Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils took GCSEs in (a) dance, (b) art and crafts, (c) I.T. (d) art and design, (e) drama, (f) media, film and television and (g) music in Pendle in each of the last five years.

The requested information has been provided in the table below.

GCSE results[1][2]3] of pupils at the end of key stage 4 in Pendle parliamentary constituency[4]

Source: key stage 4 attainment data

[1] Includes GCSE Full Course and Vocational Single Award.

[2] Includes attempts and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years.

[3] Prior to 2013/14, discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only the best grade is counted. In 2013/14, due to methodological changes discounting rules have been changed. Further information is available from the GCSE statistical first release available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014.

[4] Covers local authority-funded schools; academies; free schools; city technology colleges; community and foundation special schools; hospital schools and FE sector colleges.

[5] Includes Arts and Crafts.

[6] Figures for 2013/14 are revised, all other figures are final.

[7] Figures for 2013/14 are based on the new 2013/14 methodology where the Professor Alison Wolf’s recommendations and first entry policy has been implemented. Therefore the results for 2013/14 academic years are not directly comparable to previous years.