IGCSE
(asked on 29th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2018 to Question 182779 on IGCSE, how many and what proportion of GCSE entries only in (a) state and (b) independent schools were IGCSEs in 2018; and what types of schools are included as independent schools in those figures.
The number of pupils, at the end of Key Stage 4 in 2018, entering international GCSEs (and the proportion of the total GCSE and equivalent entries[1] in 2017/18 they constitute) is:
Institution type | Number of international GCSE entries | as a proportion of all |
State-funded[2] | 7,824 | 0.2% |
Independent[3] | 26,024 | 10.9% |
Other (e.g. PRUs and AP) | 337 | 1.4% |
All schools | 34,185 | 0.8% |
The number of pupils, at the end of Key Stage 4 in 2018, entering approved international GCSEs (those which count in the Departments’ school and college performance tables[4]) and the proportion of all approved GCSE and equivalent entries in 2017/18 that they constitute is:
Institution type | Number of international GCSE entries4 | as a proportion of |
State-funded2 | 5,782 | 0.1% |
Independent3 | 1,848 | 0.9% |
Other (e.g. PRUs and AP) | 21 | 0.1% |
All schools | 7,651 | 0.2% |
[1] International GCSEs are classed as ‘equivalents’ by the Department, therefore the percentage of International GCSEs is given out of the total GCSE and equivalent entries so that the figures are accurately reflective of the split in types of qualifications sat. GCSEs and equivalents include: Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 (9-1) Certificate, Cambridge International Certificate Level 1/Level 2, International GCSEs (interim): Double Award, International GCSEs (interim), Edexcel Certificates, GCSE Full Course, GCSE (9-1) Full Course, GCSE (9-1) Full Course (Double Award) and Vocational GCSE Single Award.
[2] Include academies, free schools, city technology colleges, further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds and state-funded special schools. They exclude independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools and alternative provision.
[3] Includes independent and independent special schools.
[4] Approved International GCSEs include: Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate in Information and Communication Technology, Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate in English as a Second Language, Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate in Greek, Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate in Business Studies, Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate in Hindi as a Second Language, Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate in Enterprise and Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate in Mandarin Chinese.