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Entries rise for a tenth consecutive year
Percentage increase of 4.68% [full] 0.43% [short] against a cohort fall of 2.79%
A*'s rise in full course and A*'s, A's, and B's in short course
A*-C up +1.0% (full) and +0.3% (short)
A*-G up +0.3% (full) and +0.6% (short)
RE now has over 470,000 entries for GCSE and is the biggest non-compulsory GCSE subject
2008 GCSE Examination results (All UK) - Full Course
Entries = 179139 [Rise of 8016 = 4.68%]
 

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G
A*-G

U
entries 2008

23646

34394

39052

32424

129875

21138

13435

8599

4657
174482

2687
percent. 2008 13.2% 19.4% 21.8% 18.1% 72.5% 11.8% 7.5% 4.8% 2.6% 98.5% 1.5%
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2008 GCSE Examination results (All UK) - Short Course
Entries = 293756 [Rise of 1265 = 0.43%]
 

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G
A*-G

U
entries 2008

17038

33782

50526

56401

157747

43476

36132

27026

17919
282300

11457
percent. 2008 5.8% 11.5% 17.2% 19.2% 53.7% 14.8% 12.3% 9.2% 6.1% 96.1% 3.9%
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2007 GCSE Examination results (All UK) - Full Course
Entries = 171123
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2007 GCSE Examination results (All UK) - Short Course
Entries = 292491
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GCSE grade changes 2008-2007
Percentage changes Full Course

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G

U

+0.9

-0.2

+0.4

-0.5

x

-0.1

-0.2

-0.3

+0.1

-0.3
Percentage changes Short Course

A*

A

B

C

A*-C

D

E

F

G

U

+0.4

+0.2

+0.1

-0.4

x

0.0

-0.1

+0.3

+0.1

-0.6
RE relative to other subjects
ranked by % change: Cohort change = -2.79% [measured by all subject entries]

Rank

Subject
2008 GCSE
2007 GCSE
2008 SC
2007 SC

2008 Total

2007 Total

% Change 08-07

1 (1)

Citizenship
-
-
89018
73142
89018
73142
+21.71%

2 (2)

RE
179139
171123
293756
292491

472895

463614

+2.00%

3 (8)

History
226702
227854
3488
3587

230190

231441

-0.54%

4 (3)

English (Lang)
721577
732293
345
261

721922

732554

-1.45%

5 (5)

Music
59824
61249
-
-
59824
61249
-2.23%

6 (4)

Mathematics
738451
760299
-
-

738451

760299

-2.87%

7 (6)

Geography
203862
213124
2570
2292

206432

215416

-4.17%

8 (9)

D & T
332787
354959
4354
4995

337141

359954

-6.34%

9 (10)

French
201940
216718
1627
2124

203567

218842

-6.98%

Note: Science (Double) has not been included in this year's analysis as the change in the method of entry has made it impossible to make a fair comparison between 2007 and 2008 for science.
RE growth 1999-2008 (numbers in 000's)

1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
228.4
253.8
278.8
313.1
369.1
388.0
400.9
430.9
463.6
472.9

Over the last 10 years RE has grown from 228.4 thousands to 472.9 thousands and is now the largest entry subject for subjects which are non-comulsory for examination entry. The acheivements of students at all the higher grades are higher than those for most other subjects.

This is an amazing acheivement from subject leaders, teachers and students and the GCSE RE Site would like to add its cogratulations to all these groups.
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