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<p>The number of pupils[1], in state-funded schools, at the end of Key Stage 4, who
entered into GCSE (or equivalent) computer science[2], between 2011/12 – 2016/17[3]
are provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Pupils[1]
in state-funded schools, at the end of Key Stage 4, entered into GCSE (or equivalent)
computer science[2], between 2011/12 – 2016/17[3]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academic
year</p></td><td><p>Total pupils<br> entering <br>computer science</p></td><td><p>Percentage
of all pupils[4], <br>at the end of Key Stage 4, <br>entering computer science</p></td><td><p>Entrants
who <br>were eligible<br> for free <br>school meals <br>(FSM)</p></td><td><p>Percentage
of <br>entrants that <br>were eligible <br>for FSM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12[5]</p></td><td><p>1,549</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>3,835</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>331</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14[6]</p></td><td><p>15,213</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>1,509</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15[7]</p></td><td><p>32,258</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td><td><p>2,961</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>60,410</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td><td><p>6,191</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>67,175</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td><p>6,713</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Includes state funded pupils.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. Prior
to 2014, best entry discounting, where the pupil’s best result is used was in place
in performance tables. From 2014 onwards, first entry rules were introduced, where
a pupil’s first entry in that subject is used in performance tables. For more information
on discounting and early entry, see: <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 so will deviate from total entries figures published
in the Department's statistical release.</p><p>[4] In state funded schools.</p><p>[5]
Figures for 2011/12 are based on GCSE entries only and does not include equivalents.
Caution should be used when comparing these figures to later years.</p><p>[6] 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>[7] 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>
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