IGCSE
(asked on 23rd October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of GCSE entries in (a) state and (b) independent schools were IGCSEs in 2018.
For pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2018, the number of international GCSE entries and their proportion of GCSE and equivalent entries in 2017/18 is provided below:
Institution type | Number of international GCSE entries | As a proportion of |
State-funded | 7,824 | 0.2% |
Independent | 26,024 | 10.9% |
Other (e.g. Pupil Referral Units and Alternative Provision) | 337 | 1.4% |
All schools | 34,185 | 0.8% |
For pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2018, the number of entries in approved international GCSEs (those which count in the department’s school and college performance tables), and their proportion of all GCSE and equivalent entries in 2017/18 counted in performance tables, is provided below:
Institution type | Number of international GCSE entries | As a proportion of |
State-funded | 5,782 | 0.1% |
Independent | 1,848 | 0.9% |
Other (e.g. Pupil Referral Units and Alternative Provision) | 21 | 0.1% |
All schools | 7,651 | 0.2% |