Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information has been issued to Russell Group Universities on the English Baccalaureate performance measure.
We published the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) consultation response on 19 July 2017, which sets out the Government’s ambition that 75% of year 10 pupils in state-funded mainstream schools will start to study GCSEs in the EBacc combination of subjects by September 2022, as an important stepping stone to reaching 90% of year 10 pupils studying GCSEs in the EBacc subjects by 2025.
Changes to school performance measures, relating to the EBacc, were clearly outlined in the Government response to the EBacc consultation, which can be viewed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/implementing-the-english-baccalaureate.