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Written question asked by Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 February 2015. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 February 2015 on behalf of the Department for Education.

GCSE: Pendle

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils took GCSEs in (a) dance, (b) art and crafts, (c) I.T. (d) art and design, (e) drama, (f) media, film and television and (g) music in Pendle in each of the last five years.

Answer

The requested information has been provided in the table below.

GCSE results[1][2]3] of pupils at the end of key stage 4 in Pendle parliamentary constituency[4]

Year

Dance

Information Technology

Art and Design[5]

Drama

Media, Film and Television

Music

2009/10

17

80

268

133

98

40

2010/11

14

42

246

135

78

46

2011/12

14

114

222

75

60

27

2012/13

8

63

244

90

51

35

2013/14[6][7]

0

115

222

143

92

64

Source: key stage 4 attainment data

[1] Includes GCSE Full Course and Vocational Single Award.

[2] Includes attempts and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years.

[3] Prior to 2013/14, discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only the best grade is counted. In 2013/14, due to methodological changes discounting rules have been changed. Further information is available from the GCSE statistical first release available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014.

[4] Covers local authority-funded schools; academies; free schools; city technology colleges; community and foundation special schools; hospital schools and FE sector colleges.

[5] Includes Arts and Crafts.

[6] Figures for 2013/14 are revised, all other figures are final.

[7] Figures for 2013/14 are based on the new 2013/14 methodology where the Professor Alison Wolf’s recommendations and first entry policy has been implemented. Therefore the results for 2013/14 academic years are not directly comparable to previous years.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
223081
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Arts ICT GCSE Pendle
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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