GCSE Uptake and Results

GCSE Uptake and Results, by Gender 2005-2014 Source: Inter-Awarding Body Statistics 

Statistics Report Series No.98 

Tim Gill 

January 2016 

Research Division – Statistics Group Assessment, Research and Development Cambridge Assessment 1 Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1GG 

Table of contents 

• GCSE All Candidates 

• GCSE All Candidates by Gender 

• GCSE By Subject: 

• ART 

• BIOLOGY 

• BUSINESS & COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 

• BUSINESS STUDIES 

• CHEMISTRY 

• CLASSICAL SUBJECTS 

• COMBINED SCIENCE 

• COMMUNICATION STUDIES 

• COMPUTING/INFORMATION 

• DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 

• DRAMA 

• ECONOMICS 

• ENGLISH1 

• ENGLISH LITERATURE 

• FRENCH 

• GENERAL STUDIES 

• GEOGRAPHY 

• GERMAN 

• HISTORY 

• HOME ECONOMICS 

• HUMANITIES 

• MATHEMATICS 

• MUSIC 

• PE/SPORT 

• PHYSICS 

• PSYCHOLOGY 

• RELIGIOUS STUDIES/EDUCATION 

• SOCIOLOGY 

• SPANISH 

• STATISTICS 

• VOCATIONAL STUDIES 

NOTE: The Inter-Awarding Body Statistics are the results for all candidates, of all ages, from all centres. 

1 Including both English and English Language. 

Introduction 

This report presents the entries and results for all GCSEsubject categories in England, Northern Ireland and Wales for the years 2005 to 2014 (summer exam sessions only). The data is compiled from the Inter-Awarding Body Statistics produced by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ)2. Within each subject category there may be different specifications or indeed different qualifications: for instance, the Combined Science category includes Core Science and Additional Science; the Communication Studies category includes Media Studies, Film Studies and Expressive Arts. Where individual subjects are of special interest, these are presented separately: for instance, the Social Science category has been broken down into Psychology and Sociology only and the Languages category into French, German and Spanish only. 

The report starts with the entries and results for all subject categories together, followed by each category (or subject) separately. For each, the data are presented in the following order: 

• Entries, overall and by gender 

• Grade distribution (all candidates) 

• Grade distribution (male candidates) 

• Grade distribution (female candidates) 

There are two tables for each of the grade distributions: the cumulative percentage of candidates achieving each grade by year and the cumulative number of candidates achieving each grade by year. 

2 See http://www.jcq.org.uk/examination-results/gcses 

Numbers of GCSE entries in all subjects 2005-2014 

Gender 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 

Male 2825325 2846725 2882917 2812340 2707628 2661368 2544774 2584762 2682847 2557104 

Female 2919137 2918705 2959738 2879878 2780523 2734484 2632725 2684303 2803302 2668487 

All 5745405 5765773 5842830 5692370 5488361 5395945 5177530 5269112 5486174 5225638 

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 

Year 

Gender 

All Female Male 

GCSE All Subjects Grade Distribution 2005-2014 (All Candidates) 

Cumulative Percentages 

YEAR A* A B C D E F G U 

2005 6.00 18.50 36.46 61.37 78.54 89.09 95.03 97.82 100.00 

2006 6.40 19.19 37.47 62.49 79.60 89.81 95.36 97.92 100.00 

2007 6.49 19.63 38.21 63.48 80.51 90.38 95.59 98.01 100.00 

2008 6.85 20.83 40.60 65.97 82.41 91.43 96.16 98.41 100.00 

2009 7.17 21.68 41.57 67.30 83.68 92.15 96.54 98.62 100.00 

2010 7.56 22.68 43.30 69.29 85.06 92.84 96.86 98.74 100.00 

2011 7.89 23.36 45.01 70.07 85.02 92.72 96.84 98.84 100.00 

2012 7.46 22.50 44.22 69.74 85.35 93.08 97.11 99.03 100.00 

2013 6.94 21.44 42.94 68.38 84.75 92.70 96.79 98.84 100.00 

2014 6.90 21.56 43.50 69.22 85.19 92.76 96.54 98.54 100.00  

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