Official Statistics

Summer 2015 exam entries: GCSEs, level 1 / 2 certificates, AS and A levels in England

Number of entries by age group and subject for GCSEs, level 1 / 2 certificates, AS and A levels in England for the summer 2015 exam series.

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Ofqual
Published
22 May 2015
Last updated
15 June 2017 — See all updates

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Erratum notice

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Summer exam entries: GCSEs, level 1 / 2 certificates, AS and A Levels in England: Provisional figures April 2015

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Summer 2015 exam entries: GCSEs level 1 / 2 certificates, AS and A levels in England: Provisional figures April 2015 - Tables

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Details

Erratum

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

The key findings for this release are:

  • the overall entry for GCSEs in England has decreased from 2014 to 2015 from 5,085,000 to 4,916,000

  • the overall entry for students in year 10 and below for GCSE has decreased by 32%, from 504,000 to 344,000

  • one notable exception is computing where the entry increased by 83%

  • the year 11 entry in most EBacc GCSE subjects has decreased, ranging from 3% to 14%, whereas there were some significant increases in equivalent subjects for level 1 / 2 certificates (commonly known as IGCSEs), ranging from 78% to 447%, but overall entries for the EBacc subjects has increased

  • overall entries for AS in England have decreased by 1%, while overall A level entries have increased by 1%

  • computing and Spanish both saw large increases at AS and A level

  • subjects with large decreases at both AS and A level are critical thinking, general studies and ICT

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Published 22 May 2015
Last updated 15 June 2017 + show all updates

  1. Added an erratum note about data inaccuracies.

  2. The tables were revised as there was an error in the percentage change 2014-2015 for AS and A levels in Northern Ireland

  3. First published.

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