Nic Dakin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nic Dakin on 2014-05-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the cohort achieved an A* to C grade in (a) GCSE mathematics, (b) GCSE English and (c) GCSE English literature at the end of (i) Year 11, (ii) Year 12 and (iii) Year 13 in each of the last 10 years.
Mr David Laws
The following tables show the proportion of 15, 16 and 17 year-olds (based on academic age) who had achieved A*-C grade in GCSE English and GCSE mathematics for the last 10 years. The figures cover young people who were in the state sector at academic age 15. Academic age refers to the age at the start of the academic year, so the majority of young people of academic age 15 will be in year 11. The data source used for this analysis does not differentiate between English Literature and English Language so may include those that have A*-C in either subject.
Tables that show key stage 4 results for English and English Literature are available here: http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised
Proportion achieving A*-C grade in GCSE English by academic age and cohort
|
Academic age |
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|
Cohort academic age 15 in |
15 |
16 |
17 |
|
2001/02 |
53% |
55% |
56% |
|
2002/03 |
54% |
56% |
56% |
|
2003/04 |
54% |
56% |
57% |
|
2004/05 |
56% |
58% |
59% |
|
2005/06 |
57% |
59% |
60% |
|
2006/07 |
58% |
60% |
61% |
|
2007/08 |
59% |
62% |
63% |
|
2008/09 |
61% |
64% |
65% |
|
2009/10 |
66% |
68% |
69% |
|
2010/11 |
69% |
70% |
71% |
Source: DfE Young Person’s Matched Administrative Dataset.
Proportion achieving A*-C grade in GCSE mathematics by academic age and cohort
|
Academic age |
|||
|
Cohort academic age 15 in |
15 |
16 |
17 |
|
2001/02 |
47% |
48% |
49% |
|
2002/03 |
46% |
48% |
48% |
|
2003/04 |
47% |
49% |
50% |
|
2004/05 |
50% |
52% |
52% |
|
2005/06 |
51% |
54% |
54% |
|
2006/07 |
53% |
56% |
56% |
|
2007/08 |
56% |
58% |
59% |
|
2008/09 |
58% |
61% |
62% |
|
2009/10 |
62% |
64% |
65% |
|
2010/11 |
65% |
67% |
67% |
Source: DfE Young Person’s Matched Administrative Dataset.
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