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Dept for Education and Skills

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Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of examinees failed the GCSE in each of the last 10 years in (a) physical education, (b) history, (c) mathematics and (d) physics. [202294] Mr. Miliband: The information requested is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of pupils entered for GCSE Percentage achieved no passes Subject group year Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Physics 2004 25,562 16,885 42,447 0 0 0 2003 24,029 16,035 40,064 0 0 0 2002 23,297 15,343 38,640 0 1 0 2001 23,006 15,449 38,455 0 1 0 2000 22,799 14,733 37,532 0 0 0 1999 22,766 14,439 37,205 0 1 0 1998 22,358 13,847 36,205 1 1 1 1997 21,892 12,649 34,541 1 1 1 1996 22,482 13,245 35,727 1 1 1 1995 21,640 11,589 33,229 1 1 1 1994 23,193 12,201 35,394 1 1 1 Mathematics 2004 304,575 301,070 605,645 4 3 4 2003 295,328 289,689 585,017 4 4 4 2002 287,619 281,232 568,851 3 3 3 2001 284,773 279,079 563,852 4 3 3 2000 272,284 267,650 539,934 3 3 3 1999 271,503 265,276 536,779 4 4 4 1998 265,930 260,952 526,882 5 5 5 1997 269,508 264,484 533,992 5 4 4 1996 271,209 266,550 537,759 5 4 4 1995 264,060 258,230 522,290 5 5 5 1994 242,140 236,944 479,084 5 4 5 History 2004 103,377 102,022 205,399 4 2 3 2003 97,913 96,888 194,801 4 2 3 2002 97,647 96,298 193,945 4 3 3 2001 97,120 98,111 195,231 7 4 5 2000 93,694 96,585 190,279 3 2 3 1999 92,780 96,154 188,934 4 2 3 1998 92,386 96,684 189,070 4 3 3 1997 101,387 106,099 207,486 5 3 4 1996 104,478 107,929 212,407 5 3 4 1995 108,689 114,668 223,357 6 4 5 1994 99,847 107,503 207,350 5 3 4 Physical Education 2004 80,148 41,290 121,438 1 1 1 2003 74,128 36,616 110,744 1 1 1 2002 71,562 40,188 111,750 1 1 1 2001 68,421 37,230 105,651 9 9 9 2000 62,542 34,227 96,769 1 1 1 1999 60,036 33,467 93,503 1 1 1 1998 54,152 29,513 83,665 1 1 1 1997 51,928 28,986 80,914 3 3 3 1996 48,828 26,524 75,352 4 3 3 1995 41,185 22,072 63,257 4 4 4 1994 31,773 18,610 50,383 5 5 5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: 2004 data is provisional and are subject to change.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

202294; 428 c436W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

History Qualifications Pupils Physical education Standards GCSE Mathematics Physics

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