HC Deb 11 November 1998 vol 319 cc240-3W
Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the grades achieved at(a) GCSE and (b) A level in each science subject in (i) schools and (ii) further education colleges in Staffordshire in each of the last five years. [57945]

Mr. Mudie

[holding answer 4 November 1998]: The GCSE and GCE A level data requested for schools and colleges in Staffordshire are shown in the following tables.

(i) (b) GCE A level achievements in maintained schools
Grade achieved at GCE A level
A B C D E N U X Total
1993
Biology 51 63 68 77 89 70 82 0 500
Chemistry 62 68 59 75 78 50 52 1 445
Physics 56 43 61 67 94 72 46 0 439
Other science 6 16 16 37 31 23 9 0 138
1994
Biology 40 61 92 92 117 93 45 1 541
Chemistry 50 63 70 81 101 52 43 2 462
Physics 54 55 59 88 72 50 33 3 414
Other science 6 12 22 46 36 24 7 0 153
1995
Biology 41 74 82 89 103 81 50 3 527
Chemistry 45 66 73 83 64 64 38 1 435
Physics 50 46 69 76 53 43 21 0 358
Other science 7 21 26 50 28 13 5 2 152
1996
Biology 40 99 102 111 109 64 41 4 570
Chemistry 56 67 103 64 73 61 34 0 458
Physics 49 60 55 58 85 57 31 0 395
Other science 4 20 20 31 26 9 5 0 115
1997
Biology 65 102 89 88 113 68 33 5 563
Chemistry 59 80 83 60 58 38 36 1 415
Physics 60 67 62 58 70 32 20 2 371
Other science 4 19 29 36 25 16 4 0 133

GCSE and GCE A level achievements in Staffordshire 1993 to 1997 (ii) (a) GCSE achievements in FE sector colleges
Grade achieved at GCSE
A* A B C D E F G U X Total
1993
Biology 24 45 108 97 92 59 44 18 34 521
Chemistry 1 16 21 18 15 8 1 0 7 87
Physics 5 7 21 17 15 7 5 7 5 89
Single science 7 12 25 16 7 3 5 1 10 86
Double award science 5 17 13 7 3 0 1 1 4 51
Other science 23 48 55 20 19 4 3 1 13 186
1994
Biology 5 18 58 114 110 97 58 36 13 67 576
Chemistry 0 4 16 18 18 16 6 1 2 10 91
Physics 0 6 10 22 25 15 7 6 1 14 106
Single science 0 1 17 24 13 14 9 0 1 12 91
Double award science 0 0 10 17 9 8 0 0 1 2 47
Other science 3 22 54 36 15 9 7 2 1 16 165
1995
Biology 2 22 41 79 74 61 3 2 35 42 361
Chemistry 0 1 5 19 17 9 3 0 2 7 63
Physics 1 6 8 15 9 7 3 0 0 6 55
Single science 0 0 9 11 10 9 1 0 0 5 45
Double award science 0 2 14 17 9 9 0 0 1 1 53
Other science 3 15 34 31 8 10 0 2 0 16 119
1996
Biology 1 14 44 85 72 49 5 0 20 41 331
Chemistry 0 1 8 20 14 16 6 0 2 9 76
Physics 0 1 9 18 12 3 2 0 2 8 55
Single science 0 0 3 12 7 4 3 0 2 3 34
Double award science 0 2 6 15 7 4 2 0 0 3 39
Other science 4 13 32 27 10 2 1 0 9 20 118
1997
Biology 1 10 34 42 52 32 2 1 8 27 209
Chemistry 0 2 1 6 5 5 0 0 1 6 26
Physics 0 1 4 5 4 2 0 0 0 2 18
Single science 0 2 1 4 3 3 1 0 0 2 16
Double award science 0 0 7 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 17
Other science 0 2 1 5 5 0 0 0 2 4 19

(ii) (b) GCE A level achievements in FE sector colleges
Grade achieved at GCE A level
A B C D E N U X Total
1993
Biology 20 37 46 42 47 37 59 16 304
Chemistry 22 30 21 22 25 22 20 3 165
Physics 18 23 20 17 28 25 29 4 164
Other science 12 35 38 52 51 29 58 19 294
1994
Biology 23 22 38 70 56 46 36 12 303
Chemistry 26 22 22 28 27 19 19 3 166
Physics 17 19 25 18 22 18 26 2 147
Other science 16 34 43 50 41 29 46 22 281
1995
Biology 25 24 45 72 76 45 69 21 377
Chemistry 23 19 19 33 42 30 28 5 199
Physics 15 15 25 22 43 17 16 3 156
Other science 13 34 27 67 60 31 30 17 279
1996
Biology 9 39 46 63 67 41 35 14 314
Chemistry 11 23 27 20 27 25 23 7 163
Physics 7 10 20 15 24 21 28 4 129
Other science 6 12 35 36 26 28 28 7 178
1997
Biology 3 11 18 27 34 21 35 13 171
Chemistry 1 8 4 7 9 10 1 3 43
Physics 5 3 6 10 14 0 6 10 54
Other science 9 17 14 24 22 13 16 7 122