UK School-Market Dataset

Table 4: GCSE Level entries (UK Candidates Only)
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Subject	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	% change 1996-2004	% change 2003-2004	% of Total 2004
Art	212,478	201,296	199,310	204,759	210,366	211,724	-7.5%	0.6%	3.6%
Business Studies	85,516	100,926	104,391	101,620	125,605	127,962	11.6%	1.9%	2.2%
Classics *Classical Subjects	4,355	3,868	3,905	4,017	4,447	*15,593	--	--	0.3%
Design & Technology	349,971	424,468	436,963	433,594	439,617	437,403	76.5%	-0.5%	7.4%
Drama	--	89,107	93,132	99,480	98,118	100,059	21.8%	2.0%	1.7%
Economics	11,206	6,220	5,332	5,044	4,139	3,694	-66.8%	-10.8%	0.1%
English	646,460	647,436	666,793	667,476	688,438	708,160	6.8%	2.9%	12.1%
English Literature	475,297	512,572	538,356	543,461	560,795	576,562	17.2%	2.8%	9.8%
French	340,155	341,004	347,007	338,468	331,089	318,095	-8.0%	-3.9%	5.4%
Geography	295,229	251,605	253,756	240,310	232,830	227,832	-24.6%	-2.1%	3.9%
German	126,848	133,659	135,133	126,216	125,663	122,023	-8.4%	-2.9%	2.1%
Greek	1,209	934	1,001	961	1,029	--	--	--	0.0%
History	239,524	213,346	218,695	217,614	218,565	230,688	-0.6%	5.5%	3.9%
Home Economics	54,769	45,093	42,986	40,699	42,422	45,079	-53.7%	6.3%	0.8%
Humanities	--	19,943	21,199	20,934	19,366	17,980	-60.9%	-7.2%	0.3%
Information Technology	58,466	97,963	111,890	116,033	92,054	98,833	49.4%	7.4%	1.7%
Expressive Arts					8,968	9,706	--	8.2%	0.2%
Latin	12,952	10,560	10,362	10,109	9,992	--	--	--	0.0%
Mathematics	667,908	673,056	690,704	709,027	712,830	744,887	8.2%	4.5%	12.7%
Media/Film/TV Studies					34,812	39,820	--	14.4%	0.7%
Music	37,606	45,797	45,891	48,192	51,639	56,742	34.7%	9.9%	1.0%
Physical Education	68,114	102,511	110,345	116,135	121,932	134,134	67.6%	10.0%	2.3%
Religious Studies	108,055	116,234	119,550	122,637	132,304	141,037	21.0%	6.6%	2.4%
Science: Biology	45,578	48,715	48,958	49,171	51,156	53,389	10.6%	4.4%	0.9%
Science: Chemistry	43,846	46,917	46,862	47,068	48,802	51,225	9.3%	5.0%	0.9%
Science: Physics	43,784	46,627	46,477	46,511	47,953	50,404	8.5%	5.1%	0.9%
Science: Combined	976,642	1,045,862	1,085,186	1,092,135	1,110,334	1,128,129	13.1%	1.6%	19.2%
Science: Double Award	--	489,913	509,242	511,871	1,039,150	1,054,034	--	1.4%	17.9%
Science: single Award	--	66,036	66,702	68,393	71,184	74,095	--	4.1%	1.3%
Social Science	3,178	2,638	2,360	2,119	1,412	1,467	-67.0%	3.9%	0.0%
Spanish	40,591	49,973	54,326	57,983	61,323	64,078	50.4%	4.5%	1.1%
Statistics					32,371	39,666	--	22.5%	0.7%
Welsh: First Language	3,618	4,157	4,401	4,491	4,899	5,051	31.4%	3.1%	0.1%
Welsh: Second Language	8,180	9,166	11,623	11,719	11,793	12,193	55.4%	3.4%	0.2%
Welsh: Literature	2,753	3,348	3,503	3,538	3,887	4,043	37.5%	4.0%	0.1%
Other Modern Languages	--	29,164	29,119	30,899	30,668	32,057	11.1%	4.5%	0.5%
Other Sciences	--	16,022	12,710	11,868	10,837	10,366	-59.1%	-4.3%	0.2%
Other Social Sciences	--	27,859	22,663	22,677	24,616	24,901	-40.1%	1.2%	0.4%
Other Technology	--	1,666	1,573	989	962	1,067	-95.4%	10.9%	0.0%
All Other Subjects	--	100,857	97,720	107,556	101,605	29,324	-74.0%	17.3%	0.5%
TOTAL	--	5,481,920	5,632,936	5,662,382	5,733,487	5,875,373	7.3%	2.5%	100%

N.B Science Double Award counts as two GCSE entries and therefore the overall total for all subjects includes those candidates counted twice.
Source: information supplied by the Joint Council for General Qualifications