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2001 GCSE Examination results (All UK) - Full Course

Entries = 119550

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G

A*-G

U

9564

16378

22116

23192

71250

16139

12791

9085

5738

115007

4543

8.0%

13.7%

18.5%

19.4%

59.6%

13.5%

10.7%

7.6%

4.8%

96.2%

3.8%
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2001 GCSE Examination results (All UK) - Short Course
Entries = 165520

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G

A*-G

U

11100

17600

27200

33000

88900

25200

21500

14600

9100

159300

6100

6.7%

10.6%

16.4%

19.9%

53.6%

15.4%

13.0%

8.8%

5.5%

96.3%

3.7%
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2002 GCSE Examination results (All UK) - Full Course
Entries = 122637

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G

A*-G

U

All

10424

17905

23914

23424

75667

15943

12264

8830

5396

118099

4538

All%

8.5%

14.6%

19.5%

19.1%

61.7%

13.0%

10.0%

7.2%

4.4%

96.3%

3.7%

Boys%

5.5%

11.4%

17.3%

19.5%

53.7%

14.3%

11.7%

9.0%

5.9%

94.6%

5.4%

Girls%

10.7%

16.9%

21.0%

18.8%

67.4%

12.1%

8.8%

5.9%

3.3%

97.5%

2.5%
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2002 GCSE Examination results (All UK) - Short Course
Entries = 201854

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G

A*-G

U

All

13322

22406

33104

39563

108396

31489

26443

17763

10900

194991

6863

All%

6.6%

11.1%

16.4%

19.6%

53.7%

15.6%

13.1%

8.8%

5.4%

96.6%

3.4%

Boys%

3.9%

8.4%

14.2%

19.1%

45.6%

16.8%

14.9%

10.9%

7.1%

95.3%

4.7%

Girls%

9.2%

13.8%

18.4%

20.1%

61.5%

14.5%

11.3%

6.8%

3.9%

98.0%

2.0%
 
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Percentage change 2002 over 2001 (All UK) - Full Course
Change in number of entries = 3087 = +2.58%
 

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G

A*-G

U

+0.5%

+0.9%

+1.0%

-0.3%

2.1%

-0.5%

-0.7%

-0.4%

-0.4%

+0.1%

-0.1%
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Percentage change 2002 over 2001 (All UK) - Short Course
Change in number of entries = 36334 = +21.95%

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G

A*-G

U

-0.1%

+0.8%

0.0%

-0.3%

+0.1%

+0.2%

-0.1%

0.0%

-0.1%

+0.3%

-0.3%
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RE examination numbers compared to other subjects - change 2001 to 2002
Ranked by number of entries

Rank

Subject

2001
GCSE (000)

2002
GCSE (000)

2001
SC (000)

2002
SC (000)

2002
Total (000)

% Change 01-02

1

Mathematics

690.7

690.7

690.7

0.0%

2

English (Lang)

666.8

666.8

666.8

0.0%

3

English (Lit)

538.4

543.5

538.4

+0.95%

4

Science (Double)

509.2

511.9

509.2

+0.53%

5

D & T

437.0

433.6

32.0

32.0

465.6

-0.73%

6

French

347.0

338.5

10.7

10.3

348.8

-2.49%

7

RE

119.5

122.6

165.5

201.9

324.5

+13.9%

8

Geography

253.7

240.3

4.4

3.3

243.6

-5.6%

9

History

218.7

217.6

4.4

3.5

221.1

-0.9%
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Subjects ranked by % increase in entries 2001-2002
Increase 2001 - 2002 by entries entries = 0.523%

Rank

Subject

% Change 00-01

% Change 01-02

1

RE

+12.3%

+13.9%

2

English (Lit)

+5.03%

+0.95%

3

Science (Double)

+3.94%

+0.53%

4

English (Lang)

+3.00%

0.0%

5

Mathematics

+2.63%

0.0%

7

D & T

+1.78%

-0.73%

6

History

+2.24%

-0.9%

8

French

+1.71%

-2.49%

9

Geography

+0.55%

-5.6%
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