§ Mr. JenkinsTo 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.
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(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
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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