Children, Schools and Families written question – answered at on 3 December 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students were entered for examination at A2 level in (a) biology, (b) physics, (c) chemistry, (d) engineering and (e) computer science in each year since 1997.
The information requested is as follows.
Number of 16 to 18-year-old pupils entered for selected GCE/VCE A-level subjects from 1996/97 to 2006/07 in England | |||||
1996/97 | 1997/98 | 1998/99 | 1999/2000 | 2000/01 | |
Biological Sciences | 47,598 | 48,897 | 47,192 | 46,190 | 44,592 |
Chemistry | 36,429 | 37,103 | 35,831 | 35,290 | 33,871 |
Physics | 28,777 | 29,672 | 29,552 | 28,191 | 28,031 |
Computer Studies | 10,118 | 12,529 | 10,435 | 10,851 | 10,913 |
Engineering (VCE)(1) | — | — | — | — | — |
2001/02 | 2002/03 | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07( 2) | |
Biological Sciences | 45,407 | 43,902 | 44,235 | 45,662 | 46,624 | 46,916 |
Chemistry | 32,324 | 31,065 | 32,130 | 33,164 | 34,534 | 35,157 |
Physics | 27,860 | 26,278 | 24,606 | 24,094 | 23,657 | 23,973 |
Computer Studies | 9,329 | 8,256 | 6,853 | 5,810 | 5,017 | 4,654 |
Engineering (VCE)(1) | 407 | 361 | 380 | 339 | 211 | 194 |
(1) Figures for VCE examinations only available from 2001/02 onwards. The figure relating to 2006/07 includes both GCE and VCE applied examinations. (2) 2006/07 data are provisional. Schools will get the chance to amend their results as part of the data checking process before the revised figures are published in mid January 2008. |
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