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Written question asked by Lucy Powell (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 October 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 October 2018. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 November 2018 on behalf of the Department for Education.

English Baccalaureate: IGCSE

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of GCSE entries in EBACC subjects in (a) state and (b) independent schools were IGCSEs in 2018.

Answer

For pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in 2018, the number of international GCSE entries in EBacc subjects and their proportion of GCSE and equivalent entries in EBacc subjects in 2017/18 is provided below:

Institution type

Number of international

As a proportion of GCSE

GCSE entries in EBacc subjects

and equivalents in EBacc subjects

State-funded

2,015

0.1%

Independent

23,712

13.6%

Other (e.g. PRUs and AP)

315

1.7%

All schools

26,042

0.8%

As our reformed GCSEs have been introduced, international GCSEs in equivalent subjects have been removed from the school and college performance tables. The majority of international GCSEs therefore do not count towards the EBacc in 2018. For pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in 2018, the number of entries in approved international GCSEs (those which count in the performance tables) in EBacc subjects, and their proportion of all GCSE and equivalent entries in 2017/18 in these subjects which are counted in performance tables, is provided below:

Institution type

Number of international

As a proportion of GCSE

GCSE entries in EBacc subjects

and equivalents in EBacc subjects

State-funded

4

0.0%

Independent

127

0.1%

All schools

131

0.0%

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
183354
Session
2017-19
Related items
English Baccalaureate: IGCSE
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
IGCSE English baccalaureate
Contains statistics
Yes
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