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Entries rise for a fifth consecutive yearTotal GCSE entries now exceed French as well as History and GeographyFull Course Entries up by 7.3%Short Course entries by 9.8%Full Course increase in A* and A grades
GCSE Examination results (All UK) - Full Course (Provisional)
Entries = 132304

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G

A*-G

U

All

12040

21698

25799

24873

84410

17464

12304

8335

5160

127673

4631

All%

9.1

16.4

19.5

18.8

63.8%

13.2

9.3

6.3

3.9

96.5%

3.5

Boys%

6.3

13.2

17.9

19.0

56.4%

14.5

10.8

7.9

5.3

94.9%

5.1

Girls%

11.2

18.7

20.7

18.7

69.3%

12.2

8.3

5.1

2.8

97.7%

2.3
GCSE Full 2003
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2003 GCSE Examination results (All UK) - Short Course (Provisional)
Entries = 223885 (Note: 57.8% of SC entries)

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G

A*-G

U

All

13209

22612

35598

43434

114853

35150

29553

21045

13881

241482

9403

All%

5.9

10.1

15.9

19.4

51.3%

15.7

13.2

9.4

6.2

95.8%

4.2

Boys%

3.8

7.6

13.6

18.6

43.6%

16.5

14.6

11.3

7.8

94.1%

5.9

Girls%

7.9

12.3

18.2

20.3

58.7%

14.9

11.5

7.6

4.7

97.4%

2.6

GCSE Short 2003
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2002
2002 GCSE Examination results (All UK) - Full Course (Provisional)
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%
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%
Percentage change 2003 over 2002 (All UK) - Full Course (Provisional)
Change in number of entries = 9667 = +7.31%

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G

A*-G

U

+0.6%

+1.8%

+0.0%

-0.3%

+2.1%

+0.2%

-0.7%

-0.9%

-0.5%

+0.2%

-0.2%
GCSE Full Course Change 2002-3
Percentage change 2003 over 2002 (All UK) - Short Course (Provisional)
Change in number of entries = 22031 = +9.84%

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G

A*-G

U

-0.7%

-1.0%

-0.5%

-0.2%

-2.4%

+0.1%

+0.1%

+0.6%

+0.8%

-0.8%

+0.8%
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RE examination numbers compared to other subjects - change 2001 to 2002
Ranked by number of entries
 

Rank

Subject

% Change 01-02

% Change
02-03

% Change
allowing for total entries

1

RE

+13.9%

+8.9%

+7.66%

2

English (Lit)

+0.95%

+3.08%

+1.84%

3

Science (Double)

+0.53%

+1.48%

+0.24%

4

Mathematics

0.0%

+0.53%

-0.71%
5
History
-0.9%
+0.45%
-0.79%

6

D & T

-0.73%

+0.39%

-0.85%

6

English (Lang)

0.0%

+0.13%

-1.11%

8

French

-2.49%

-2.33%

-3.57%

9

Geography

-5.6%

-3.31%

-4.55%
 
Entry Trends 1999-2003
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