§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the percentage of passes in GCE O-level and CSE examinations, indicating the subjects and gradings as appropriate.
§ Mr. DunnInformation in respect of the GCE and CSE attainments of leavers from English schools is shown in the following table:
School leavers in England, 1984–85 GCE ordinary level and CSE best graded results* for selected subjects Percentage of leavers Best results Higher† grades Other‡ grades Total Total leavers (000's) — — 736.2 Any subject (000's) 401.7 262.9 664.6 Any subject 55 36 90 English 40 44 84 Mathematics 31 44 75 Physics 16 18 33 Chemistry 14 13 27 Biological sciences 16 24 40
Leavers from maintained schools in Lancashire (Thousands) Academic year 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Total leavers 21.16 21.37 22.52 21.00 20.71 Number attempting O-level or CSE in Any subject 18.55 18.94 20.22 19.09 18.98 English 17.60 18.21 19.12 18.03 17.81 Mathematics 16.14 16.92 17.76 16.63 16.14 Physics 6.76 7.33 7.66 7.25 7.63 Chemistry 5.06 5.53 5.86 5.82 6.15 Biology 8.31 8.29 9.35 8.67 8.91 Craft, design, technology and other science 7.25 7.98 8.06 7.62 7.40 French 5.42 5.58 6.40 5.67 6.01 History 6.79 6.96 7.95 6.56 6.91 Geography 8.25 8.79 9.38 8.31 8.41 Creative arts 6.58 6.69 6.76 6.55 6.59 Commercial and domestic studies 7.26 6.17 7.36 7.01 7.35 Source: School Leavers Sample Survey.
Examinations data are subject to sampling error.
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Best results Higher† grades Other‡ grades Total Craft, design, technology and other science 11 25 36 French 15 18 33 History 14 19 33 Geography 17 23 40 Creative arts 14 18 32 Commercial and domestic studies 10 22 32 * Excluding O-level passes awarded on A-level papers. † O-level grades A-C, CSE grade 1. ‡ O-level grades D, E. CSE grades 2–5. Source: School Leavers Sample Survey. Data on examinations subject to sampling error.
Due to rounding the two constituent parts may not always add to the total.
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children in Lancashire have taken the GCE O-level and CSE examination in the last five years, indicating the subjects taken.