Education written question – answered at on 18 October 2010.
Chris Skidmore
Conservative, Kingswood
To ask the Secretary of State for Education
(1) how many and what proportion of pupils were entered for history A-level in (a) comprehensive schools, (b) maintained selective schools and (c) independent schools in each year since 1997;
(2) how many and what proportion of pupils obtained a grade C or above in history A-level in (a) comprehensive schools, (b) maintained selective schools and (c) independent schools in each year since 1997.
Nick Gibb
Minister of State (Education)
The information requested is given in the following table and covers candidates aged 16-18 entered for A-levels during the academic year:
| School type and year | Number entered for A-level history | Number achieving grade A-C in A-level history | % of all A-level candidates entered for history | % of all A-level candidates achieving grade A-C in history | % of those entered for history achieving a grade A-C |
| Comprehensive | |||||
| 1997 | 15,740 | 7,808 | 17.1 | 8.5 | 49.6 |
| 1998 | 15,742 | 7,963 | 16.2 | 8.2 | 50.6 |
| 1999 | 15,244 | 8,019 | 15.4 | 8.1 | 52.6 |
| 2000 | 15,241 | 8,269 | 15.4 | 8.3 | 54.3 |
| 2001 | 15,498 | 8,560 | 15.0 | 8.3 | 55.2 |
| 2002 | 16,798 | 10,759 | 15.3 | 9.8 | 64.0 |
| 2003 | 17,138 | 11,405 | 14.9 | 10.6 | 66.5 |
| 2004 | 17,957 | 12,192 | 15.4 | 10.4 | 67.9 |
| 2005 | 18,532 | 12,673 | 15.9 | 10.9 | 68.4 |
| 2006 | 19,401 | 13,370 | 16.6 | 11.5 | 68.9 |
| 2007 | 19,279 | 13,448 | 17.0 | 11.9 | 69.8 |
| 2008 | 20,042 | 14,587 | 17.1 | 12.5 | 72.8 |
| 2009 | 20,248 | 15,122 | 16.9 | 12.6 | 74.7 |
| Selective | |||||
| 1997 | 3,321 | 2,229 | 19.6 | 13.2 | 67.1 |
| 1998 | 3,155 | 2,162 | 17.9 | 12.3 | 68.5 |
| 1999 | 3,301 | 2,388 | 18.6 | 13.5 | 72.3 |
| 2000 | 3,173 | 2,268 | 17.7 | 12.6 | 71.5 |
| 2001 | 3,404 | 2,497 | 18.5 | 13.6 | 73.4 |
| 2002 | 3,698 | 3,057 | 20.2 | 16.7 | 82.7 |
| 2003 | 3,884 | 3,380 | 20.6 | 19.0 | 87.0 |
| 2004 | 4,076 | 3,584 | 21.1 | 18.5 | 87.9 |
| 2005 | 4,237 | 3,718 | 21.2 | 18.6 | 87.8 |
| 2006 | 4,313 | 3,840 | 21.5 | 19.1 | 89.0 |
| 2007 | 4,447 | 3,979 | 21.6 | 19.3 | 89.5 |
| 2008 | 4,541 | 4,119 | 21.4 | 19.4 | 90.7 |
| 2009 | 4,614 | 4,188 | 21.8 | 19.8 | 90.8 |
| Independent | |||||
| 1997 | 7,112 | 5,383 | 19.6 | 14.8 | 75.7 |
| 1998 | 6,534 | 5,061 | 17.9 | 13.8 | 77.5 |
| 1999 | 6,605 | 5,231 | 17.9 | 14.2 | 79.2 |
| 2000 | 6,454 | 5,185 | 18.2 | 14.6 | 80.3 |
| 2001 | 6,555 | 5,393 | 19.0 | 15.7 | 82.3 |
| 2002 | 6,853 | 6,103 | 20.9 | 18.6 | 89.1 |
| 2003 | 6,849 | 6,230 | 20.1 | 19.2 | 91.0 |
| 2004 | 7,167 | 6,541 | 20.6 | 18.8 | 91.3 |
| 2005 | 7,084 | 6,566 | 21.1 | 19.5 | 92.7 |
| 2006 | 7,150 | 6,628 | 21.2 | 19.6 | 92.7 |
| 2007 | 7,174 | 6,689 | 21.5 | 20.1 | 93.2 |
| 2008 | 7,377 | 6,909 | 21.3 | 20.0 | 93.7 |
| 2009 | 7,477 | 7,045 | 21.2 | 20.0 | 94.2 |
| Note: Significant numbers of history A-levels are also sat in other institution types such as secondary modern schools and FE colleges. Therefore figures in this answer will not sum to the local authority totals given in PQs 15944 and 15945 which include all maintained schools and FE colleges but exclude independent schools. Provisional figures for 2010 will be published on 21 October. | |||||
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