To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Lord Nash on 27 November (HL Deb, col 1094), (1) what is the source of the figures about key stage 4 examination entries; (2) what is the numerical breakdown of entries for each subject; and (3) for (a) music, (b) art and design, and (c) drama, which examinations are included in the category "all key stage 4 exams".
Answered on
16 December 2014
The source of the key stage 4 (KS4) examination entries is the 2012/13 KS4 performance tables data. The numerical breakdown for each subject is as follows:
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | % change 2010-2013 | |
Art and Design | 194,276 | 192,542 | 196,202 | 202,091 | 4% |
Drama | 113,479 | 113,130 | 112,790 | 116,414 | 3% |
Music | 53,471 | 54,866 | 56,204 | 57,205 | 7% |
Entry level, GCSE, vocational GCSE, iGCSE, national vocational qualifications (NVQ), vocationally related qualifications (VRQ), Business and Technical Education (BTEC) and OCR national qualifications are included in the “all key stage 4 examinations” category.
The 2014 figures relating specifically to GCSEs, quoted at the end of my answer, were based on data which was published by Ofqual[1] in May 2014.