Arts and Technology: GCSE

(asked on 1st November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which 10 local authority areas had the largest decline in GCSE take-up for (a) art and design, (b) design and technology, (c) drama and (d) music in the last five years; and what proportion of students qualified for free school meals in each of those areas.


Answered by
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Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 8th December 2016

The ten local authorities with the largest percentage point decline in entries for selected GCSE subjects between 2010 and 2016, and the proportion of students eligible for and claiming free school meals in state funded secondary schools in these areas is listed in the following table:

Local authorities with the largest proportionate decline in entries for selected GCSE subjects1,2 between 2010 and 2016 and proportion of students eligible for and claiming free school meals in state funded secondary schools in these areas

Year: From 2010 to 2016 (provisional)2

Number of pupils at the end of key stage 4

Percentage of pupils entered for selected subjects in 2016

Percentage of pupils entered for selected subjects in 2010

Percentage known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in secondary schools

England

541,080

59.5

65.2

13.2

Blackburn with Darwen

1,755

43.9

64.6

14.9

Isles of Scilly

23

56.5

77.3

2.2

South Tyneside

1,535

48.4

65.8

18.6

Wirral

3,405

55.2

71.3

14.4

Brighton and Hove

2,144

54.8

70.3

12.6

Poole

1,441

63.2

78.2

7.0

East Riding of Yorkshire

3,345

58.1

72.4

10.0

Telford and Wrekin

2,017

56.3

70.7

13.7

Wakefield

3,647

53.5

66.9

12.6

Redcar and Cleveland

1,619

54.2

68.4

17.4

Source: Secondary school performance tables and School Census

Notes:

  1. Percentage of pupils with GCSE entries in at least one of art and design, design and technology, drama or music.
  2. Includes Design and Technology specialising in Electronic Products, Food Technology, Graphic Products, Resistant Materials, Systems and Control and Textiles Technology. Also includes Design and Engineering Technology and Product Design qualifications.
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