Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students that took art and design at GCSE level were eligible for free school meals in each year since 2012.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The number of pupils[1] in state-funded schools at the end of Key Stage 4 who entered into GCSE (or equivalent) art and design subjects[2],[3], between 2011/12 and between 2016/17[4] are provided in the tables:
2011/12[5] | ||||
Subject | Total pupils entering | Total entrants as % of all pupils | Entrants who were eligible for FSM | % of entrants that were eligible for FSM |
Applied art and design | 1,168 | 0.2 | 161 | 13.8 |
Art and design | 136,467 | 24.3 | 17,052 | 12.5 |
2012/13 | ||||
Subject | Total pupils entering | Total entrants as % of all pupils | Entrants who were eligible for FSM | % of entrants that were eligible for FSM |
Applied art and design | 1,046 | 0.2 | 130 | 12.4 |
Art and design | 141,529 | 24.8 | 18,961 | 13.4 |
2013/14[6] | ||||
Subject | Total pupils entering | Total entrants as % of all pupils | Entrants who were eligible for FSM | % of entrants that were eligible for FSM |
Applied art and design | 847 | 0.2 | 145 | 17.1 |
Art and design | 150,445 | 26.9 | 21,149 | 14.1 |
2014/15[7] | ||||
Subject | Total pupils entering | Total entrants as % of all pupils | Entrants who were eligible for FSM | % of entrants that were eligible for FSM |
Applied art and design | 815 | 0.1 | 121 | 14.8 |
Art and design | 157,054 | 28.3 | 22,143 | 14.1 |
2015/16 | ||||
Subject | Total pupils entering | Total entrants as % of all pupils | Entrants who were eligible for FSM | % of entrants that were eligible for FSM |
Applied art and design | 800 | 0.1 | 105 | 13.1 |
Art and design | 149,097 | 27.6 | 20,640 | 13.8 |
2016/17 | ||||
Subject | Total pupils entering | Total entrants as % of all pupils | Entrants who were eligible for FSM | % of entrants that were eligible for FSM |
Applied art and design | 556 | 0.1 | 97 | 17.4 |
Art and design | 143,882 | 27.4 | 19,531 | 13.6 |
[1] Total number of entries include pupils who were absent, whose results are pending and results which are ungraded or unclassified.
[2] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Prior to 2014, best entry discounting, where the pupil’s best result is used was in place in performance tables. From 2014 onwards, first entry rules were introduced, where a pupil’s first entry in that subject is used in performance tables. For more information on discounting and early entry, see: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores.
[3] Art and design subjects are a category used with the Department’s statistical releases and include: Applied art and design, Art and design, Drama, Media/Film/TV, Music, Drama and Performing arts.
[4] All figures are based on final data so will deviate from total entries figures published in the departments statistical release.
[5] Figures for 2011/12 are based on GCSE entries only and does not include equivalents. Caution should be used when comparing these figures to later years.
[6] In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: 1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and 2) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.
[7] From 2014/15, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, is extended to all subjects.
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students studying at least one arts subject at GCSE also studied business at GCSE Level in each year since 2012.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The number of pupils in all schools, at the end of Key Stage 4, who studied at least one arts subject and business studies at GCSE level from 2011/12 to 2016/17 are in the attachment.
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students studying at least one arts subject at A Level also studied business at A Level in each year since 2012.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The proportion of A level[1] students who studied[2] at least one arts subject[3] and business studies at A level between 2011/12 and 2016/17[4] are:
Academic year[5] | Percentage of students entering at least one arts subject who entered Business Studies A level |
2011/12 | 7.0 |
2012/13 | 7.1 |
2013/14 | 6.9 |
2014/15[6] | 6.3 |
2015/16 | 6.5 |
2016/17 | 6.9 |
[1] Includes entries into A level qualifications which are eligible for inclusion in performance tables. Where qualifications taken by a student are in the same subject area and similar in content, ‘discounting’ rules have been applied to avoid double counting qualifications.
[2] Students at the end of their 16-18 study
[3] ‘Any arts entry’ is not a published grouping in 16-18 data, therefore these figures are based on the same subject grouping used in GCSE and includes: Applied Art and Design, Art and Design, Drama, Media/Film/TV, Music, Dance and Performing Arts.
[4] Figures are based on final data.
[5] From 2010/11 – 2014/15 these figures are based on students entered for A levels, from 2015/16 these figures are based on students entered for AS and A levels, resulting in a much bigger cohort. This artificially reduces the percentage in comparison to previous years and therefore comparisons between the percentages of 2015/16 and 2016/17 and earlier years can not be done.
[6] Figures from 2012/13 to 2014/15 cover students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A level, applied single award A level, applied double award A level or combined A/AS level in the reporting year. Figures for earlier years cover students who were entered for at least one A level, applied single award A level, applied double award A level or combined A/AS level in the summer of the reporting year.
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of students that have studied music at higher education establishments by ethnic group in each year since 2010.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes statistics on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions. The breakdown of higher education enrolments in music subjects by ethnic group is included in the tables attached; undergraduate and postgraduate enrolments have been provided separately.
The free school meals status of all students (all domiciles, all ages) who enrolled onto music subjects is not available.
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students (a) in total and (b) eligible for free school meals took GCSE Music in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The number of pupils[1], in state-funded schools, eligible for Free School Meals, at the end of Key Stage 4, who entered into GCSE (or equivalent) music[2], between 2012/13 – 2016/17[3] are provided in the table below:
Pupils entering GCSE Music | ||||
Academic year | Free School Meal eligible pupils[4] | All other pupils[5] | Total pupils | Percentage of all pupils entering music |
2012/13[6] | 5,804 | 30,614 | 36,418 | 6.4 |
2013/14[7] | 6,575 | 30,673 | 37,248 | 6.7 |
2014/15[8] | 7,320 | 31,660 | 38,980 | 7.0 |
2015/16 | 7,185 | 30,200 | 37,385 | 6.9 |
2016/17 | 6,788 | 27,962 | 34,750 | 6.6 |
[1] Total number of entries include pupils who were absent, whose results are pending and results which are ungraded or unclassified.
[2] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores.
[3] All figures are based on final data.
[4] Free School Meal (FSM) status is taken from the pupils census record for that academic year and indicates that they were eligible for FSM in at least one of the previous 6 academic years.
[5] Includes pupils whose FSM status was unknown.
[6] Data for periods prior to 2012/13 are not available.
[7] In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of Key Stage 4 performance measures data: 1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and 2) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.
[8] From 2014/15, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, is extended to all subjects.
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students (a) in total and (b) eligible for free school meals took A Level Music in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The total number of students in each year, entering A level music, split by Free School Meal eligibility, is provided below: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
Year | Students eligible for FSM[4] | All other students[6] | Total students | The percentage of all A level students entering music |
2010/11 | 94 | 5,142 | 5,236 | 2.0% |
2011/12 | 120 | 4,912 | 5,032 | 1.9% |
2012/13 | 79 | 4,570 | 4,649 | 1.8% |
2013/14 | 95 | 4,448 | 4,543 | 1.8% |
2014/15[7] | 102 | 4,246 | 4,348 | 1.6% |
2015/16 | 90 | 3,694 | 3,784 | 1.2%[8] |
2016/17 | 92 | 3,841 | 3,933 | 1.2%[8] |
[1] For 2010/11 – 2015/16 - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics. For 2016/17 - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2016-to-2017-revised (open the ‘A level exam results and A level and vocational participation csv’ and then the ‘A level subjects by characteristics’ file).
[2] Students, at the end of their 16-18 study, who entered A level music.
[3] Includes entries into A level music qualifications which are eligible for inclusion in performance tables. Where qualifications taken by a student are in the same subject area and similar in content, ‘discounting’ rules have been applied to avoid double counting qualifications.
[4] The methodology through which students ethnicity is identified was changed in 2016/17. Up to 2015/16 a student’s ethnicity was taken from their census record three years prior to the academic year the figures are reported for. In 2016/17 a student’s ethnicity is taken from the census record of their final year of Key Stage 4 study (normally, three years prior). Due to this change, 2016/17 figures can not be compared to earlier years.
[5] Figures are based on final data.
[6] Includes students whose ethnicity is unknown. A student’s ethnicity may be unknown for several reasons, including if they attended an independent secondary school (which do not complete the school census).
[7] Figures from 2012/13 to 2014/15 cover students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A level, applied single award A level, applied double award A level or combined A/AS level in the reporting year. Figures for earlier years cover students who were entered for at least one A level, applied single award A level, applied double award A level or combined A/AS level in the summer of the reporting year.
[8] From 2010/11 – 2014/15 these figures are based on students entered for A levels, from 2015/16 these figures are based on students entered for AS and A levels, resulting in a much bigger cohort. This artificially reduces the percentage in comparison to previous years and therefore comparisons between the percentages of 2015/16 and 2016/17 and earlier years cannot be made.
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of students (a) in total and (b) eligible for free school meals who studied music in higher education in each year since 2010.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes statistics on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions. The breakdown of higher education enrolments in music subjects by ethnic group is included in the tables attached; undergraduate and postgraduate enrolments have been provided separately.
The free school meals status of all students (all domiciles, all ages) who enrolled onto music subjects is not available.
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have taken GCSE Music by ethnic group in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The number of entries[1], by pupils in state-funded schools, at the end of key stage 4, into GCSE (or equivalent) music[2], between 2012/13 – 2016/17 are provided in the table below:[3]
Ethnicity | 2012/13 | 2013/14[4] | 2014/15[5] | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
White | 30,197 | 30,623 | 31,717 | 30,143 | 27,865 |
Mixed | 1,803 | 1,992 | 2,125 | 2,095 | 1,992 |
Asian | 1,256 | 1,357 | 1,596 | 1,680 | 1,622 |
Black | 1,960 | 2,155 | 2,338 | 2,275 | 2,132 |
Chinese | 345 | 326 | 331 | 332 | 296 |
Any other ethnic group | 459 | 411 | 473 | 502 | 464 |
Unknown ethnicity | 398 | 384 | 400 | 358 | 379 |
Total | 36,418 | 37,248 | 38,980 | 37,385 | 34,750 |
The percentage of all | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.6 |
[1] Total number of entries include pupils who were absent, whose results are pending and results which are ungraded or unclassified.
[2] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores).
[3] All figures are based on final data.
[4] In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: 1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and 2) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.
[5] From 2014/15, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, is extended to all subjects.
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have taken A Level Music by ethnic group in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The total entries in each year are provided in the below table: [1], [2], [3], [4]
Ethnicity[5] | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017[5] |
White | 3,701 | 3,501 | 3,215 | 3,034 | 2,930 | 2,466 | 2,604 |
Mixed | 112 | 114 | 119 | 146 | 128 | 138 | 128 |
Asian | 47 | 42 | 39 | 53 | 32 | 53 | 44 |
Black | 75 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 64 | 56 | 54 |
Chinese | 30 | 32 | 29 | 50 | 41 | 28 | 28 |
Any other ethnic group | 20 | 27 | 29 | 22 | 31 | 18 | 23 |
Unknown ethnicity[6] | 1,251 | 1,246 | 1,153 | 1,184 | 1,122 | 1,025 | 1,052 |
Total | 5,236 | 5,032 | 4,649 | 4,543 | 4,348 | 3,784 | 3,933 |
Information is not available for 2010
[1] For 2010/11 – 2015/16 - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics. For 2016/17 - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2016-to-2017-revised (open the ‘A level exam results and A level and vocational participation csv’ and then the ‘A level subjects by characteristics’ file).
[2] Figures are based on final data.
[3] Students, at the end of their 16-18 study, who entered A level music.
[4] Includes entries into A level music qualifications which are eligible for inclusion in performance tables. Where qualifications taken by a student are in the same subject area and similar in content, ‘discounting’ rules have been applied to avoid double counting qualifications.
[5] The methodology through which students ethnicity is identified was changed in 2016/17. Up to 2015/16 a student’s ethnicity was taken from their census record three years prior to the academic year the figures are reported for. In 2016/17 a student’s ethnicity is taken from the census record of their final year of key stage 4 study (normally, three years prior). Due to this change, 2016/17 figures can not be compared to earlier years.
[6] A student’s ethnicity may be unknown for several reasons, including if they attended an independent secondary school (which do not complete the school census).
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students taking architecture subjects at degree-level were from (a) the UK, (b) non-UK EU countries and (c) non-EU countries in each year since 2010.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students studying at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), including information on subject of study and country of domicile prior to study. The latest statistics refer to the academic year 2016/17 and can be found at the following link: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2018/sfr247-higher-education-student-statistics.
The table below shows the numbers of full-person-equivalent entrants to first degrees in architecture subjects by domicile by academic year.
| 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
UK | 3,850 | 3,970 | 3,455 | 3,525 | 3,685 | 3,660 | 3,915 |
EU | 730 | 705 | 595 | 580 | 515 | 510 | 535 |
Non-EU | 680 | 705 | 855 | 930 | 995 | 1,115 | 1,000 |
Source: HESA Student Record
Notes:
1) Counts are on the basis of full-person-equivalents. Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course.
2) Architecture is defined as principal Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) code K1. More information on JACS codes can be found on the HESA website here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs.
3) All figures are rounded to the nearest 5.