Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students who take drama as a GCSE subject perform better against the Attainment 8 measure than students who do not take drama as a GCSE subject.
The average Attainment 8[1] scores of pupils in state funded schools[2], at the end of key stage 4[3], split by whether they entered a GCSE or equivalent qualification in drama[4], are presented in the tables below.
Academic year 2016/17[5] | ||
| Total pupils | Average Attainment 8 score |
Pupils not entering drama | 471,987 | 45.7 |
Pupils entering drama | 56,523 | 49.1 |
Academic year 2015/165 | ||
| Total pupils | Average Attainment 8 score |
Pupils not entering drama | 478,494 | 49.6 |
Pupils entering drama | 61,781 | 53.0 |