Official Statistics

Provisional summer GCSE and IGCSE entries: summer 2014

This release presents provisional entry figures for GCSEs submitted to exam boards ahead of the examinations being sat in the summer 2014.

Applies to England

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Summer GCSE and IGCSE entries for England: Provisional Figures April 2014

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Summer GCSE and IGCSE entries for England: Provisional Figures April 2014: data tables

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Erratum

Some inaccuracies in these data were discovered after publication. Please read the “Erratum notice” document for further details.

Key findings for this release are that:

  • the overall entry for GCSEs in England has decreased from 2013 to 2014 from 5,293,000 to 5,085,000
  • the overall entry for students in year 10 and below has decreased (all GCSEs 843,000 in summer 2013 to 504,000 in summer 2014)
  • there is an inconsistent picture in year 11 entries across subjects
  • IGCSE English language entries increased by 96% from summer 2013 to 139,000
Published 22 May 2014
Last updated 15 June 2017 + show all updates
  1. Added an erratum note about data inaccuracies.

  2. First published.