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Modern Hebrew Language: Qualifications

Answer

It is not possible to identify pupils entered for Mandarin Chinese from data held by the Department. The Department does hold information on the number of entries into GCSE Chinese which includes Mandarin Chinese and other Chinese subjects, including Cantonese.

The time series for the number of GCSE entries in Italian, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Bengali, Chinese, Turkish, Urdu, Polish and Panjabi for the last 5 years in England is given in the table below.

GCSE language subjects

GCSE entries	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Bengali	961	1,002	1,025	902	796
Chinese	2,307	2,341	2,830	3,286	3,700
Italian	3,851	4,080	4,068	4,004	4,104
Modern Greek	308	366	466	478	479
Modern Hebrew	440	372	500	437	528
Panjabi	683	733	795	800	855
Polish	2,748	2,944	3,948	4,075	4,726
Turkish	1,277	1,326	1,535	1,570	1,621
Urdu	3,704	4,093	4,111	4,185	4,013
Pupils at the end of key stage 4	620,617	632,397	618,437	611,024	603,203

Source: Key stage 4 attainment data

1. Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance (see SFR main text).

2. 2015/16 figures are provisional, all other years are final.

3. In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: i) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and ii) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.

4. In 2014/15 and 2015/16, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, is extended to all subjects (see SFR main text).

The time series for the number of AS and A level entries in Italian, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Bengali, Chinese, Turkish, Urdu, Polish and Panjabi for the last 5 years in England is given in the table below.

AS level language subjects

AS level entries	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Bengali	27	26	33	23	33
Chinese	1,125	1,183	1,209	1,083	1,001
Italian	695	800	800	850	739
Modern Greek	49	51	59	37	48
Modern Hebrew	29	35	44	42	45
Panjabi	76	79	76	83	76
Polish	362	456	475	471	519
Turkish	270	326	425	435	397
Urdu	390	324	318	299	264

Source: 16-18 attainment data

A level language subjects

A level entries	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Bengali	28	33	25	34	34
Chinese	2,738	2,665	2,549	2,592	2,443
Italian	710	682	685	730	790
Modern Greek	71	77	98	87	97
Modern Hebrew	41	34	46	42	46
Panjabi	101	98	92	81	87
Polish	644	623	700	776	782
Turkish	342	393	407	467	520
Urdu	458	424	343	344	318

Source: 16-18 attainment data

Notes:

1. Covers examination results of students aged 16, 17 or 18 at the start of the academic year, i.e. 31 August 2015.

2. Figures for 2016 are provisional, figures for all other years are final.

3. From 2016, for A level, accountability purposes results are allocated to the provider where the student has enrolled to take their main programme of study, recorded in the school census or Individual Learner Record (ILR). The ILR has been used as additional data source from 2016, and this leads to very small differences in the student exam results included.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

52925

Session

2016-17

Grouped for answer

Yes

Subjects

GCSE GCE A-level Modern Hebrew language

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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