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The Education System
1. Schools and pupils
2. Teachers
3. Teacher trainees
4. GCSE entries
5. A-level entries
6. AS-level entries•
7. GNVQ Foundation
8. GNVQ Intermediate
9. GNVQ Advanced
10.ICT Survey England
11.Use and benefit of ICT England
12.Expenditure on ICT in English schools

EPC School Book Survey
13.Spending summary
14.Total spending(estimated)
15.Primary: spending by subject
16.Primary: estimated total by subject
17.Secondary: spending by subject
18.Secondary: estimated total by subject

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2002 2003 2004



UK School-Market Dataset

Table 6: AS Level entries (all UK Candidates)
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Subject

2001

2002
2003
2004
% Change
2003-4
% of Total
2004
Art and Design subjects
39,895
56,095

55,435
57,139
3.1%
5.5%
Biology
57,261
67,295
67,845
70,035
3.2%
6.7%
Business Studies
36,655
42,968
43,891
40,823
-0.7%
3.9%
Chemistry
39,058
45,605
46,586
48,166
3.4%
4.6%
Classical subjects
5,020
6,915
6,570
6,711
2.1%
0.6%
Communication Studies
3,938
3,761
3,537
3,469
-1.9%
0.3%
Computing
37,985
46,842
42,908
37,280
-13.1%
3.6%
Economics
17,786
20,729
21,334
21,071
-1.2%
2.0%
English
77,856
93,504
96,428
99,690
3.4%
9.6%
Expressive Arts
3,611
21,399
22,116
21,663
-2.0%
2.1%
French
19,618
22,377
21,663
20,514
-5.3%
2.0%
General Studies
50,784
82,657
94,405
91,155
-3.4%
8.8%
Geography
35,898
35,898
39,752
37,627
-5.3%
3.6%
German
8,667
8,667
9,130
8,333
-8.7%
0.8%
History
38,701
48,266
50,026
50,650
1.2%
4.9%
Home Economics
1,279
1,680
1,555
1,515
-2.6%
0.1%
Law
14,138
18,680
22,129
22,483
1.6%
2.2%
Mathematics
57,677
67,268
67,212
66,078
-1.7%
6.4%
Media/Film/TV Studies
25,321
32,947
36,786
38,673
5.1%
3.7%
Music
7,980
11,312
12,221
12,681
3.8%
1.2%
Other Modern Languages
3,247
5,785
6,211
6,778
9.1%
0.7%
Physics
33,254
38,996
36,921
36,700
-0.6%
3.5%
Political Studies
8,732
12,058
12,189
13,275
8.9%
1.3%
Psychology
48,342
62,039
71,056
74,188
4.4%
7.1%
Religious Studies
10,796
15,954
17,282
20,081
16.2%
1.9%
Science subjects
7,912
9,549
8,941
8,892
-0.5%
0.9%
Sociology
29,263
35,154
37,133
37,510
1.0%
3.6%
Spanish
5,847
7,787
7,727
8,278
7.1%
0.8%
Sport/PE Studies
20,739
23,977
24,814
24,742
-0.3%
2.4%
Technology subjects
17,997
22,018
22,006
22,629
2.8%
2.2%
Welsh
899
936
998
1,049
5.1%
0.1%
All Other Subjects
27,961
19,448
24,112
29,501
22.3%
2.8%
TOTAL
794,117
995,404
1,030,919
1,039,379
0.8%
100%

 

Source: Information supplied by the Joint Council for General Qualifications