§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will provide a breakdown of GCSE and A-level results by gender and subject.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe figures in the table relate to school leavers of all ages in England in 1987–88, including their achievements at O-level and CSE gained in earlier years.
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School leavers: examination attainments by selected subject England Leavers with graded results in the GCSE (1): as percentage all leavers Leavers with A-level passes: as percentage all 17 year olds Grades A-C2 Grades D-G3 All grades4 Grades A-E Boys Any subject 53.3 35.0 88.4 17.4 English 35.1 46.3 81.4 2.9 Mathematics 35.8 40.9 76.7 7.6 Physics 21.8 24.4 46.2 5.6 Chemistry 16.5 13.9 30.4 4.4 Biological sciences 12.8 12.8 25.7 2.5 Craft, design, technology and other science 19.1 33.5 52.6 1.3 French 12.0 14.8 26.8 1.0 History 14.0 16.9 30.9 2.9 Geography 18.6 25.3 43.8 3.5 Creative arts 10.6 18.0 28.6 1.6 Commercial and domestic studies 5.1 12.1 17.2 0.6 Girls Any subject 61.4 30.1 91.5 16.9 English 48.3 39.4 87.7 6.7 Mathematics 30.5 46.4 76.8 3.9 Physics 9.8 9.7 19.5 1.7 Chemistry 12.0 12.7 24.7 2.8 Biological sciences 19.7 28.3 48.0 3.6 Craft, design, technology and other science 5.9 16.5 22.4 0.3 French 20.4 21.9 42.3 2.7 History 16.0 17.5 33.4 3.3 Geography 15.3 18.0 33.3 2.4 Creative arts 17.9 18.2 36.1 2.7 Commercial and domestic studies 22.2 31.6 53.9 1.3 1 Including attainments at O-level and CSE. 2 GCSE and O-level grades A-C; CSE grade 1. 3 GCSE grades D-G, O-level grades D-E; CSE grades 2–5. 4 Percentages have been calculated independently and may not equal the sum of the constituent parts owing to rounding.