Official Statistics

Provisional November 2025 exam entries: GCSE English language and mathematics

The number of entries by subject for GCSE in the November exam series in England.

• From: Ofqual
• Published: 27 November 2025

Applies to England

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Provisional November 2025 exam entries: GCSE English language and mathematics

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Key headlines

The key headlines regarding the provisional number of entries for the November 2025 series were:

• total GCSE entries in November 2025 increased by 5.8%, from 152,610 in November 2024 to 161,480 in November 2025.
• GCSE English language entries in November 2025 increased by 7.7% from 77,005 in November 2024, to 82,900 in November 2025.
• GCSE mathematics entries in November 2025 increased by 3.9% from 75,605 in November 2024, to 78,580 in November 2025.
• year 12 entries increased by 4.3% from 85,725 in November 2024 to 89,405 in November 2025.
• year 13 and above entries increased by 7.8% from 66,880 in November 2024 to 72,070 in November 2025.

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Published 27 November 2025