A and AS Level Headline Statistics 2009

2009 GCE A Level results analysis (2008 figures in brackets)

2009	north of Ireland	England, Wales and the north of Ireland
ENTRIES	31,374 (30,020)	846,977 (827,737)
%A	34.5 (35.4)	26.7 (25.9)
%A-C	84.6 (84.4)	75.1 (73.9)
%A-E	98.4 (98.2)	97.5 (97.2)

There was a decrease of 0.9% on the 2008 results at grade A, an increase of 0.2% at grades A-C and an increase 0.2% at grades A-E in the north of Ireland. This compares to increases of 0.8% at grade A, 1.2% at grades A-C and 0.3% at grades A-E 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 7.8% at grade A, 9.5% at grades A-C and 0.9% at grades A-E.

2009	north of Ireland	England, Wales and the north of Ireland
ENTRIES	42,095 (37,017)	1,177,018 (1,128,150)
%A	34.3 (33.1)	19.5 (18.7)
%A-C	78.2 (77.4)	58.7 (58.5)
%A-E	95.0 (95.2)	88.1 (88.2)

There was an increase of 1.2% on the 2008 results at grade A, a 0.8% increase at grades A-C and a 0.2% decrease at grades A-E in the north of Ireland. This compares to an increase of 0.8% at grade A, an increase of 0.2% at grades A-C and a decrease of 0.1% at grades A-E 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 14.8% at grade A, 19.5% at grades A-C and 6.9% at grades A-E.