Appendix 1: Statement of Intent 2010—Addendum
(The English Baccalaureate)
In the White Paper, The Importance of Teaching, published
on 24 November 2010, the Secretary of State announced the introduction
of the English Baccalaureate. This Addendum gives details of how
a new English Baccalaureate indicator will be reported in the
2010 School Performance Tables which will be published in January
2011.
The 2010 Tables will also, for the first time, show
the proportion of pupils at school, local authority and national
level achieving good GCSE grades (A*-C) in both English and maths.
Our intention is to include science in this 'Basics indicator'
from next year.
Development of a School Report Card, proposed by
the previous government, has been discontinued.
Further copies of this note and the original Statement
of Intent, published in April 2010, can be found at www.education.gov.uk/performancetables
.
Please address any queries or comments on the content
of this document to:
The School Performance Data Unit
2nd Floor
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
London SW1P 3BT
or send an email to mailbox.performancedatateam@education.gsi.gov.uk
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English Baccalaureate 2010
What is the English Baccalaureate?
1. The Government believes that schools should offer
pupils a broad range of academic subjects to age 16, and the English
Baccalaureate (EBacc) promotes that aspiration.
2. The EBacc is not a new qualification in itself.
It will recognise students' achievements across a core of selected
academic subjects in getting good passes in rigorous GCSEs or
iGCSEs. The English Baccalaureate will cover achievement in English,
mathematics, sciences, a language and a humanities subject. We
intend to mark individual students' future achievements through
a certificate.
What subjects and qualifications will count towards
the English Baccalaureate?
3. Full GCSEs at grades A*-C and Double Award GCSEs
at grades A*A*-CC will count towards its achievement. Accredited
iGCSEs at grades A*-C and their legacy qualifications will also
count. Further details of the specific components are given below:
English
- GCSE in English
- GCSE in English Language
- GCSE Double Award in English
- Cambridge International Certificate in First
Language English
- CIE legacy iGCSE in English - First Language
English Studies, English Literature, English as a
second language and Digital Communication are not included.
Mathematics
- GCSE in Mathematics
- GCSE in Additional Mathematics
- Achievement of a grade C in at least one of the
new linked pair mathematics GCSE qualifications 'Applications
of Mathematics' and 'Methods in Mathematics'
- Cambridge International Certificate in Mathematics
- CIE legacy iGCSE in Mathematics
Science
The science component will be awarded if pupils:
Enter all three single sciences (Biology, Chemistry
and Physics GCSEs, Cambridge International Certificates or CIE
legacy iGCSEs) and achieve grades A*-C in two of them.
Achieve grades A*-C in Science and Additional Science
GCSEs
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Achieve grades A*A* - CC in Science GCSE Double Award
Humanities
- GCSE in History
- GCSE in Ancient History
- GCSE in Geography
- Cambridge International Certificate in History
- Cambridge International Certificate in Geography
- CIE legacy iGCSE in History
- CIE legacy iGCSE in Geography
Languages
- GCSEs in Modern Foreign Languages
including Welsh and Welsh as a 2nd Language
- GCSE in Latin
- GCSE in Classical Greek
- GCSE in Biblical Hebrew
- Cambridge International Certificate in French
- Cambridge International Certificate in Greek
- Cambridge International Certificate in Hindi
as a 2nd Language
- CIE legacy iGCSE in French
- CIE legacy iGCSE in Greek
- CIE legacy iGCSE in Hindi as a 2nd Language
GCSEs in Applied French and Applied Welsh 2nd Language
are not included.
Where can I find a complete list of all qualifications
counting towards the EBacc ?
4. For a list of all qualifications counting towards
the English Bacc, including the Awarding Organisations offering
them, go to www.education.gov.uk/performancetables , select the
2010 Secondary School Tables, "User Guide and resources"
then "Documents".
Will the definition of the EBacc change in 2011?
5. We will review the precise definition of the EBacc
for the 2011 Tables, but would not expect to remove any of the
qualifications identified for the 2010 Tables.
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Why are schools being judged against the EBacc when
they have not had time to change their curriculum?
6. We recognise that it will take time for schools
to change their curriculum and that is why we plan to continue
to include the current 5+ A*-C GCSEs measure, including equivalences,
in the Performance Tables for the time being.
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