Grade achieved at GCSE A* A B C D E F G U X Total 1993 Biology -- 24 45 108 97 92 59 44 18 34 521 Chemistry -- 1 16 21 18 15 8 1 0 7 87 Physics -- 5 7 21 17 15 7 5 7 5 89 Single -- 7 12 25 16 7 3 5 1 10 86 science Double -- 5 17 13 7 3 0 1 1 4 51 award science Other -- 23 48 55 20 19 4 3 1 13 186 science 1994 Biology 5 18 58 114 110 97 58 36 13 67 576 Chemistry 0 4 16 18 18 16 6 1 2 10 91 Physics 0 6 10 22 25 15 7 6 1 14 106 Single 0 1 17 24 13 14 9 0 1 12 91 science Double 0 0 10 17 9 8 0 0 1 2 47 award science Other 3 22 54 36 15 9 7 2 1 16 165 science 1995 Biology 2 22 41 79 74 61 3 2 35 42 361 Chemistry 0 1 5 19 17 9 3 0 2 7 63 Physics 1 6 8 15 9 7 3 0 0 6 55 Single 0 0 9 11 10 9 1 0 0 5 45 science Double 0 2 14 17 9 9 0 0 1 1 53 award science Other 3 15 34 31 8 10 0 2 0 16 119 science 1996 Biology 1 14 44 85 72 49 5 0 20 41 331 Chemistry 0 1 8 20 14 16 6 0 2 9 76 Physics 0 1 9 18 12 3 2 0 2 8 55 Single 0 0 3 12 7 4 3 0 2 3 34 science Double 0 2 6 15 7 4 2 0 0 3 39 award science Other 4 13 32 27 10 2 1 0 9 20 118 science 1997 Biology 1 10 34 42 52 32 2 1 8 27 209 Chemistry 0 2 1 6 5 5 0 0 1 6 26 Physics 0 1 4 5 4 2 0 0 0 2 18 Single 0 2 1 4 3 3 1 0 0 2 16 science Double 0 0 7 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 17 award science Other 0 2 1 5 5 0 0 0 2 4 19 science _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (ii) (b) GCE A level achievements in FE sector colleges _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Grade achieved at GCE A level A B C D E N U X Total 1993 Biology 20 37 46 42 47 37 59 16 304 Chemistry 22 30 21 22 25 22 20 3 165 Physics 18 23 20 17 28 25 29 4 164 Other science 12 35 38 52 51 29 58 19 294 1994 Biology 23 22 38 70 56 46 36 12 303 Chemistry 26 22 22 28 27 19 19 3 166 Physics 17 19 25 18 22 18 26 2 147 Other science 16 34 43 50 41 29 46 22 281 1995 Biology 25 24 45 72 76 45 69 21 377 Chemistry 23 19 19 33 42 30 28 5 199 Physics 15 15 25 22 43 17 16 3 156 Other science 13 34 27 67 60 31 30 17 279 1996 Biology 9 39 46 63 67 41 35 14 314 Chemistry 11 23 27 20 27 25 23 7 163 Physics 7 10 20 15 24 21 28 4 129 Other science 6 12 35 36 26 28 28 7 178 1997 Biology 3 11 18 27 34 21 35 13 171 Chemistry 1 8 4 7 9 10 1 3 43 Physics 5 3 6 10 14 0 6 10 54 Other science 9 17 14 24 22 13 16 7 122 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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Written question

Reference

57945; 319 c240-4W;319 c240-3W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Further education Qualifications Schools Science Staffordshire GCSE GCE A-level

Contains statistics

Yes