Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils who achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE in 2015 received (a) A*, (b) A, (c) B and (d) C grade in a modern foreign language.

The table below provides information as requested for the percentage of pupils that achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE[1] in 2015 who achieved A*, A, B and C grades in specific GCSE subjects[2].

[1] Based on GCSE examinations only - excludes equivalents.

[2] Note that separate figures are provided for the core science and triple award science pathways. Information is not provided for double award science due to low numbers of entries.

[3] Figures include only those pupils who entered both English Language and English Literature (and achieved at least a C in one of them) and are based on the highest grade achieved in either subject.

[4] Figures include only those pupils who entered and achieved the core science pathway (having entered core and additional science and have achieved an A*-C in both) and are based on the highest grade achieved in either of the component subjects.

[5] Figures include only those pupils who entered and achieved the separate science pathway (having entered three of biology, chemistry, physics and computer science and having achieved A*-C in two of them) and are based on the highest grade achieved in any of the component subjects.

[6] Based on the highest grade achieved in any modern foreign language GCSE - if pupils achieved two or more languages and achieved different grades then they only appear once in the figures.