Michael Gove
Shadow Secretary of State (Children, Schools and Families)
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils who gained five GCSEs at A*-C in 2007 gained a good GCSE in (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) science, (d) a modern foreign language and (e) either history or geography.
Jim Knight
Minister of State (Schools and Learners), Department for Children, Schools and Families, Minister of State (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Schools and Learners)
In 2007, 402,411 pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieved 5+ A*-C at GCSE and equivalent. Of these, the numbers and percentages of pupils gaining an A*-C GCSE in the subjects listed is given in the following table.
| Number | Percentage | |
| English | 388,198 | 96.5 |
| Mathematics | 352,909 | 87.7 |
| Science | 331,114 | 82.3 |
| Modern Foreign Language | 198,382 | 49.3 |
| Either Geography or History | 221,131 | 55.0 |
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