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date	04/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCSE
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Music Education Music Education: State of the Nation, published on 4 February, that found that there has been a fall in the proportion of GCSE entries in Music of 16.66 per cent since 2014–15; and what plans they have to address that fall.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL14169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>All state-funded schools are required to provide a broad and balanced curriculum. Ofsted is currently undertaking a consultation on its proposed new education inspection framework. The consultation runs until 5 April. Under its proposals, inspectors will assess the extent to which schools are providing a broad and balanced curriculum for their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware of the All-Party Parliamentary Group's report. The number of secondary aged children in state-funded schools has decreased over time so it is not surprising that the overall number of children taking GCSE music has reduced. Since 2010, the proportion of pupils taking GCSE music has fluctuated but remained broadly stable, ranging between 6% and 7%.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL14168 question first answered 18/03/2019 11:44:37 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

917135

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students (a) in total and (b) eligible for free school meals took GCSE Music in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	149623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>The number of pupils[1], in state-funded schools, eligible for Free School Meals, at the end of Key Stage 4, who entered into GCSE (or equivalent) music[2], between 2012/13 – 2016/17[3] are provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Pupils entering GCSE Music</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Free School Meal eligible pupils</strong><strong><strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All other pupils<strong>[5]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of all pupils entering music</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13[6]</p></td><td><p>5,804</p></td><td><p>30,614</p></td><td><p>36,418</p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14[7]</p></td><td><p>6,575</p></td><td><p>30,673</p></td><td><p>37,248</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15[8]</p></td><td><p>7,320</p></td><td><p>31,660</p></td><td><p>38,980</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>7,185</p></td><td><p>30,200</p></td><td><p>37,385</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>6,788</p></td><td><p>27,962</p></td><td><p>34,750</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Total number of entries include pupils who were absent, whose results are pending and results which are ungraded or unclassified.</p><p>[2] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores</a>.</p><p>[3] All figures are based on final data.</p><p>[4] Free School Meal (FSM) status is taken from the pupils census record for that academic year and indicates that they were eligible for FSM in at least one of the previous 6 academic years.</p><p>[5] Includes pupils whose FSM status was unknown.</p><p>[6] Data for periods prior to 2012/13 are not available.</p><p>[7] In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of Key Stage 4 performance measures data: 1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and 2) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.</p><p>[8] From 2014/15, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, is extended to all subjects.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/06/2018 16:46:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

910276

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have taken GCSE Music by ethnic group in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	147369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The number of entries[1], by pupils in state-funded schools, at the end of key stage 4, into GCSE (or equivalent) music[2], between 2012/13 – 2016/17 are provided in the table below:[3]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14<strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15<strong>[5]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p>30,197</p></td><td><p>30,623</p></td><td><p>31,717</p></td><td><p>30,143</p></td><td><p>27,865</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mixed</strong></p></td><td><p>1,803</p></td><td><p>1,992</p></td><td><p>2,125</p></td><td><p>2,095</p></td><td><p>1,992</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian</strong></p></td><td><p>1,256</p></td><td><p>1,357</p></td><td><p>1,596</p></td><td><p>1,680</p></td><td><p>1,622</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black</strong></p></td><td><p>1,960</p></td><td><p>2,155</p></td><td><p>2,338</p></td><td><p>2,275</p></td><td><p>2,132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Chinese</strong></p></td><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>331</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Any other ethnic group</strong></p></td><td><p>459</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>473</p></td><td><p>502</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unknown ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>358</p></td><td><p>379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>36,418</p></td><td><p>37,248</p></td><td><p>38,980</p></td><td><p>37,385</p></td><td><p>34,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>The percentage of all <br>pupils entering music</strong></p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Total number of entries include pupils who were absent, whose results are pending and results which are ungraded or unclassified.</p><p>[2] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores</a>).</p><p>[3] All figures are based on final data.</p><p>[4] In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: 1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and 2) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.</p><p>[5] From 2014/15, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, is extended to all subjects.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/06/2018 16:22:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

884189

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCSE
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have taken music subjects at GCSE level for each year since the introduction of the English Baccalaureate.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
uin	HL6874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The figures presented in the table below show the total number of pupils, at the end of key stage 4,[1] who entered GCSE (or equivalent) music since the introduction of the English Baccalaureate (2009/10).[2]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic year</p></td><td><p>Pupils at the end of key stage 4</p></td><td><p>Pupils entering GCSE music[3]</p></td><td><p>Percentage of pupils entering GCSE music3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>639,263</p></td><td><p>45,433</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>627,093</p></td><td><p>43,157</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>620,617</p></td><td><p>40,761</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>632,397</p></td><td><p>41,256</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14[4]</p></td><td><p>618,437</p></td><td><p>42,446</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>611,024</p></td><td><p>43,698</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>600,425</p></td><td><p>41,650</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>587,640</p></td><td><p>38,901[5]</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2016-to-2017</a> (subject time series table).</p><p>[3] Includes pupils who were absent, whose results are pending, and results which are ungraded or unclassified.</p><p>[4] In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data. These are:</p><p> </p><p>1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil.</p><p>2) An early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.</p><p> </p><p>[5] 2017 figures are based on provisional data. Figures for all other years are final.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/04/2018 16:13:24 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3699 label Biography information for Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

860748

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools in England offered GCSE Music in (a) 2010 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	132105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The Department does not collect information about which subjects are offered by individual schools. Instead, the Department holds information on each exam entry taken in a school, in each subject, which provides a proxy[1] for the subjects offered by that school.</p><p> </p><p>The number of schools[2], with pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 who sat an exam in music[3] in 2010 and 2017 were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic year</p></td><td><p>Schools with at least one exam entry in music</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>3,127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2,975</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] In any given year, a pupil may sign up to a subject but not sit any exams in it, leading to that subject not being counted. Also, a school may offer a subject, but have no pupils signed up to take the course, or sit an exam in it for that year.</p><p>[2] Includes all schools, except further education sector institutions, converter academy (alternative provision) and sponsor led academy (alternative provision).</p><p>[3] Only includes entries that were eligible for inclusion in performance tables, were full GCSE courses, that were not discounted (in 2010, the pupil’s best entry was included, all others were discounted. In 2017, the pupil’s first entry is included, all others are discounted: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores</a>). This means that a pupil may study music and enter an exam in either 2010 or 2017, but the entry won’t be included as part of these figures as the entry was discounted. This is in line with performance tables methodology and enables comparison to published figures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2018 17:39:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

795043

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students taking music as a GCSE subject perform better overall in the Attainment 8 measure.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	115585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The average Attainment 8[1] scores of pupils in state funded schools[2], at the end of key stage 4[3], split by whether they entered a GCSE or equivalent[4] qualification in music[5], are presented in the tables below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Academic year 2016/17<strong>[6]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Attainment 8 score</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils not entering music<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>486,983</p></td><td><p>45.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils entering music<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>41,527</p></td><td><p>52.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Academic year 2015/16<sup>6</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Attainment 8 score</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils not entering music<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>495,072</p></td><td><p>49.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils entering music<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>45,203</p></td><td><p>55.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Differences in Attainment 8 scores occur for a number of reasons. These include the prior attainment of pupils (which is controlled for in the Progress 8 measure) and the number of GCSEs taken by pupils (pupils taking more qualifications are more likely to obtain a higher score and pupils taking more qualifications are more likely to take music). The response to PQ 115227 includes more detail about the Progress 8 measure for pupils who take a music GCSE.</p><p> </p><ol><li>Attainment 8 is a new measure which schools and pupils are still adjusting to and with the ongoing transition to reformed GCSEs, it is expected that Attainment 8 scores will be prone to fluctuations initially. Attainment 8 is comprised of a selection of a pupil’s grades and may not include any music qualifications they have sat, therefore it is not possible to unpick which, if any, factors have a definitive influence on these scores. With data for only two years, it is too soon to draw conclusions. More information on Attainment 8 is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf</a>.</li><li>State-funded schools include academies, free schools, city technology colleges, further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds and state-funded special schools. They exclude independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision.</li><li>Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.</li><li>Also includes entries in graded music qualifications.</li><li>Pupils are recorded as ‘entering music’ if they sat at least one exam in any music qualification which is counted in the secondary school performance tables as a GCSE, equivalent or graded music qualification.</li><li>2015/16 data is final; 2016/17 data is provisional.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/11/2017 16:21:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

794254

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students taking music as a GCSE subject perform better overall in the Progress 8 measure.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	115227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Pupils who take music have higher progress 8 scores. This may not be the result of taking music and may be the result of taking more GCSEs.</p><p>The average progress 8[1] scores of pupils in state funded schools[2], at the end of key stage 4[3], split by whether they entered a GCSE or equivalent[4] qualification in music[5], are presented in the tables below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Academic year 2016/17<strong>[6]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Progress 8 score</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lower confidence interval<strong>[7]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Upper confidence interval<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils not entering music<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>460,593</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils entering music<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>39,028</p></td><td><p>0.21</p></td><td><p>0.20</p></td><td><p>0.22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Academic year 2015/16<sup>6</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Progress 8 score</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lower confidence interval<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Upper confidence interval<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils not entering music<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>469,513</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils entering music<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>42,540</p></td><td><p>0.18</p></td><td><p>0.17</p></td><td><p>0.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li>Progress 8 is a new measure which schools and pupils are still adjusting to and with the ongoing transition to reformed GCSE’s, it is expected that Progress 8 scores will be prone to fluctuations initially. Progress 8 is a measure which focuses on each pupil’s ‘starting point’ (key stage 2 attainment) and the progress they make, therefore more analysis is required to unpick which, if any, factors have a definitive influence on these scores. With data for only two years, it is too soon to draw conclusions. More information on Progress 8 is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf</a>.</li><li>State-funded schools include academies, free schools, city technology colleges, further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds and state-funded special schools. They exclude independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision.</li><li>Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.</li><li>Includes entries in graded music qualifications.</li><li>Pupils are recorded as ‘entering music’ if they sat at least one exam in any music qualification which is counted in the secondary school performance tables as a GCSE, equivalent or graded music qualification.</li><li>2015/16 data is final; 2016/17 data is provisional.</li><li>Progress 8 scores are estimates and the confidence intervals provide the <em>likely </em>bounds of the true score. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf</a>. There are also significantly fewer pupils entering music than those who do not, this can lead to undue influence by outliers in the smaller cohort and it is not advised to draw definitive conclusions when the data is mismatched in this way.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/11/2017 15:47:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

788471

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students studied music at GCSE level in York in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	112684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The number of pupils, at the end of key stage 4[1], who entered[2] music at GCSE level (including equivalents)[3] in York[4]is: <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year<strong>[5]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pupils entering Music GCSE's</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures provided for 2015-16 are based on final data and may differ slightly from previously published figures in PQ 52979.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.</p><p>[2] In line with secondary performance measures and early entry policy, discounting has been applied. More information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores</a>.</p><p>[3] Includes: Music and Music Technology. Includes GCSE full courses, level 2 equivalents, GCSE double awards and AS levels.</p><p>[4] All pupils at the end of key stage 4 who attend a school in the local authority of York.</p><p>[5] 2016 data is final and may differ from previously published figures. 2017 data is provisional.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/11/2017 13:08:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

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registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's subject time series tables SFR48_2016 and SFR03_2017 what assessment she has made of the reasons for the 8.3 per cent reduction in the number of entries for GCSE music from 2009-10 to 2015-16; what steps she is taking to tackle that change; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	70172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>All pupils should have access to a well rounded education,‎ including the arts. All state funded schools are required to provide a broad and balanced curriculum that promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils. Music is compulsory within the National Curriculum for 5 – 14 year olds in maintained schools.</p><p> </p><p>Entries into music GCSE fell between 2010 and 2012, rose between 2012 and 2015 and fell between 2015 and 2016. This does not suggest a consistent trend. The 8.3% reduction between 2010 and 2016 is partially accounted for by the reduction in the number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4, which fell by 6.1 percent in the same period. Between 2011 and 2016, entries to GCSE music fell by 3.5% while the number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 fell by 4.3%. The Government hopes that all schools will offer their pupils the opportunity to study music and a range of other arts GCSEs. It is, however, for individual schools to decide which GCSEs to offer.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 70124 question first answered 19/04/2017 16:49:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas