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Schools (Opportunity to Study for Qualifications)

Ten minute rule motion for leave to bring in a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 194). To be read a second time on 27 March.

Lead member

Chris Skidmore

Answering member

Fiona Mactaggart

Type

Debates on bills

Date

24 March 2015

Reference

594 cc1323-8

House

House of Commons

Topical Questions

This year, only 11 out of the 2,000 pupils who took A-levels in Knowsley took A-level physics, which compares with 971 who did so in Hampshire. Even when the population size is taken into account, I simply do not believe that pupils in Hampshire are 22 times more scientifically gifted than those in Knowsley. Will the Education Secretary commit to a one nation policy in which every pupil, regardless of their background, will be encouraged to study rigorous qualifications, as opposed to the previous Government’s two nation policy, which exposed this educational divide?

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Topical questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

29 October 2012

Reference

552 c17

House

House of Commons

Science: GCSE

(2) how many pupils entered by (a) comprehensive schools, (b) selective schools and (c) independent schools for GCSEs in (i) biology, (ii) chemistry and (iii) physics obtained a Grade C or above in each year from 1997 to 2011.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 March 2012

Reference

98158; 542 c43W

House

House of Commons

Science: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many and what proportion of pupils were entered for GCSEs in each of the three separate sciences in (a) comprehensive, (b) selective and (c) independent schools in each year since 1997;

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 March 2012

Reference

97849; 542 c43W

House

House of Commons

Science: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils achieved grade C or above in all three separate science GCSEs in 2011 in each local authority area.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 March 2012

Reference

98250; 541 c867W

House

House of Commons

Science: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of pupils were entered for three separate sciences at GCSE in each local authority in 2010-11.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2012

For answer on

20 February 2012

Answered on

20 February 2012

The percentage of pupils that were entered for GCSEs in the three separate sciences in 2010/11 for each local authority is given as follows.

Percentage of Pupils¹,²,³,4 entered for GCSEs in separate sciences by local authority: year 2010/11 (revised), coverage: England
			Three separate sciences
			Percentage entered for GCSEs in:
Region local authority	LA region number	Number of pupils at end Key Stage 4	Physics	Chemistry	Biological Sciences
North East	El2000001	29,305	18	18	18
Darlington	E06000005	1,129	19	19	19
Durham	E06000047	5,481	12	12	13
Gateshead	E08000020	2,219	20	20	20
Hartlepool	E06000001	1,285	15	. 15	15
Middlesbrough	E06000002	1,600	16	17	17
Newcastle upon Tyne	E08000021	2,553	17	17	17
North Tyneside	E08000022	2,165	16	16	16
Northumberland	E06000048	3,650	29	29	29
Redcar and Cleveland	E06000003	1,858	24	24	24
South Tyneside	E08000023	1,797	16	16	16
Stockton-on-Tees	E06000004	2,262	17	16	16
Sunderland	E08000024	3,306	16	16	16

North West	El2000002	79,661	19	19	19
Blackburn with Darwen	E06000008	1,815	15	16	16
Blackpool	E06000009	1,557	12	12	12
Bolton	E08000001	3,418	19	19	19
Bury	E08000002	2,199	19	19	19
Cheshire East	E06000049	3,839	22	22	22
Cheshire West and Chester	E06000050	3,874	20	20	20
Cumbria	El0000006	5,716	24	24	24
Halton	E06000006	1,462	15	15	15
Knowsley	E08000011	1,578	8	8	8
Lancashire	El0000017	12,878	23	23	23
Liverpool	E08000012	5,136	15	15	15
Manchester	E08000003	4,432	15	15	16
Oldham	E08000004	2,967	16	15	17
Rochdale	E08000005	2,449	10	9	12
Salford	E08000005	2,198	13	13	13
Sefton	E08000014	3,383	15	15	15
St Helens	E08000013	1,977	15	15	15
Stockport	E08000007	3,006	23	23	23
Tameside	E08000008	2,845	14	14	14
Trafford	E08000009	2,829	21	21	21
Warrington	E06000007	2,475	25	25	25
Wigan	E08000010	3,772	20	20	20
Wirral	E08000015	3,856	29	29	29

Yorkshire and the Humber	E12000003	59,052	18	19	19
Barnsley	E08000016	2,606	14	14	14
Bradford	E08000032	5,679	13	13	13
Calderdale	E08000033	2,590	19	19	19
Doncaster	E08000017	3,536	22	22	22
East Riding of Yorkshire	E06000011	3,952	17	17	17
Kingston upon Hull, City of	E06000010	2,613	6	6	6
Kirklees	E08000034	4,590	23	23	23
Leeds	E08000035	8,001	16	15	17
North East Lincolnshire	E06000012	1,886	10	12	11
North Lincolnshire	E06000013	2,042	17	17	17
North Yorkshire	E10000023	6,792	28	28	28
Rotherham	E08000018	3,491	18	18	18
Sheffield	E08000019	5,514	22	22	22
Wakefield	E08000036	3,985	16	16	16
York	E06000014	1,775	22	22	22

East Midlands	El2000004	50,587	19	19	19
Derby	E06000015	2,837	20	20	20
Derbyshire	El0000007	8,760	19	19	19
Leicester	E06000016	3,393	15	15	15
Leicestershire	E10000018	7,460	17	17	17
Lincolnshire	E10000019	8,427	21	21	22
Northamptonshire	E10000021	7,893	22	22	23
Nottingham	E06000018	2,573	16	16	16
Nottinghamshire	E10000024	8,800	17	17	17
Rutland	E06000017	454	27	27	27

West Midlands	E12000005	63,387	18	18	18
Birmingham	E08000025	12,159	21	21	21
Coventry	E08000026	3,471	10	10	11
Dudley	E08000027	3,805	15	15	16
Herefordshire	E06000019	1,877	14	14	14
Sandwell	E08000028	3,659	12	13	13
Shropshire	E06000051	3,207	17	17	17
Solihull	E08000029	3,027	20	20	20
Staffordshire	E10000028	9,408	18	18	18
Stoke-on-Trent	E05000021	2,618	11	11	11
Telford and Wrekin	E06000020	2,038	20	21	21
Walsall	E08000030	3,474	18	18	18
Warwickshire	El0000031	6,022	26	26	26
Wolverhampton	E08000031	2,558	15	16	15
Worcestershire	El0000034	6,064	19	19	19

East of England	El2000006	64,585	22	22	23
Bedford	E06000055	1,630	19	19	19
Cambridgeshire	El0000003	5,967	28	28	28
Central Bedfordshire	E06000056	2,857	26	26	26
Essex	El0000012	15,887	20	20	20
Hertfordshire	E10000015	12,874	27	27	28
Luton	E06000032	2,408	15	15	15
Norfolk	El0000020	8,887	20	20	20
Peterborough	E06000031	2,276	20	20	20
Southend-on-Sea	E06000033	2,076	27	27	27
Suffolk	E10000029	7,741	21	22	22
Thurrock	E06000034	1,782	19	19	19

London	El2000007	74,236	20	20	20
Inner London	E13000001	23,323	18	19	19
Camden	E09000007	1,491	13	13	13
City of London	E09000001	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hackney	E09000012	1,485	20	20	21
Hammersmith and Fulham	E09000013	1,071	32	32	32
Haringey	E09000014	2,107	20	20	20
Islington	E09000019	1,351	11	11	11
Kensington and Chelsea	E09000020	581	14	14	14
Lambeth	E09000022	1,611	22	22	22
Lewisham	E09000023	2,202	23	23	23
Newham	E09000025	3,311	10	10	10
Southwark	E09000028	2,337	17	19	19
Tower Hamlets	E09000030	2,553	21	21	22
Wandsworth	E09000032	1,846	25	25	25
Westminster	E09000033	1,377	18	18	18

Outer London	E13000002	50,913	20	20	20
Barking and Dagenham	E09000002	2,060	13	12	15
Barnet	E09000003	3,387	15	15	15
Bexley	E09000004	3,260	23	23	23
Brent	E09000005	2,840	23	23	23
Bromley	E09000006	3,438	21	21	21
Croydon	E09000008	3,719	17	17	17
Ealing	E09000009	2,811	20	20	20
Enfield	E09000010	3,563	18	18	18
Greenwich	E09000011	2,275	17	17	17
Harrow	E09000015	2,141	21	21	21
Havering	E09000016	3,080	15	15	15
Hillingdon	E09000017	2,982	17	17	17
Hounslow	E09000018	2,586	15	16	17
Kingston upon Thames	E09000021	1,524	33	33	33
Merton	E09000024	1,525	22	22	24
Redbridge	E09000026	3,266	25	26	26
Richmond upon Thames	E09000027	1,374	20	20	20
Sutton	E09000029	2,636	44	44	44
Waltham Forest	E09000031	2,456	11	11	11

South East	E12000008	88,521	23	23	23
Bracknell Forest	E06000036	1,093	26	26	26
Brighton and Hove	E06000043	2,324	14	14	14
Buckinghamshire	El0000002	5,525	41	41	41
East Sussex	El0000011	5,201	20	20	20
Hampshire	El0000014	13,860	21	21	21
Isle of Wight	E06000046	1,485	19	19	19
Kent	El0000016	16,173	22	23	23
Medway	E06000035	3,231	22	21	22
Milton Keynes	E06000042	2,707	18	18	18
Oxfordshire	El0000025	6,179	24	24	24
Portsmouth	E06000044	1,949	14	14	14
Reading	E06000038	987	29	29	30
Slough	E06000039	1,570	23	23	23
Southampton	E06000045	2,044	23	23	23
Surrey	El0000030	10,725	22	22	22
West Berkshire	E06000037	1,983	20	20	20
West Sussex	El0000032	8,266	21	21	21
Windsor and Maidenhead	E06000040	1,516	36	36	36
Wokingham	E06000041	1,703	27	27	27

South West	E12000009	55,540	22	22	22
Bath and North East Somerset	E06000022	2,134	25	25	25
Bournemouth	E06000028	1,703	25	25	25
Bristol, City of	E06000023	3,030	17	17	17
Cornwall	E06000052	5,750	20	20	20
Devon	E10000008	7,503	21	21	21
Dorset	El0000009	4,220	24	24	24
Gloucestershire	E10000013	6,624	23	23	24
Isles of Scilly	E06000053	19	26	26	26
North Somerset	E06000024	2,303	21	21	21
Plymouth	E06000026	2,885	14	14	14
Poole	E06000029	1,601	30	30	30
Somerset	El0000027	5,480	21	21	21
South Gloucestershire	E06000025	3,254	20	20	20
Swindon	E06000030	2,196	29	29	29
Torbay	E06000027	1,490	17	17	17
Wiltshire	E06000054	5,148	24	24	24

England (maintained sector)	E92000001	564,874	20	20	20
n/a = Not applicable.
¹ Figures are based on pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.
² For each subject, only one attempt is counted—that which achieved the highest grade. This is including attempts by these pupils in previous academic years.
³ Local authority, region and the England (maintained sector) figures in this table do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas.
4 Figures cover achievements in maintained schools including academies but exclude hospital schools, Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) and Alternative Provision (AP).
Source:
'GCSE and Equivalent Results in England, 2010/11 (Revised)' available at the following link:
http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001056/index.shtml

Date

20 February 2012

Reference

95054; 540 c730-6W

House

House of Commons

Science: GCSE

(2) how many and what proportion of all pupils entered for a single science award GCSE were eligible for free school meals in each of the last 10 years.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 January 2012

For answer on

12 January 2012

Answered on

8 February 2012

The information requested for the years 2008 to 2010 is presented in the following table, earlier years can be provided only at disproportionate cost. Information on 2011 key stage 4 attainment by characteristics will be published on 9 February in the publication ““GCSE and Equivalent Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England, 2010/11”” which will be available here:"http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001057/index.shtml"

Number and percentage of pupils entered for GCSEs in biological science, chemistry, physics and single science (core science) by eligibility for free school meals: Years 2008-10 (final)—Coverage: England
	Biological Sciences	Chemistry	Physics	Core science
	FSM eligible	Not FSM eligible	FSM eligible	Not FSM eligible	FSM eligible	Not FSM eligible	FSM eligible	Not FSM eligible
2008
Number	3,071	57,872	2,225	51,592	2,159	51,157	57,270	420,459
Percentage		95	4	96	4	96	12	88
2009
Number	3,869	69,795	3,095	64,730	3,034	64,709	54,824	387,127
Percentage	5	95	5	95	4	96	12	88
2010
Number	5,818	94,096	5,242	91,105	5,244	91,102	49,921	343,344
Percentage	6	94	5	95	5	95	13	87
Notes:
1. Single science is taken to mean ““Core Science”” only and no other science award.
2. Figures cover pupils in maintained mainstream schools only.
3. Figures do not take into account discounting where qualification content may overlap.

Date

8 February 2012

Reference

89711; 540 c324-6W

House

House of Commons

Science: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many and what proportion of pupils (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals were entered for GCSEs in the three separate sciences in each of the last three years;

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 January 2012

For answer on

12 January 2012

Answered on

8 February 2012

Number and percentage of pupils entered for GCSEs in biological science, chemistry, physics and single science (core science) by eligibility for free school meals: Years 2008-10 (final)—Coverage: England
	Biological Sciences	Chemistry	Physics	Core science
	FSM eligible	Not FSM eligible	FSM eligible	Not FSM eligible	FSM eligible	Not FSM eligible	FSM eligible	Not FSM eligible
2008
Number	3,071	57,872	2,225	51,592	2,159	51,157	57,270	420,459
Percentage		95	4	96	4	96	12	88
2009
Number	3,869	69,795	3,095	64,730	3,034	64,709	54,824	387,127
Percentage	5	95	5	95	4	96	12	88
2010
Number	5,818	94,096	5,242	91,105	5,244	91,102	49,921	343,344
Percentage	6	94	5	95	5	95	13	87
Notes:
1. Single science is taken to mean ““Core Science”” only and no other science award.
2. Figures cover pupils in maintained mainstream schools only.
3. Figures do not take into account discounting where qualification content may overlap.

Date

8 February 2012

Reference

89459; 540 c324-6W

House

House of Commons

Science: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils were entered for GCSEs in the three separate sciences in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 February 2012

Reference

89458; 539 c743W

House

House of Commons

Science: GCSE

(2) in how many mainstream maintained schools no pupil was entered for three separate sciences at GCSE in the most recent academic year for which figures are available.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 January 2012

For answer on

12 January 2012

Answered on

2 February 2012

Following the announcement on 20 October 2010 regarding the specialist schools programme, by the Secretary of State for Education, the right hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove), we removed the bureaucratic burden of schools designating or re-designating as specialist. From 1 April 2011, schools were no longer required to inform DFE of changes or additions to their specialism, therefore we only hold information on the specialism of schools in 2010 and earlier. The information requested is shown in the following table:

Number of schools with a specialism in science¹ not entering pupils for GCSES in chemistry, physics, biology and all three separate sciences (combined). Years: 2008-10 (Final). Coverage: England
	(a) Chemistry	(b) Physics	(c) Biology	(d) All three separate sciences
2008	120	120	110	123
2009	97	98	91	99
2010	27	27	26	27
¹ As reported in the Secondary School Performance Tables in each year. Schools may have more than one specialism.

There were 550 mainstream maintained schools in which no pupils were entered for each of the three separate sciences in the 2010/11 academic year.

Date

2 February 2012

Reference

89513; 539 c742-3W

House

House of Commons

Science: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of pupils were entered for three separate sciences at GCSE in (a) comprehensive schools, (b) selective schools and (c) independent schools in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2001.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 January 2012

For answer on

12 January 2012

Answered on

2 February 2012

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 22 November 2010, Official Report, column 93W; which contains figures for chemistry and physics. The following table gives figures on the same basis for biological sciences in the years requested. Figures have been based on pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year.

Number and percentage of pupils entering GCSE biological sciences by school type. Years: 1997, 2001 (final). Coverage: England
Biological sciences	Number of pupils entering GCSE	Percentage of pupils entering GCSE
School type	1997	2001	1997	2001
Comprehensive	13,330	16,955	2.9	3.4
Selective	5,640	6,818	27.7	32.5
Independent	17,537	16,429	41.9	37.3
Source:
Secondary School and College Performance Tables.

Date

2 February 2012

Reference

89514; 539 c743-4W

House

House of Commons

Science: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many secondary school pupils were entered only for the Single Science Award GCSE and no other science subjects in each of the last 10 years.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 January 2012

For answer on

12 January 2012

Answered on

2 February 2012

The information requested for the years 2008 to 2011 is given in the following table; other years can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Number of secondary school pupils entered only for Single Science Award GCSE and no other science subjects. Years: 2008-11. Coverage: England
	Number of pupils
2008	80,543
2009	72,664
2010	58,317
2011	42,082
Notes:
1. Single science is taken to mean “Core Science” only and no other science award.
2. Data for 2008-10 are final, 2011 is revised.
3. Figures for 2011 include pupils in Alternative Provision, earlier years do not.
4. Figures do not take into account discounting where qualification content may overlap.

Date

2 February 2012

Reference

89456; 539 c742W

House

House of Commons

Science: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many schools with a specialism in science did not enter any pupils for GCSEs in (a) chemistry, (b) physics, (c) biology and (d) all three separate sciences in the last three years;

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 January 2012

For answer on

12 January 2012

Answered on

2 February 2012

Number of schools with a specialism in science¹ not entering pupils for GCSES in chemistry, physics, biology and all three separate sciences (combined). Years: 2008-10 (Final). Coverage: England
	(a) Chemistry	(b) Physics	(c) Biology	(d) All three separate sciences
2008	120	120	110	123
2009	97	98	91	99
2010	27	27	26	27
¹ As reported in the Secondary School Performance Tables in each year. Schools may have more than one specialism.

There were 550 mainstream maintained schools in which no pupils were entered for each of the three separate sciences in the 2010/11 academic year.

Date

2 February 2012

Reference

89457; 539 c742-3W

House

House of Commons

Science: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of pupils were entered for three separate GCSEs in physics, chemistry and biology in each local authority in 2009.

Asked by

Chris Skidmore (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 November 2010

For answer on

12 November 2010

Answered on

29 November 2010

The requested information is shown in the following table.

Number and percentage of pupils at the end of key stage 4 who were entered for three separate GCSEs in physics, chemistry and biology in each local authority in 2009
	2009
	Number of pupils entered for GCSEs in physics, chemistry and biology	Number of pupils at the end of key stage 4	Percentage of pupils entered for GCSEs in physics, chemistry and biology
Total (maintained sector)	66,386	576,421	11.5
North East	3,209	30,670	10.5
Darlington	113	1,188	9.5
Durham	256	5,740	4.5
Gateshead	240	2,160	11.1
Hartlepool	51	1,244	4.1
Middlesbrough	187	1,741	10.7%
Newcastle upon Tyne	275	2,725	10.1
North Tyneside	231	2,290	10.1
Northumberland	809	3,800	21.3
Redcar and Cleveland	265	1,914	13.8
South Tyneside	137	1,913	7.2
Stockton-on-Tees	157	2,430	6.5
Sunderland	488	3,525	13.8

North West	8,437	83,352	10.1
Blackburn with Darwen	60	1,803	3.3
Blackpool	57	1,648	3.5
Bolton	601	3,611	16.6
Bury	169	2,221	7.6
Cheshire East	479	4,013	11.9
Cheshire West and Chester	454	3,979	11.4
Cumbria	730	6,077	12.0
Halton	120	1,542	7.8
Knowsley	20	1,645	1.2
Lancashire	1,660	13,657	12.2
Liverpool	542	5,357	10.1
Manchester	243	4,685	5.2
Oldham	289	3,036	9.5
Rochdale	20	2,612	0.8
Salford	148	2,347	6.3
Sefton	225	3,537	6.4
St. Helens	114	2,156	5.3
Stockport	346	3,041	11.4
Tameside	215	2,994	7.2
Trafford	576	2,895	19.9
Warrington	271	2,570	10.5
Wigan	264	3,929	6.7
Wirral	834	3,997	20.9

Yorkshire & Humber	6,036	60,857	9.9
Barnsley	148	2,642	5.6
Bradford	386	5,876	6.6
Calderdale	248	2,630	9.4
Doncaster	339	3,681	9.2
East Riding of Yorkshire	463	4,015	11.5
Kingston upon Hull, City of	86	2,914	3.0
Kirklees	486	4,708	10.3
Leeds	999	8,272	12.1
North East Lincolnshire	152	1,955	7.8
North Lincolnshire	172	2,030	8.5
North Yorkshire	940	6,990	13.4
Rotherham	376	3,676	10.2
Sheffield	687	5,740	12.0
Wakefield	363	4,014	9.0
York	191	1,714	11.1

East Midlands	6,028	51,663	11.7
Derby	350	2,862	12.2
Derbyshire	994	8,909	11.2
Leicester	255	3,496	7.3
Leicestershire	829	7,391	11.2
Lincolnshire	1,185	8,473	14.0
Northamptonshire	1,122	8,027	14.0
Nottingham	214	2,788	7.7
Nottinghamshire	1,011	9,243	10.9
Rutland	68	474	14.3

West Midlands	6,683	64,883	10.3
Birmingham	1,617	12,292	13.2
Coventry	163	3,534	4.6
Dudley	162	3,965	4.1
Herefordshire	214	1,920	11.1
Sandwell	122	3,615	3.4
Shropshire	230	3,214	7.2
Solihull	403	3,074	13.1
Staffordshire	1,112	9,853	11.3
Stoke-on-Trent	260	2,720	9.6
Telford and Wrekin	316	2,115	14.9
Walsall	460	3,710	12.4
Warwickshire	927	5,942	15.6
Wolverhampton	267	2,742	9.7
Worcestershire	430	6,187	7.0

East of England	8,334	65,171	12.8
Bedford	174	1,859	9.4
Cambridgeshire	1,118	5,843	19.1
Central Bedfordshire	263	2,867	9.2
Essex	2,322	16,136	14.4
Hertfordshire	1,957	13,000	15.1
Luton	169	2,410	7.0
Norfolk	860	8,922	9.6
Peterborough	264	2,287	11.5
Southend-on-Sea	245	2,203	11.1
Suffolk	850	7,772	10.9
Thurrock	112	1,872	6.0

London	27,659	219,825	12.6
Inner London	2,293	22,960	10.0
Camden	157	1,442	10.9
Hackney	83	1,346	6.2
Hammersmith and Fulham	198	1,051	18.8
Haringey	249	2,160	11.5
Islington	33	1,414	2.3
Kensington and Chelsea	0	569	0.0
Lambeth	228	1,560	14.6
Lewisham	282	2,136	13.2
Newham	111	3,401	3.3
Southwark	191	2,366	8.1
Tower Hamlets	246	2,353	10.5
Wandsworth	431	1,854	23.2
Westminster	84	1,308	6.4

Outer London	6,010	50,761	11.8
Barking and Dagenham	176	2,044	8.6
Barnet	392	3,236	12.1
Bexley	385	3,187	12.1
Brent	449	2,793	16.1
Bromley	535	3,509	15.2
Croydon	269	3,651	7.4
Ealing	276	2,793	9.9
Enfield	249	3,622	6.9
Greenwich	130	2,415	5.4
Harrow	212	2,155	9.8
Havering	179	3,024	5.9
Hillingdon	359	2,919	12.3
Hounslow	234	2,542	9.2
Kingston upon Thames	333	1,487	22.4
Merton	197	1,561	12.6
Redbridge	512	3,241	15.8
Richmond upon Thames	195	1,407	13.9
Sutton	826	2,595	31.8
Waltham Forest	102	2,580	4.0

South East	12,344	89,497	13.8
Bracknell Forest	62	1,112	5.6
Brighton and Hove	124	2,289	5.4
Buckinghamshire	1,523	5,584	27.3
East Sussex	753	5,197	14.5
Hampshire	1,917	14,084	13.6
Isle of Wight	187	1,513	12.4
Kent	2,605	16,698	15.6
Medway	318	3,385	9.4
Milton Keynes	276	2,642	10.4
Oxfordshire	754	6,309	12.0
Portsmouth	128	1,993	6.4
Reading	252	958	26.3
Slough	191	1,488	12.8
Southampton	177	2,257	7.8
Surrey	1,516	10,511	14.4
West Berkshire	236	2,000	11.8
West Sussex	767	8,230	9.3
Windsor and Maidenhead	313	1,542	20.3
Wokingham	245	1,705	14.4

South West	7,012	56,607	12.4
Isles of Scilly	¹—	15	¹—
Bath and North East Somerset	342	2,172	15.7
Bournemouth	346	1,780	19.4
Bristol, City of	304	3,131	9.7
Cornwall	682	5,987	11.4
Devon	743	7,704	9.6
Dorset	746	4,366	17.1
Gloucestershire	1,134	6,882	16.5
North Somerset	260	2,265	11.5
Plymouth	332	2,966	11.2
Poole	329	1,684	19.5
Somerset	445	5,688	7.8
South Gloucestershire	425	3,107	13.7
Swindon	180	2,259	8.0
Torbay	¹—	1,518	¹—
Wiltshire	739	5,083	14.5
¹ Figures suppressed due to small numbers.

Date

29 November 2010

Reference

24241; 519 c537-44W

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House of Commons

Pupils (thousand)
	Number of pupils¹ entered for GCSEs² in:
	Biological sciences	Chemistry	Physics
1997	36.8	35.2	34.6
2011³	133.7	132.0	131.1
¹ In 1997, this was based on pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year while in 2011 it was based on pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.
² For each subject, only one attempt is counted—that which achieved the highest grade. This is including attempts by these pupils in previous academic years.
³ Figures for 2011 include pupils in Alternative Provision, earlier years do not.
Source:
1997 Statistical Volume 'Public Examinations GCSE/GNVQ and GCE in England' and Statistical First Release 'GCSE and Equivalent Results in England, 2010/11 (Revised)' available at the following link:
http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001056/index.shtml

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