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A and AS Level headline statistics 2008

A and AS Level headline statistics 2008

2008 GCE A Level results analysis (2007 figures in brackets)

2008

NI

England, Wales and NI
ENTRIES 30,020 (30,815) 827, 737 (805, 657 )
%A 35.4 (33.2) 25.9 (25.3)
%A-E 98.2 (98.0) 97.2 (96.9)

  • There was a 2.2% increase on 2007’s results at grade A and 0.2% at A-E here, compared to 0.6% and 0.3% in England, Wales and NI.
  • NI remains ahead of the figures in England, Wales and NI together by 9.5% at grade A and 1.0% at A-E.

2008 GCE AS Level results analysis (2007 figures in brackets)

2008

England, Wales and NI

NI ONLY
ENTRIES 1,128,150 (1,114,424) 37,017 (38,886)
%A 18.7 (18.5) 33.1 (32.8)
%A - E 88.2 (87.8) 95.2 (95.1)

  • There was an increase of 0.3% on the 2007 results at grade A and 0.1% at grades A-E in NI, compared to 0.2% and 0.4% in England, Wales and NI together.
  • NI remains ahead of the figures in England, Wales and NI together by 14.4% at grade A and 7.0% at A-E.
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