Written question asked by Jeff Smith (Labour) on Monday, 17 October 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 October 2016. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 October 2016 on behalf of the Department for Education.

GCSE: Manchester Withington

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many GCSE entries for arts subjects there have been from students in Manchester, Withington constituency in each of the last five years.

Answer

The requested information is given in the table below:

Number of entries in arts¹ subject GCSEs (incl. equivalents) from pupils at the end of KS4 in Manchester LA

Year²	Number of entries in GCSE Arts subjects
2011/12	1,953
2012/13	1,954
2013/14	2,260
2014/15	2,968
2015/16	2,515

Source: KS4 Performance Tables Notes:

Includes: Applied Art & Design, Art & Design, Drama, Performing Arts, Media/Film/TV Studies, Music and Dance. Does not include History of Art and Creative Writing.
Data is provisional for 2016, all other years are final.

The information required by parliamentary constituency is not available.

Secondary information