Northern Ireland Provisional GCSE Results 2016 Thursday 25 th August 2016
Northern Ireland Provisional GCSE Results 2016
Purpose • Briefing on behalf of Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) • Provisional NI GCE results from all five JCQ awarding organisations:
Format of Presentation • GCSE Provisional Results 2016 ̶ Entries ̶ Performance ̶ Gender Comparisons ̶ Subject Specific Information
Headlines • Northern Ireland learners continue to perform well in GCSEs • Females extend the gap on Males at A*-C grades • STEM entries increase to almost one third of all GCSEs taken in Northern Ireland
Age Profile of GCSE pupils AGE 2016 2015 15 year olds 2.9% (4688) 3.1% (5,345) 16 year olds 76% (123,029) 75.9% (129,951) 17 year olds 21.1% (34,258) 21% (36,029) ALL 161,975 171,325 Similar Age profile in 2016
GCSE Results – NI 2016 2016 2015 161,975 171,325 ENTRIES 9.3 9.0 A* (%) A*- A (%) 29.1 28.6 A* - C (%) 79.1 78.7 A* - G (%) 99.0 99.2 Increase in Performance at A* & A Grades.
GCSE Performance Over Time NI 2011-2016 A* - A (%) A* - C A* - G (%) 27.7 74.8 98.7 2011 27.9 75.6 99.0 2012 2013 28.0 76.5 99.2 2014 28.2 78.0 99.2 2015 28.6 78.7 99.2 2016 29.1 79.1 99.0
Overall GCSE Performance NI 2006-2016 Overall GCSE Performance A*-C Grades 80.0 79.1 78.7 78.0 76.5 76.3 75.6 75.1 74.8 74.5 75.0 Percentage (%) 72.4 A*-C 70.0 65.0 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Grades
GCSE Performance by gender NI 2006- 16 Cumulative A*-C Grades for ALL GCSE (2006-16) 90.0 90.0 80.0 80.0 70.0 70.0 60.0 60.0 Percentage (%) 50.0 50.0 40.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 20.0 20.0 10.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Male 69.0 70.9 72.3 73.1 71.3 72.0 72.6 74.1 75.1 75.3 Female 75.5 77.8 77.8 79.3 78.1 79.3 80.3 81.7 82.2 82.9 Overall 72.4 74.5 75.1 76.3 74.8 75.6 76.5 78.0 78.7 79.1
Gender Comparisons - NI 2016 (2015) Male Female %A* 7.2 (6.7) 11.4 (11.4) %A* - A 24.1 (23.4) 34.0 (33.6) %A* - C 75.3 (75.1) 82.9 (82.2) %A* - G 98.8 (99.0) 99.3 (99.4) 7.2% of grades awarded to Males were A* 11.4% of grades awarded to Females were A*
Mathematics Performance NI 2006 - 2016 Cumulative A*-C Grades for GCSE Mathematics (2006-16) 70.0 70.0 65.0 65.0 Percentage (%) 60.0 60.0 55.0 55.0 50.0 50.0 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Male 58.5 61.2 61.3 61.6 61.8 63.7 65.0 66.7 67.3 65.4 Female 59.6 62 59 60.2 60 62.2 64.1 65.8 66 64.5 Overall 59.1 61.6 60.1 60.9 60.9 62.9 64.6 66.2 66.6 64.9
English Performance NI 2006- 2016 Cumulative A*-C Grades for GCSE English 2006 - 2016 100.0% 90.0% 80.0% 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Male 61.4% 61.8% 62.5% 61.2% 62.0% 61.6% 61.8% 66.4% 69.8% 71.9% Female 74.0% 74.6% 73.5% 74.8% 75.0% 75.0% 75.8% 79.6% 81.9% 84.0% Overall 67.8% 68.3% 68.1% 68.1% 68.5% 68.2% 68.8% 73.0% 75.8% 77.8%
Best Performance - NI 2016 Subject A* - A (%) Entry Additional Maths 56.6 3,469 Physics 53.2 2,960 Chemistry 53.1 3,214 Computing 45.1 519 Biology 44.7 4,252 Irish 44.2 1,901 Music 41.6 1,582 Spanish 39.8 3,593 English Literature 38.6 10,301 Religious Studies 36.6 11,953
Best Performance - NI 2016 Subject A* - A (%) Entry Additional Maths 56.6 3,469 Physics 53.2 2,960 Chemistry 53.1 3,214 Computing 45.1 519 Biology 44.7 4,252 Irish 44.2 1,901 Music 41.6 1,582 Spanish 39.8 3,593 English Literature 38.6 10,301 Religious Studies 36.6 11,953
Growth Subjects NI 2016 % increase from Subject Entries 2016 2015 Computing 519 106.0 German 1,162 11.3 Media / Film / TV studies 1,771 10.3 Construction 592 8.8 Biology 4,252 3.4 Chemistry 3,214 1.7 Health & Social Care 753 1.3
Growth Subjects NI 2016 % increase from Subject Entries 2016 2015 Computing 519 106.0 German 1,162 11.3 Media / Film / TV studies 1,771 10.3 Construction 592 8.8 Biology 4,252 3.4 Chemistry 3,214 1.7 Health & Social Care 753 1.3
Most Popular GCSE Subjects – NI 2016 Subject % of Total entry Total subject entry 1.Maths 15.3 24,827 2.English 13.6 22,102 3.Religious Studies 7.4 11,953 4.English Literature 6.4 10,301 5.ICT 4.9 7,862 6.Science 4.3 7,026 7.History 4.2 6,751 8.Prep. For Life and Work 4.0 6,555 9.Geography 3.7 6,048 10.French 3.2 5,179
Most Popular GCSE Subjects – NI 2016 Subject % of Total entry Total subject entry 1.Maths 15.3 24,827 2.English 13.6 22,102 3.Religious Studies 7.4 11,953 4.English Literature 6.4 10,301 5.ICT 4.9 7,862 6.Science 4.3 7,026 7.History 4.2 6,751 8.Prep. For Life and Work 4.0 6,555 9.Geography 3.7 6,048 10.French 3.2 5,179
Most Popular GCSE Subjects by Gender % of total GCSE Male entry % of total GCSE Female entry Maths (15.3) Maths (15.4) English (14.0) English (13.3) Religious Studies (6.8) Religious Studies (7.9) ICT (5.8) English Literature (7.0) English Literature (5.7) Home Economics (4.5) Science (4.6) Science (4.1)
Most Popular GCSE Subjects by Gender % of total GCSE Male entry % of total GCSE Female entry Maths (15.3) Maths (15.4) English (14.0) English (13.3) Religious Studies (6.8) Religious Studies (7.9) ICT (5.8) English Literature (7.0) English Literature (5.7) Home Economics (4.5) Science (4.6) Science (4.1)
STEM Subjects NI 2012- 2016 Entries % STEM as a proportion of total GCSE entry 34.0% 32.0% 30.0% 28.0% % STEM 26.0% 24.0% 22.0% 20.0% 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Language Entries – NI 2012 - 2016 % Languages entry as a proportion of total GCSE entry 10.00 % of overall Language entries 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 % of total entry 7.41 7.32 7.25 7.17 7.31
GCSE Provisional Results Summary NI 2016 • Northern Ireland learners continue to perform well in GCSEs • Females extend the gap on Males at A*- C grades • STEM entries increase to almost one third of all GCSEs taken in Northern Ireland
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