§ Sir Geoffrey Johnson SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for each of the last 10 years for(a) England and (b) Wales how many pupils (i) left state education without having been entered for any CSE/GCSE or equivalent examination and (ii) were entered for such examinations in (1) one, (2) two, (3) three, (4) four and (5) five or more subjects; and how many such entrants failed to qualify in each subject paper they sat. [69092]
§ Mr. MudieThe information requested on GCSE achievements for the last ten years for England is shown in the following table. The figures are based on maintained mainstream schools (excluding special schools) and relate to all 15 year old pupils (at the start of the academic year) whether they left school or not.
The information for schools in Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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GCSE achievements of 15 year old pupils in maintained mainstream schools—England—1989–98 Number attempting subjects Number that failed some subjects Percentage failing to achieve all subjects 1988–89 Did not attempt 37,170 — — Attempted 1 subject 12,240 3,290 26.9 Attempted 2 subjects 13,460 6,570 48.8 Attempted 3 subjects 14,890 8,160 54.8 Attempted 4 subjects 21,040 11,280 53.6 Attempted 5 or more subjects 471,680 27,370 5.8 1989–90 Did not attempt 35,930 — — Attempted 1 subject 11,150 2,100 18.8 Attempted 2 subjects 12,700 4,070 32.0 Attempted 3 subjects 15,060 6,500 43.5 Attempted 4 subjects 17,530 7,480 42.7 Attempted 5 or more subjects 444,550 19,850 4.5 1990–91 Did not attempt 31,970 — — Attempted 1 subject 8,460 1,770 20.9 Attempted 2 subjects 9,670 3,360 34.7 Attempted 3 subjects 9,750 4,380 44.9 Attempted 4 subjects 14,600 6,510 44.6 Attempted 5 or more subjects 434,450 16,630 3.8 1991–92 Did not attempt 25,343 — — Attempted 1 subject 7,598 3,018 39.7 Attempted 2 subjects 7,393 3,709 50.2 Attempted 3 subjects 8,921 5,047 56.6 Attempted 4 subjects 11,825 6,565 55.5 Attempted 5 or more subjects 426,639 18,818 4.4 1992–93 Did not attempt 19,973 — — Attempted 1 subject 6,453 2,486 38.5 Attempted 2 subjects 6,228 3,242 52.1 Attempted 3 subjects 7,289 4,342 59.6 Attempted 4 subjects 9,514 5,749 60.4 Attempted 5 or more subjects 417,702 18,121 4.3
GCSE achievements of 15 year old pupils in maintained mainstream schools—England—1989–98 Number attempting subjects Number that failed some subjects Percentage failing to achieve all subjects 1993–94 Did not attempt 20,866 — — Attempted 1 subject 5,311 2,606 49.1 Attempted 2 subjects 4,519 3,018 66.8 Attempted 3 subjects 5,394 3,598 66.7 Attempted 4 subjects 7,757 4,961 64.0 Attempted 5 or more subjects 433,079 18,507 4.3 1994–95 Did not attempt 23,178 — — Attempted 1 subject 5,174 2,555 49.4 Attempted 2 subjects 4,082 2,866 70.2 Attempted 3 subjects 5,116 3,576 69.9 Attempted 4 subjects 7,284 4,802 65.9 Attempted 5 or more subjects 473,945 20,430 4.3 1995–96 Did not attempt 23,050 — — Attempted 1 subject 5,678 2,593 45.7 Attempted 2 subjects 4,093 2,769 67.7 Attempted 3 subjects 5,079 3,314 65.2 Attempted 4 subjects 7,383 4,555 61.7 Attempted 5 or more subjects 488,776 18,550 3.8 1996–97 Did not attempt 22,084 — — Attempted 1 subject 5,346 2,609 48.8 Attempted 2 subjects 3,838 2,550 66.4 Attempted 3 subjects 4,652 3,126 67.2 Attempted 4 subjects 6,774 4,300 63.5 Attempted 5 or more subjects 485,409 18,150 3.7 1997–98 Did not attempt 18,204 — — Attempted 1 subjects 5,790 2,641 45.6 Attempted 2 subjects 4,715 2,960 62.8 Attempted 3 subjects 5,393 3,021 56.0 Attempted 4 subjects 7,629 3,826 50.2 Attempted 5 or more subjects 476,157 11,682 2.5