HC Deb 07 February 1979 vol 962 cc172-3W
Mr. Grist

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the numbers of entrants in England for GEC O-level in the 12 most popular subjects for each of the last two years, and the number and percentage of these who obtained A, B and C passes in each of those subjects.

Miss Margaret Jackson

The information requested is not available. However,

ENGLISH GCE O-LEVEL EXAMINATION BOARDS—SUMMER 1976 AND 1977
Numbers of entrants Numbers with grades A, B, C Percentages with grades A, B, C
1977 1976 1977 1976 1977 1976
English Language 451,411 431,357 263,267 255,986 58.3 59.3
Mathematics 271,114 255,181 157,744 149,681 58.2 58.7
English Literature 239,229 233,968 145,361 137,240 60.8 58.7
Biology 207,673 196,767 115,241 111,324 55.5 56.6
Geography 186,505 179,708 102,422 98,174 54.9 54.6
French 148,739 146,687 90,670 87,461 61.0 59.6
Physics 139,162 131,540 84,338 77,729 60.6 59.1
History 133,809 139,852 76,920 79,886 57.5 57.1
Chemistry 114,900 107,147 69,040 65,342 60.1 61.0
Art 108,420 105,606 69,816 69,434 64.4 65.7
Religious knowledge 61,544 59,873 37,493 34,615 60.9 57.8
Technical drawing 51,336 47,324 26,229 26,328 51.1 55.6