§ Mr. Gristasked 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 JacksonThe 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