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Department for EducationSanctuary BuildingsGreat Smith StreetLondonSW1P 3BT
Tel: 0370 000 2288Email enquiry form:www.education.gov.uk/help/contactus
Our References: 2013/0023080, 2013/0023081, 2013/0023082, 2013/0023549, 2013/0024592, 2013/0024667.
Dear Mr Robinson,
RE: GCSEs and iGCSEs Results
Thank you for your request for information, received on 5th/ 8th/ 15th April, reference numbers: 2013/0023080, 2013/0023081, 2013/0023082, 2013/0023549, 2013/0024592, 2013/0024667. You requested information on GCSE and iGCSE results.
I have dealt with your requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”). These requests are answered in turn below.
Request reference number: 2013/0023080
“Could you please provide me with the following information: 1. The number of students aged 11-17 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who have achieved. 1 GCSE 2 GCSEs 3 GCSEs 4 GCSEs 5 GCSEs 6 GCSEs
7 GCSEs 8 GCSEs 9 GCSEs 10 GCSEs 11 GCSEs 12 GCSEs
13 GCSEs 14 GCSEs 15 GCSEs 16 or more GCSEs
2. The number of students aged 11-17 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who have achieved. 1 IGCSE 2 IGCSEs 3 IGCSEs 4 IGCSEs 5 IGCSEs 6 IGCSEs
7 IGCSEs 8 IGCSEs 9 IGCSEs 10 IGCSEs 11 IGCSEs 12 IGCSEs
13 IGCSEs 14 IGCSEs 15 IGCSEs 16 or more IGCSEs
3. Many schools now enter pupils for both GCSEs and IGCSEs. Therefore if one were to combine each pupil's achievement and count the number of awards (eg 5 GCSEs and 4 IGCSEs would be 9 awards) how
many pupils would achieve: 1 award 2 awards 3 awards 4 awards 5 awards 6 awards
7 awards 8 awards 9 awards 10 awards 11 awards 12 awards
13 awards 14 awards 15 awards 16 or more awards
Please can I have all the above information for each year since the inception of the IGCSE. Furthermore could I have each band taken exclusively, so that if a pupil had achieved 5 GCSEs then they would only be counted in the 5 GCSE column rather than the 1,2,3,4,5 columns.
Lastly could I have the data as raw figures and as percentages of the total cohort.”
The Department is responsible for education in England and therefore we do not hold the information you request for Wales or Northern Ireland. Details of how to contact other administrations are on the following websites:
Wales: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/statistics/?lang=en
Northern Ireland: http://www.deni.gov.uk/index/facts-and-figures-new/education-statistics.htm
Please find the requested information for England enclosed in Excel format based on our standard reporting cohort of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 (those pupils who have completed GCSE and equivalent level study).
Please note that our data did not include iGCSEs prior to 2009/10; from 2009/10 onwards we hold information for accredited Cambridge International and Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 certificates and any direct predecessors to those certificates, which we term “legacy iGCSEs”. Therefore figures for years prior to 2009/10 are not held. More detailed information what qualifications are accredited or not accredited is available on page 18 of the main text under “Documents” at the link below.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012
Request reference number: 2013/0023081
“Please provide the following information for IGCSE grades awarded to candidates of secondary school age (11-17). 1. Percentage of total candidates awarded:
At least 1 IGCSE at grade A* At Least 2 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 3 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 4 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 5 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 6 IGCSEs at grade A*
At Least 7 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 8 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 9 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 10 IGCSEs at grade A* More than 10 IGCSEs at grade A*
2. Number of candidates being awarded: At least 1 IGCSE at grade A* At Least 2 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 3 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 4 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 5 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 6 IGCSEs at grade A*
At Least 7 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 8 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 9 IGCSEs at grade A* At Least 10 IGCSEs at grade A* More than 10 IGCSEs at grade A*
3. Lastly some schools do both GCSEs and IGCSEs. How many candidates, when their GCSE and IGCSE results are combined achieve: At least 1 award at grade A* At Least 2 awards at grade A* At Least 3 awards at grade A* At Least 4 awards at grade A* At Least 5 awards at grade A* At Least 6 awards at grade A*
At Least 7 awards at grade A* At Least 8 awards at grade A* At Least 9 awards at grade A* At Least 10 awards at grade A* More than 10 awards at grade A*
Please express the results of 3 as both raw numbers and an overall percentage of candidates. In addition can I have all of this information given separately for each year starting from the year IGCSEs were first awarded.”
Please find the requested information for England enclosed in Excel format based on our standard reporting cohort of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 (those pupils who have completed GCSE and equivalent level study).
Request reference number: 2013/0023082
“Could you please provide me with the following information: 1. Total number of GCSEs taken by pupils aged 11-17 in england, Wales and Northern Ireland. 2. Of these GCSEs how many were at grade:
A* A B C D
E F G U (GCSEs pupils were entered for but failed to meet the requirements of certification). 3. Total number of IGCSEs taken by pupils aged 11-17 in england, Wales and Northern Ireland. 4. Of these IGCSEs how many were at grade:
A* A B C D E F G U (IGCSEs pupils were entered for but failed to meet the requirements of certification). Please express the results of 2 and 4 as both raw numbers and an overall percentage of candidates. In addition can I have all of this information given separately for each year starting from the year in which IGCSEs were first awarded.”
GCSE and iGCSE results (numbers) of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in England are publicly available from our statistical first releases at the links below.
2009/10
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-england-academic-year-2009-to-2010-revised (see “Additional tables 1”)
2010/11
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2010-to-2011 (see “Additional tables 1”)
2011/12
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012 (see “Additional tables 1”)
Please note that pupils may take multiple GCSEs and the percentages in this case do not make sense as you asked for the number of GCSE entries by grade.
You may find it useful to see the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) website available at the link below, which provides summer results for GCSEs for candidates of all ages; these results are published by grade and there is also country breakdowns:
http://www.jcq.org.uk/examination-results/gcses
You may also find it useful to see the Cambridge and Edexcel iGCSE results available at the links below:
Cambridge iGCSEs http://www.cie.org.uk/qualifications/academic/middlesec/igcse/statistics
Edexcel iGCSEs http://www.edexcel.com/iwantto/Pages/igcse-statistics-uk.aspx
Please note that figures given by JCQ, Cambridge or Edexcel at the above links may have different coverage to our figures in terms of geographic areas or age groups in particular.
The Department is responsible for education in England and therefore we do not hold the information you request for Wales or Northern Ireland. Details of how to contact other administrations have been given above.
Request reference number: 2013/0023549
“Please provide the following information for GCSE grades awarded to candidates of secondary school age (11-17). 1. Percentage of total candidates awarded: At least 1 GCSE at grade A At Least 2 GCSEs at grade A At Least 3 GCSEs at grade A At Least 4 GCSEs at grade A At Least 5 GCSEs at grade A At Least 6 GCSEs at grade A
At Least 7 GCSEs at grade A At Least 8 GCSEs at grade A At Least 9 GCSEs at grade A At Least 10 GCSEs at grade A More than 10 GCSEs at grade A
2. Number of candidates being awarded: At least 1 GCSE at grade A At Least 2 GCSEs at grade A At Least 3 GCSEs at grade A At Least 4 GCSEs at grade A At Least 5 GCSEs at grade A At Least 6 GCSEs at grade A
At Least 7 GCSEs at grade A At Least 8 GCSEs at grade A At Least 9 GCSEs at grade A At Least 10 GCSEs at grade A More than 10 GCSEs at grade A
3. Percentage of total candidates awarded: At least 1 IGCSE at grade A At Least 2 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 3 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 4 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 5 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 6 IGCSEs at grade A
At Least 7 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 8 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 9 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 10 IGCSEs at grade A More than 10 IGCSEs at grade A
4. Number of candidates being awarded: At least 1 IGCSE at grade A At Least 2 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 3 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 4 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 5 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 6 IGCSEs at grade A
At Least 7 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 8 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 9 IGCSEs at grade A At Least 10 IGCSEs at grade A More than 10 IGCSEs at grade A
In addition can I have all of this information given separately for each of the following years: 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008”
Please find the requested information enclosed in Excel format based on our standard reporting cohort of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 (those pupils who have completed GCSE and equivalent level study).
Request reference number: 2013/0024592
“Please could I have the following information for GCSEs and IGCSEs awarded to students completing the qualification in years below year 11. 1. Number of awards at grade: A* A B C D
E F G U
2. Percentage of awards at grade: A* A
B C
D E F
G U
3. Awards achieved by students in:
Year 10 Year 9 Year 8 Year 7 Primary school Furthermore I could I please have this data for the following years:
2012 2011 2010 2009”
We publish GCSE and iGCSE pupil results at the end of Key Stage 4 and our data extracts are developed for this purpose. The Department is unable to confirm whether it holds the information you have requested, because it estimates that the cost of determining whether it holds the information would exceed the cost threshold applicable to central Government. This is £600 and represents the estimated cost of one person spending 3½ working days in determining whether the Department holds the information and specifying the necessary data extracts if it does hold the information.
I have considered ways in which your request might be narrowed or limited in order to reduce the cost of complying with it. However, due to the nature of your request and that our existing data is not specified to include such information I do not consider that the Department would be able to provide the information you have requested without exceeding the cost limit
Regulation 5 provides that where two or more requests for information are made to a public authority by one person, the estimated cost of complying with any of the requests is to be taken to be the total costs of complying with all of them where the two or more requests relate to any extent to the same or similar information, and those requests are received within any period of 60 consecutive working days.
As the six requests were received on 5th/ 8th/ 15th April and that the appropriate limit under section 12 of the Act will also have been exceeded by complying with this request, within a 60 day period, the Department is not therefore obliged to comply with this request and under section 12 will not be processing it further.
You may find it useful to see the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) website and Cambridge and Edexcel iGCSE results available at the links provided in the answer to your request above reference number: 2013/0023082
Request reference number: 2013/0024667
“Could you please provide me with the following information for students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who have completed all their GCSEs or IGCSEs (eg. have completed year 11 or equivalent and then any subsequent resits). 1. Using the KS4 scores found at (http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/secondary_11/PointsScoreAllocation2011.pdf) A*-58 A-52 B-46 C-40 D-34 E-28 F-22 G-16 When all a candidates awards were assigned the corresponding numerical value from the table above, how many achieved (as a mean) a score of: 58 57-57.9 56-56.9 55-55.9 54-54.9 53-53.9 52-52.9 51-51.9 50-50.9 49-49.9 48-48.9 47-47.9 46-46.9 45-45.9 44-44.9
43-43.9 42-42.9 41-41.9 40-40.9 39-39.9 38-38.9 37-37.9 36-36.9 35-35.9 34-34.9 33-33.9 32-32.9 31-31.9 30-30.9 29-29.9
28-28.9 27-27.9 26-26.9 25-25.9 24-24.9 23-23.9 22-22.9 21-21.9 20-20.9 19-19.9 18-18.9 17-17.9 16-16.9
All values are inclusive. 2. A*-58 A-52 B-46 C-40 D-34 E-28
F-22 G-16 When all a candidates awards were assigned the corresponding numerical value from the table above, how many achieved (as a cumalative score) a score of: 870< 865- 870 860- 864 855- 859 850- 854 845- 849 840- 844 835- 839 830- 834 825- 829 820- 824 815- 819 810- 814 805- 809 800- 804 795- 799 790- 794 785- 789 780- 784 775- 779 770- 774 765- 769 760- 764 755- 759 750- 754 745- 749 740- 744 735- 739 730- 734 725- 729 720- 724 715- 719 710- 714 705- 709 700- 704 695- 699 690- 694 685- 689 680- 684 675- 679 670- 674 665- 669 660- 664
655- 659 650- 654 645- 649 640- 644 635- 639 630- 634 625- 629 620- 624 615- 619 610- 614 605- 609 600- 604 595- 599 590- 594 585- 589 580- 584 575- 579 570- 574 565- 569 560- 564 555- 559 550- 554 545- 549 540- 544 535- 539 530- 534 525- 529 520- 524 515- 519 510- 514 505- 509 500- 504 495- 499 490- 494 485- 489 480- 484 475- 479 470- 474 465- 469 460- 464 455- 459 450- 454 445- 449
440- 444 435- 439 430- 434 425- 429 420- 424 415- 419 410- 414 405- 409 400- 404 395- 399 390- 394 385- 389 380- 384 375- 379 370- 374 365- 369 360- 364 355- 359 350- 354 345- 349 340- 344 335- 339 330- 334 325- 329 320- 324 315- 319 310- 314 305- 309 300- 304 295- 299 290- 294 285- 289 280- 284 275- 279 270- 274 265- 269 260- 264 255- 259 250- 254 245- 249 240- 244 235- 239 230- 234
225- 229 220- 224 215- 219 210- 214 205- 209 200- 204 195- 199 190- 194 185- 189 180- 184 175- 179 170- 174 165- 169 160- 164 155- 159 150- 154 145- 149 140- 144 135- 139 130- 134 125- 129 120- 124 115- 119 110- 114 105- 109 100- 104 95- 99 90- 94 85- 89 80- 84 75- 79 70- 74 65- 69 60- 64 55- 59 50- 54 45- 49 40- 44 35- 39 30- 34 25- 29 20- 24 15- 19
All values are inclusive. Furthermore please could I have this data for scores achieved in each of the following years: 2012 2011 2010 2009”
Please find the requested information for England enclosed in Excel format, you should note that our data does not include resits of examinations taken after pupils have completed Key Stage 4 (so would for example not include resits taken in year 12, but would include resits before completion of Key Stage 4).
The Department is responsible for education in England and therefore we do not hold the information you request for Wales or Northern Ireland. Details of how to contact other administrations are provided above.
The information supplied to you continues to be protected by copyright. You are free to use it for your own purposes, including for private study and non-commercial research, and for any other purpose authorised by an exception in current copyright law. Documents (except photographs) can be also used in the UK without requiring permission for the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder. Most documents produced by a government department or agency will be protected by Crown Copyright. Most Crown copyright information can be re-used under the Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/). For information about the OGL and about re-using Crown Copyright information please see The National Archives website -http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/uk-gov-licensing-framework.htm If you need to respond to me, please visit: www.education.gov.uk/contactus, and quote your reference number. If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should make a complaint to the Department by writing to me within two calendar months of the date of this letter. Your complaint will be considered by an independent review panel, who were not involved in the original consideration of your request. If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the Department, you may then contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Yours sincerely, Jovita LebednykaiteSchools Data Unit - AttainmentEducation Data DivisionDepartment for EducationSanctuary BuildingsGreat Smith StreetLondonSW1P 3BT Email: [email protected]: 020 7783 8795
