GCSE headline statistics 2008/09
All available statistics are provisional as at August 2009 and are subject to appeals and re-marks.
|
2009 Provisional
|
Overall
|
Overall
|
|
|
north of Ireland
|
England, Wales and the north of Ireland
|
|
Entries
|
184,748 (192,360)
|
5,469,260 (5,669,077)
|
|
%A*
|
9.1 (8.9)
|
7.1 (6.8)
|
|
%A*-A
|
27.1 (26.4)
|
21.6 (20.7)
|
|
%A*-C
|
75.1 (74.5)
|
67.1 (65.7)
|
|
%A*-G
|
98.6 (98.4)
|
98.6 (98.4)
|
- There was an increase of 0.2% on the 2008 results at grade A*, an increase of 0.6% at grades A*-C and an increase of 0.2% at grades A*-G in the north of Ireland. This compares to increases of 0.3% at grade A*, 1.4% at grades A*-C and 0.2% at grades A*-G in England, Wales and the north of Ireland collectively.
- The north of Ireland remains ahead of the figures for England, Wales and the north of Ireland collectively, by 2.0% at grade A* and 8.0% at grades A*-C. There is no difference at grades A*-G.
|
2009 Provisional
|
Boys
|
Boys
|
Girls
|
Girls
|
|
|
north of Ireland
|
England, Wales and the north of Ireland
|
north of Ireland
|
England, Wales and the north of Ireland
|
|
%A*
|
7.2 (6.9)
|
6.0 (5.7)
|
10.8 (10.8)
|
8.2 (7.9)
|
|
%A*-A
|
23.6 (22.1)
|
18.7 (17.9)
|
30.5 (30.3)
|
24.4 (23.5)
|
|
%A*-C
|
72.3 (70.9)
|
63.6 (62.1)
|
77.8 (77.8)
|
70.5 (69.3)
|
|
%A*-G
|
98.3 (98.1)
|
98.3 (98.1)
|
98.9 (98.7)
|
98.8 (98.7)
|
|
2009
|
Overall
|
Overall
|
|
|
north of Ireland
|
England, Wales and the north of Ireland
|
|
Entries
|
11,299 (7,915)
|
20,484 (15,935)
|
|
%A*
|
3.1 (2.5)
|
3.3 (2.6)
|
|
%A*-A
|
20.5 (17.7)
|
17.1 (14.6)
|
|
%A*-C
|
70.2 (64.3)
|
66.1 (62.4)
|
|
%A*-G
|
98.0 (96.8)
|
98.1 (97.6)
|
- There was an increase of 0.6% on the 2008 results at grade A*, an increase of 5.9% at grades A*-C and an increase of 1.2% at grades A*-G in the north of Ireland. This compares to an increase of 0.7% at grade A*, an increase of 3.7% at grades A*-C and an increase of 0.5% at grades A*-G in England, Wales and the north of Ireland collectively.
- The north of Ireland remains ahead of England, Wales and the north of Ireland collectively, by 4.1% at grades A*-C but behind England, Wales and the north of Ireland collectively, by 0.2% at grade A* and 0.1% at grades A*-G.
|
2009 Provisional
|
Overall
|
Overall
|
|
|
north of Ireland
|
England, Wales and the north of Ireland
|
|
Entries
|
1,284 (1,332)
|
96,117 (122,529)
|
|
%A*A*
|
2.1 (1.2)
|
1.3 (1.2)
|
|
%A*A*-AA
|
11.4 (10.9)
|
7.3 (6.9)
|
|
%A*A*-CC
|
67.2 (61.0)
|
49.2 (46.2)
|
|
%A*A*-GG
|
97.0 (97.7)
|
96.8 (96.1)
|
- There was an increase of 0.9% on the 2008 results at grade A*A*, an increase of 6.2% at grades A*A*-CC and a decrease of 0.7% at grades A*A*-GG in the north of Ireland. This compares to increases of 0.1% at grade A*A*, 3.0% at grades A*A*-CC and 0.7% at grades A*A*-GG in England, Wales and the north of Ireland collectively.
- The north of Ireland remains ahead of the figures for England, Wales and the north of Ireland collectively, by 0.8% at grade A*A*, 18.0% at grades A*A*-CC and 0.2% at grades A*A*-GG.
|
2009 Provisional
|
Overall
|
Overall
|
|
|
north of Ireland
|
England, Wales and the north of Ireland
|
|
Entries
|
6,678 (6,352)
|
509,218 (528,325)
|
|
%A*
|
11.4 (10.6)
|
4.9 (4.5)
|
|
%A*-A
|
26.7 (27.3)
|
15.9 (15.2)
|
|
%A*-C
|
65.7 (63.2)
|
54.2 (53.0)
|
|
%A*-G
|
90.7 (86.7)
|
96.6 (96.0)
|
- There was an increase of 0.8% on the 2008 results at grade A*, an increase of 2.5% at grades A*-C and an increase of 4.0% at grades A*-G in the north of Ireland. This compares to an increase of 0.4% at grade A*, an increase of 1.2% at grades A*-C and an increase of 0.6% at grades A*-G in England, Wales and the north of Ireland collectively.
- The north of Ireland remains ahead of the figures for England, Wales and the north of Ireland collectively by 6.5% at grade A*, 11.5% at grades A*-C, but behind England, Wales and the north of Ireland, by 5.9% at grades A*-G.
|
