Ian Austin – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2016-02-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils who achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE in 2015 received no higher than a C grade in any subject.

Nick Gibb

Of those pupils[1] achieving five A* to C grades at GCSE[2] in 2015:

• 4.5% received no higher than a C grade in any subject

• 32.8% received no higher than a B grade in any subject

[1] Based on pupils at the end of key stage 4 in the 2014/15 academic year

[2] Based on those pupils entering single award GCSEs only