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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people took one or more science A-levels in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people took one or more science A-levels in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years.
| Number of pupils entered for at least one Science A level | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | |
| Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | 221 | 205 | 225 | 220 | 241 |
| Tees Valley District | 672 | 667 | 644 | 619 | 701 |
| North East | 2,455 | 2,461 | 2,308 | 2,337 | 2,419 |
| England | 56,386 | 58,167 | 56,072 | 56,570 | 58,976 |
| Notes: 1. Figures relate to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August) in all maintained schools and colleges. 2. Figures include achievements in Biological, Human Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Single Award Science, Electronics, Environmental Science, Geology and Applied Science. Source: School and College Achievement and Attainment Tables data. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if his Department will bring forward proposals to make GCSE science courses more interesting and challenging for pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if his Department will bring forward proposals to make GCSE science courses more interesting and challenging for pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in (a) independent schools, (b) comprehensive schools, (c) special schools, (d) pupil referral units and (e) other schools took GCSEs in (i) science, (ii) science and additional science and (iii) separate science subjects in 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in (a) independent schools, (b) comprehensive schools, (c) special schools, (d) pupil referral units and (e) other schools took GCSEs in (i) science, (ii) science and additional science and (iii) separate science subjects in 2008.
| Number of GCSE entries by pupils at the end of KS4 in science subjects, by school-type in 2008 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | (a) Independent¹ | (b) Comprehensive | (c) Special schools² | (d) Pupil referral Units³ | (e) Other schools4 | All schools | |
| (i) | Core science | 20,054 | 432,711 | 2,112 | 1,312 | 35,408 | 491,597 |
| (ii) | Core science plus additional science | 18,193 | 307,177 | 230 | 50 | 25,966 | 351,616 |
| (iii) | Physics | 14,414 | 41,094 | 13 | 15 | 11,785 | 67,321 |
| Chemistry | 14,968 | 41,564 | 17 | 11 | 11,729 | 68,289 | |
| Biology | 15,778 | 46,116 | 25 | 124 | 12,611 | 74,654 | |
| ¹ Independent mainstream schools only. | |||||||
| ² Special schools include independent special schools. | |||||||
| ³ Pupil referral units excluding hospital schools. | |||||||
| 4 Other schools include selective, modern and other maintained schools. | |||||||
| Note: | |||||||
| Vocational GCSE entries in Applied Science are not included in this answer. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of (a) maintained, (b) specialist science, (c) grammar and (d) independent schools offered triple science GCSE courses in physics, chemistry and biology in each year since 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of (a) maintained, (b) specialist science, (c) grammar and (d) independent schools offered triple science GCSE courses in physics, chemistry and biology in each year since 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of schools with a specialism in science offer single science GCSEs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of schools with a specialism in science offer single science GCSEs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) with reference to the answer of 2 November 2005, Official Report, columns 1207-11W, on science, what percentage of those students who gained (a) a GCSE, (b) an A-level and (c) an AS-level in (i) biology or human biology,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) with reference to the answer of 2 November 2005, Official Report, columns 1207-11W, on science, what percentage of those students who gained (a) a GCSE, (b) an A-level and (c) an AS-level in (i) biology or human biology,...
(2) pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2009, Official Report, columns 2544-46W, on languages: general certificate of secondary education, how many and what proportion of pupils who gained a GCSE in (a) physics, (b) chemistry and (c) biology at each grade were educated in the (i) maintained and (ii)...
(2) pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2009, Official Report, columns 2544-46W, on languages: general certificate of secondary education, how many and what proportion of pupils who gained a GCSE in (a) physics, (b) chemistry and (c) biology at each grade were educated in the (i) maintained and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of comprehensive schools offer GCSEs in the separate sciences to all pupils, broken down by local authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of comprehensive schools offer GCSEs in the separate sciences to all pupils, broken down by local authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in (a) England, (b) Kent and (c) Ashford constituency took one or more science GCSE in the last five year period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in (a) England, (b) Kent and (c) Ashford constituency took one or more science GCSE in the last five year period for which figures are available.
| Number of children who took one or more science GCSE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |
| England | 592,209 | 599,687 | 592,850 | 583,282 |
| Maintained Schools¹ | 549,813 | 551,401 | 544,766 | 536,866 |
| Kent¹ | 15,595 | 15,563 | 15,263 | 15,218 |
| Ashford² | 1,118 | 986 | 1,036 | 1,045 |
| ¹ Including academies. | ||||
| ² Based on school location. | ||||
| Notes: | ||||
| 1. The data for 2004 are not comparable. | ||||
| 2. Data presented on same basis as table 10, 11 and 12 of the 2008 GCSE SFR. | ||||
| Source: | ||||
| Attainment and Achievement Table |
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools entered one or more pupils for separate sciences at GCSE in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools entered one or more pupils for separate sciences at GCSE in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his policy on funding for the study of courses is for the International A-level in (a) physics and (b) chemistry in mainstream secondary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his policy on funding for the study of courses is for the International A-level in (a) physics and (b) chemistry in mainstream secondary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he is taking to raise the school science examination standards in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he is taking to raise the school science examination standards in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils eligible to receive free school meals attained a GCSE in (a) physics, (b) chemistry and (c) biology at grade A* in the latest year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils eligible to receive free school meals attained a GCSE in (a) physics, (b) chemistry and (c) biology at grade A* in the latest year for which figures are available.
| Non-FSM | FSM | Total | ||||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| Physics | 9,727 | 1.9 | 173 | 0.2 | 9,900 | 1.7 |
| Chemistry | 9,982 | 1.9 | 217 | 0.3 | 10,199 | 1.7 |
| Biology | 9,174 | 1.8 | 173 | 0.2 | 9,347 | 1.6 |
| Non-FSM | FSM | Total | ||||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| Physics | 9,727 | 19.2 | 173 | 8.3 | 9,900 | 18.8 |
| Chemistry | 9,982 | 19.6 | 217 | 10.2 | 10,199 | 19.2 |
| Biology | 9,174 | 16.5 | 173 | 6.4 | 9,347 | 16.0 |
| Note: | ||||||
| Data is provisional and subject to change. The data also relates to pupils at the end of KS4 in maintained schools only. | ||||||
| Source: National Pupil Database |
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of project Enthuse in meeting its objectives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of project Enthuse in meeting its objectives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils in maintained schools were entered for individual science GCSE examinations in (a) biology, (b) chemistry and (c) physics in each year since 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils in maintained schools were entered for individual science GCSE examinations in (a) biology, (b) chemistry and (c) physics in each year since 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of (a) maintained, (b) specialist science, (c) grammar and (d) independent schools offered triple science GCSE courses in physics, chemistry and biology in each year since 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of (a) maintained, (b) specialist science, (c) grammar and (d) independent schools offered triple science GCSE courses in physics, chemistry and biology in each year since 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils in maintained schools were entered for individual science GCSE examinations in (a) biology, (b) chemistry and (c) physics in each year since 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils in maintained schools were entered for individual science GCSE examinations in (a) biology, (b) chemistry and (c) physics in each year since 1992.
| Number of entries | Percentage of entries | |||||
| Physics | Chemistry | Biology | Physics | Chemistry | Biology | |
| 2007 | 36,586 | 36,718 | 38,721 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| 2006 | 34,299 | 34,587 | 36,261 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| 2005 | 30,954 | 31,248 | 32,838 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | 28,302 | 28,589 | 29,613 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
| 2003 | 26,226 | 26,730 | 27,638 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 2002 | 23,752 | 23,841 | 24,553 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 2001 | 23,094 | 23,212 | 23,935 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | 22,399 | 22,389 | 23,133 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| 1999 | 21,607 | 21,715 | 22,054 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department plans to take to improve teaching provision for science in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department plans to take to improve teaching provision for science in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 900W, on specialist schools: science, which specialist schools have chosen science as one of their specialisms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 900W, on specialist schools: science, which specialist schools have chosen science as one of their specialisms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of specialist science colleges offer GCSEs in the separate sciences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of specialist science colleges offer GCSEs in the separate sciences.