Languages: GCSE
(asked on 12th April 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2021 to Question 168825 on Languages: GCE A-level and GCSE and with reference to the data in provided in the Other modern languages category for each of the years from 2015-16 to 2019-20, how many entries there were for pupils studying (a) Arabic, (b) Bengali, (c) Chinese, (d) Gujarati, (e) Japanese, (f) Punjabi, (g) Persian and (h) Urdu at GCSE level; and if he will make a statement.
The number of GCSE entries[1] by pupils[2] in all schools in England at the end of Key Stage 4 in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Japanese, Punjabi, Persian and Urdu between 2015/16 – 2019/20[3] are provided in the table below:
Number of entries | |||||
| 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
Arabic | 3,481 | 3,575 | 3,870 | 2,443 | 2,965 |
Bengali | 797 | 718 | 693 | 445 | 454 |
Chinese | 3,575 | 3,654 | 3,629 | 2,190 | 2,774 |
Guajarati | 617 | 503 | 542 | 431 | 144 |
Japanese | 751 | 810 | 750 | 455 | 557 |
Persian | 413 | 400 | 394 | 394 | 132 |
Punjabi | 853 | 827 | 870 | 508 | 646 |
Urdu | 4,005 | 3,797 | 3,800 | 3,038 | 3,317 |
[1] Covers GCSE level entries for the academic year specified in England in all schools. All schools include state-funded schools, independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision.
[2] Includes entries and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years and includes pupils who were absent, whose results are pending and results which are ungraded or unclassified.
[3] The latest year figures are revised, all other years are final.