A and AS Level headline statistics 2010

2010 GCE A Level results analysis (2009 figures in brackets)

2010	north of Ireland	England, Wales and the north of Ireland
Entries	31,741 (31,374)	853,933 (846,977)
%A*	9.3 (-)	8.1 (-)
%A*-A	35.7 (34.5)	27.0 (26.7)
%A*-C	84.5 (84.6)	75.4 (75.1)
%A*-E	98.1 (98.4)	97.6 (97.5)

• 2010 is the first year of the new A* grade   

• 9.3% of entries in the north of Ireland were awarded the A* grade. This compares to 8.1% for the north of Ireland, England and Wales collectively.

• The north of Ireland remains ahead of the figures for England, Wales and the north of Ireland collectively, by 8.7 percent at grade A*-A, 9.1 percent at grades A*-C and 0.5 percent at grades A*-E.

2010 GCE AS Level results analysis (2009 figures in brackets)

2010	north of Ireland	England, Wales and the north of Ireland
Entries	41,921 (42,095)	1,197,490 (1,177,349)
%A	33.9 (34.3)	19.4 (19.5)
%A-C	77.6 (78.2)	59.1 (58.7)
%A-E	94.4 (95.0)	88.2 (88.1)

• The north of Ireland remains ahead of the figures for England, Wales and the north of Ireland collectively, by 14.5 percent at grade A, 18.5 percent at grades A-C and 6.2 percent at grades A-E.