The Earl of Clancarty – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2016-03-23.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals took Art and Design GCE AS/A level in each year since 2011 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland combined, and what percentage of the total number of GCE AS/A levels this constitutes.
Lord Nash
The Department for Education produces statistics on England only.
Information on the number of entries of art and design GCE AS/A level and the percentage of the total number of all GCE AS/A level entries for the 2010/11 to 2014/15 academic years is provided in the table below. This information is published in the “A level and other level 3 results: 2014 to 2015 (revised)” Statistical First Release available on GOV.UK.
|
GCE/A level[1] entries |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Art and Design |
42,633 |
43,236 |
41,388 |
40,763 |
40,747 |
|
Percentage of all A level entries that were in A level art and design |
5.4 |
5.5 |
5.3 |
5.5 |
5.4 |
|
GCE/AS level[2] entries |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Art and Design |
64,945 |
60,179 |
59,457 |
58,460 |
55,430 |
|
Percentage of all AS level entries that were in AS level art and design |
5.5 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
[1] A level only.
[2] AS level only.
