GCSE top-grade pass rate rises

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GCSE top-grade pass rate rises

Students at Brighton College last August

The pass rate for GCSEs was 98.1% last year

GCSE grades have improved again, with more top grades being achieved in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. More than 600,000 students are getting their results, and almost one in five exam entries has been awarded an A* or A. The overall pass rate fell slightly. The proportion of entries getting grades of A* to C rose from 62.4% to 63.3%, while 19.5% got an A or A*. The gap between boys and girls continues to narrow. Science entries rose, but French and German fell. However, more people are taking Spanish (entries are up 3 percentage points) and other modern languages as a whole - these include Chinese, Arabic and Polish - are up 5.5 percentage points. There was a tiny fall in the overall pass rate - entries marked from A* to G. It fell from 98.1% to 98%. The total number of entries rose a little to just over 5.8m. The proportion of entries achieving A* to A rose from 19.1% to 19.5%.

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Jim Sinclair, JCQ

Results in both English and Maths improved slightly, with more pupils scoring at least a grade C in these two key subjects than last year. In English, the proportion being graded from A* to C went up from 61.6% to 62.2%. For maths, the proportion rose from 54.3% to 55.2%. Analysts had said schools in England in particular had been under pressure to improve in maths. The government had said its priority was to get the basics right. Girls still outshine boys, but boys continue to catch up across the grades, narrowing the gap. For example, in grades A* to C, the gap narrowed by 0.6 percentage points. 'Positive signs' The statistics were published by the Joint Council for Qualifications - the umbrella group for all the main examination boards. Its director, Jim Sinclair, said: "The improvement in the GCSE results this year is testament both of effective teaching and the dedication and hard work of students. "There are positive signs overall, with increased entries in mathematics and science, and the performance in all subject areas improving." Fewer students are studying foreign languages. Exam entries in German were down 10.2 percentage points from last year to just 81,000, while French fell 8.2 points. Teenagers at state schools no longer have to study a foreign language after the age of 14. There was also a fall in the number of students taking history - entries were down 1.6 percentage points.

Subjects such as media studies, business, and statistics increased sharply.

Source: BBC Education
Link - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6958992.stm

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Posted: 18 years ago

It goes up every year! Nothing new there! 😆

But well done to those who have passed and done well 👏

As for the ones that didn't get the grades they wanted to, don't worry! There's more options available 😃

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Posted: 18 years ago

my school GCSE grade A*-C didn't change from the previous year or the one before - it's always 99%! i hope we beat it this year and acheive 100%!

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Posted: 18 years ago

Originally posted by: *VaVaVoom14*
It goes up every year! Nothing new there! 😆

But well done to those who have passed and done well 👏

As for the ones that didn't get the grades they wanted to, don't worry! There's more options available 😃

So true.. It did same with A-levels and ppl say the exam are getting easier every year 😆 well Hard luck there! 😆

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