Speeches

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 2015-12-14.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of pupils in (1) sponsored academies, and (2) maintained schools, take a GCSE in (a) a qualifying language, and (b) a qualifying humanities subject.

Earl of Courtown

The percentage of pupils who took a GCSE in a qualifying language or humanities subject in 2013/14 is given below:

Percentage of pupils taking a qualifying subject in:

Languages

Humanities

Sponsored academies

38.9

54.1

LA maintained mainstream schools

49.4

64.5