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Written question asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) on Monday, 14 December 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 December 2015. It was answered by Earl of Courtown (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 December 2015 on behalf of the Department for Education.

English Baccalaureate

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of pupils take a full EBacc range of subjects in (1) sponsored academies, and (2) maintained schools.

Answer

Provisional figures for 2014/15 show that 27.8 per cent of pupils in sponsored academies and 37.5 per cent of pupils in local authority maintained mainstream schools were entered for all components of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc).


This information is published in the Statistical First Release “Provisional GCSE and equivalent results in England: 2014 to 2015”.[1]

A list of qualifications which count towards the English Baccalaureate is available on the school performance tables’ website.[2]


[1] 2014/15 provisional table can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/467605/SFR37_2015_National_Tables.xlsx. (Years: 2014/15 Table 3a)

[2] A list of qualifications which count towards the English Baccalaureate can be found at: http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/secondary_14/English_Baccalaureate_list_of_qualifications_July_2015.xls.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4536
Session
2015-16
Subjects
English baccalaureate
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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