Chris Skidmore
Conservative, Kingswood
To ask the Secretary of State for Education 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 2010; and how many and what proportion of pupils obtained a grade C or above in history A-level in (i) comprehensive schools, (ii) maintained selective schools and (iii) independent schools in 2010.
Nick Gibb
Minister of State (Education)
holding answer
The information requested is in the following table.
| Institution type | Number of students taking A-levels in 2010 | Number of students who were entered for History A-level in 2010 | Percentage of students who were entered for History A-level in 2010 | Number of students who achieved a grade C or above in History A-level in 2010 | Percentage of students who achieved a grade C or above in History A-level in 2010 (1) |
| Comprehensive schools | 131,745 | 22,062 | 16.7 | 16,569 | 75.1 |
| Selective schools | 24,431 | 4,692 | 19.2 | 4,363 | 93.0 |
| Modern schools | 3,975 | 506 | 12.7 | 295 | 58.3 |
| Other maintained schools | 986 | 108 | 11.0 | 73 | 67.6 |
| Independent schools | 38,681 | 7,587 | 19.6 | 7,149 | 94.2 |
| Sixth form colleges | 56,099 | 6,808 | 12.1 | 5,441 | 79.9 |
| Other further education sector colleges | 30,298 | 3,383 | 11.2 | 2,291 | 67.7 |
| England | 286,215 | 45,146 | 15.8 | 36,181 | 80.1 |
| (1) Number of students achieving a grade C or above in history A-level as a percentage of the number of students entered for A-level history. Source: School and College Performance Tables | |||||
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