§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish data for Wales showing for comprehensive schools, modern schools, grammar
Percentage of 15 year-old pupils achieving 5 or more GCSE grades A *to C (a) Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Comprehensive schools (b) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 225 225 225 226 Number of 15 year-old pupils: Boys 15,756 17,817 18,257 17,497 Girls 15,302 16,752 17,424 17,151 Pupils 31,058 34,569 35,681 34,648 Percentage of 15 year-old pupils achieving 5 or more GCSE grades A*—C: Boys 34 36 37 38 Girls 43 45 46 48 Pupils 39 40 41 43 Independent schools Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 38 38 38 37 Number of 15 year-old pupils: Boys 532 493 507 434 Girls 424 477 486 446 Pupils 956 970 993 880 Percentage of 15 year-old pupils achieving 5 or more GCSE grades A*—C: Boys 66 73 72 78 Girls 87 87 87 87 Pupils 75 80 79 83 All schools (c) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 311 311 318 317 Number of 15 year-old pupils: Boys 16,498 18,589 19,012 18,242 Girls 15,838 17,333 18,015 17,739 Pupils 32,336 35,922 37,027 35,981 Percentage of 15 year-old pupils achieving 5 or more GCSE grades A *—C: Boys 35 36 37 39 Girls 44 46 47 49 Pupils 39 41 42 44 (a) Age given is the age at the start of the academic year. (b) LEA and grant maintained secondary schools. (c) Includes special schools and pupil referral units.
§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish data for Wales showing for comprehensive schools, modern schools, grammar schools, all state schools, independent schools and all schools separately, the percentage of all 16 year-old pupils in each of the years 1994 to 1997 passing GCSE examinations with Grades A* to C for the following subjects: mathematics, English, English
204WAschools, all state schools, independent schools and all schools separately, the percentage of all 16 year-old pupils in each of the years 1994 to 1997 obtaining five or more GCSE passes at Grades A * to C, showing data, separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including, for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of 16 year-old pupils. [HL407]
§ Lord Williams of Mostyn:Information on GCSE results is usually given for those pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year (i.e. those who become 16 during the school year). Information for these pupils, for schools in Wales, is given in the following table. There are no "modern" or "grammar" schools in Wales. literature, sciences (showing separately percentages for single award science, double award science, physics, chemistry and biology), French, history and geography, showing data separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including, for each category of school, the number of schools and the number of 16 year-old pupils. [HL405]
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§ Lord Williams of Mostyn:Information on GCSE results is usually given for those pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year (i.e. those who become
Pentage of 15 year-old boys achieving GCSE A * to C in selected subjects (a) Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Comprehensive schools(b) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 225 225 225 226 Number of 15 year-old boys 15,756 17,817 18,257 17,497 Percentage of 15 year-old boys achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics (c) 39 37 39 40 English Language 34 37 38 39 English Literature 25 26 28 29 Sciences (d) 38 41 42 43 Single award science 2 1 2 2 Double award science 30 33 32 34 Physics 6 6 6 7 Chemistry 5 6 7 7 Biology (e) 4 6 7 7 French 16 15 14 13 History 16 15 14 15 Geography 24 24 25 26 Independent schools Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 38 38 38 37 Number of 15 year-old boys 532 493 507 434 Percentage of 15 year-old boys achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics (c) 70 80 77 77 English Language 63 72 71 77 English Literature 58 61 58 64 Sciences (d) 64 76 74 79 Single award science 1 2 3 3 Double award science 6 18 16 16 Physics 50 51 49 52 Chemistry 44 47 48 53 Biology (e) 45 50 50 55 French 49 52 52 56 History 35 35 34 41 Geography 48 56 55 62 All schools (f) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 311 311 318 317 Number of 15 year-old boys 16,498 18,589 19,012 18,242 Percentage of 15 year-old boys achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics (c) 39 38 39 40 English Language 35 37 38 40 English Literature 26 26 29 30 Sciences (d) 39 41 42 43 Single award science 2 1 2 2 Double award science 29 32 31 33 Physics 7 7 9 8 Chemistry 6 7 8 8 Biology (e) 5 7 8 8 French 17 15 14 13 History 16 15 15 16 Geography 24 25 26 26 (a) Age given is the age at the start of the academic year.
(b) LEA and grant maintained secondary schools.
(c) Any mathematics subject (including statistics).
(d) Any science subject.(e) Biology or human biology.
(f) Includes special schools and pupil referral units.
206WA16 during the school year). Information for these pupils, for schools in Wales, is given in the following tables. There are no "modern" or "grammar" schools in Wales.
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Percentage of 15 year—old girls achieving GCSE A* to C in selected subjects (a) Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Comprehensive schools(b) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 225 225 225 226 Number of 15 year-old girls 15,302 16,752 17,424 17,151 Percentage of 15 year-old girls achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics (c) 39 39 41 42 English Language 54 54 55 57 English Literature 41 42 45 47 Sciences (d) 38 41 42 45 Single award science 4 3 3 3 Double award science 30 33 33 35 Physics 4 4 6 6 Chemistry 4 4 5 6 Biology (e) 3 4 6 6 French 30 26 26 26 History 22 22 20 21 Geography 18 19 21 22 Independent schools Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 38 38 38 37 Number of 15 year-old girls 424 477 486 446 Percentage of 15 year-old girls achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics (c) 82 84 86 86 English Language 91 90 90 99 English Literature 83 83 83 83 Sciences (d) 76 82 83 85 Single award science 1 1 2 3 Double award science 16 36 47 44 Physics 38 27 26 31 Chemistry 44 35 25 33 Biology (e) 50 42 31 37 French 77 70 72 73 History 38 41 38 45 Geography 49 51 49 47 All schools(f) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 311 311 318 317 Number of 15 year-old girls 15,838 17,333 18,015 17,739 Percentage of 15 year-old girls achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics (c) 40 40 42 43 English Language 54 55 56 57 English Literature 42 48 46 48 Sciences (d) 38 42 43 46 Single award science 3 3 3 3 Double award science 29 33 33 35 Physics 4 5 6 7 Chemistry 5 5 6 6 Biology (e) 4 5 6 7 French 31 29 28 27 History 22 22 21 22 Geography 19 20 22 22 (a)Age given is the age at the start of the academic year.
(b)LEA and grant maintained secondary schools.
(c)Any mathematics subject (including statistics).
(d)Any science subject.
(e)Biology or human biology.
(f)Includes special schools and pupil referral units.
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Percentage of 15 year—old pupils achieving GCSE A* to C in selected subjects (a) Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Comprehensive schools (b) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 225 225 225 226 Number of 15 year-old pupils 31,058 34,569 35,681 34,648 Percentage of 15 year-old pupils achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics (c) 39 38 40 41 English Language 44 45 46 48 English Literature 33 34 36 38 Sciences (d) 38 41 42 44
Percentage of 15 year—old pupils achieving GCSE A* to C in selected subjects (a) Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Single award science 3 2 3 2 Double award science 30 33 32 35 Physics 5 5 7 7 Chemistry 4 5 6 6 Biology (e) 4 5 6 7 French 23 21 20 19 History 19 18 17 18 Geography 21 22 23 24 Independent schools Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 38 38 38 37 Number of 15 year-old pupils 956 970 993 880 Percentage of 15 year-old pupils achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics (c) 75 82 81 81 English Language 76 81 81 83 English Literature 69 72 70 74 Sciences (d) 69 79 78 82 Single award science 1 1 3 3 Double award science 12 27 31 30 Physics 45 39 38 41 Chemistry 44 41 37 43 Biology (e) 47 46 41 46 French 62 61 62 64 History 37 38 36 43 Geography 49 54 52 54 All schools (f) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 311 311 318 317 Number of 15 year-old pupils 32,336 35,922 37,027 35,981 Percentage of 15 year-old pupils achieving GCSE grade AC in: Mathematics (c) 40 39 40 41 English Language 44 46 47 48 English Literature 34 34 37 39 Sciences (d) 39 42 42 44 Single award science 3 2 3 2 Double award science 29 33 32 34 Physics 6 6 7 8 Chemistry 5 6 7 7 Biology (e) 5 6 7 8 French 24 22 21 20 History 19 19 18 19 Geography 22 23 24 24 (a) Age given is the age at the start of the academic year.
(b) LEA and grant maintained secondary schools.
(c) Any mathematics subject (including statistics).
(d) Any science subject.
(e) Biology or human biology.
(f) Includes special schools and pupil referral units.
§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish data for Wales showing for comprehensive schools, modern schools, grammar schools, all state schools, independent schools and all schools separately, the percentage of all 16 year-old pupils in each of the years 1994 to 1997 passing GCSE examinations with Grades A* to C for the following combinations of subjects: mathematics and English; mathematics, English and one science; mathematics, English, one science, French and either history or geography; showing data for each combination of subjects separately for boys, girls and all pupils and including, for each category of 210WA school, the number of schools and the number of 16 year-old pupils. [HL406]
§ Lord Williams of Mostyn:Information on GCSE results is usually given for those pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year (i.e. those who become 16 during the school year). The information on the combinations of subjects requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by commissioning a special analysis of the pupil level data held on the Welsh Examinations Database maintained by the Welsh Joint Education Committee. Readily available information is shown in the following tables.
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Percentage of 15 year-old boys achieving GCSE A* to C in selected subjects (a) Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Comprehensive schools (b) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 225 225 225 226 Number of 15 year-old boys 15,756 17,817 18,257 17,497 Percentage of 15 year-old boys achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics and English or Welsh 28 30 31 33 Mathematics, English or Welsh and a science 26 28 29 30 Independent schools Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 38 38 38 37 Number of 15 year-old boys 532 493 507 434 Percentage of 15 year-old boys achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics and English or Welsh 59 70 67 71 Mathematics, English or Welsh and a science 55 67 65 70 All school (c) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 311 311 318 317 Number of 15 year-old boys 16,498 18,589 19,012 18,242 Percentage of 15 year-old boys achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics and English or Welsh 29 31 32 33 Mathematics, English or Welsh and a science 26 29 29 31 (a) Age given is the age at the start of the academic year.
(b) LEA and grant maintained secondary schools.
(c) Includes special schools and pupil referral units.
Percentage of 15 year-old girls achieving GCSE A* to C in selected subjects(a) Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Comprehensive schools (b) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 225 225 225 226 Number of 15 year-old girls 15,302 16,752 17,424 17,151 Percentage of 15 year-old girls achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics and English or Welsh 36 37 39 40 Mathematics, English or Welsh and a science 30 33 34 36 Independent schools Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 38 38 38 37 Number of 15 year-old girls 424 477 486 446 Percentage of 15 year-old girls achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics and English or Welsh 80 83 84 84 Mathematics, English or Welsh and a science 72 78 79 81 All schools (e) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 311 311 318 317 Number of 15 year-old girls 15,838 17,333 18,015 17,739 Percentage of 15 year-old girls achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics and English or Welsh 37 38 40 41 Mathematics, English or Welsh and a science 31 34 35 37 (a)Age given is the age at the start of the academic year.
(b)LEA and grant maintained secondary schools.
(c) Includes special schools and pupil referral units.
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Percentage of 15 year-old pupils achieving GCSE A* to C in selected subjects (a) Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Comprehensive schools (b) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 225 225 225 226 Number of 15 year-old pupils 31,058 34,569 35,681 34,648 Percentage of 15 year-old pupils achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics and English or Welsh 32 33 35 37 Mathematics, English or Welsh and a science 28 30 31 33
Percentage of 15 year-old pupils achieving GCSE A* to C in selected subjects(a) Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 Independent schools Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 38 38 38 37 Number of 15 year-old pupils 956 970 993 880 Percentage of 15 year-old pupils achieving GCSE A*_C in: Mathematics and English or Welsh 68 76 75 78 Mathematics, English or Welsh and a science 62 73 72 75 All schools (c) Number of schools with 15 year-old pupils 311 311 318 317 Number of 15 year-old pupils 32,336 35,922 37,027 35,981 Percentage of 15 year-old pupils achieving GCSE grade A*—C in: Mathematics and English or Welsh 33 34 36 37 Mathematics, English or Welsh and a science 29 31 32 34 (a) Age given is the age at the start of the academic year.
(b) LEA and grant maintained secondary schools.
(c) Includes special schools and pupil referral units.