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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics GCSE short course entries and results (pupils in Year 11/pupils aged 15) by subject group and gender

This table covers data published in the Welsh Government's annual "Examination Results" release. It provides information on the number of GCSE Short Course entries into each subject group and the percentage of those entries achieving each GCSE Short Course grade. The default view shows the most up to date results, historic years can be selected from the year drop down menu. This view has been split to show the results for Boys and Girls separately. For more information see the Web links.

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MeasureThis table includes entries taken in previous years, and discounted exams are excluded. This is so that the table is consistent with the rest of the key performance indicators. Figures should be treated with caution - it is possible for pupils to have entered more than one exam within a small number of subject groups. [Filtered]
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[Collapse]Number of entriesIncludes entries taken in previous years and excludes discounted exams to be consistent with other key performance measures. It is possible for pupils to have entered more than one exam within a small number of subject groups.[Collapse]Percentage achieving A*-CPercentage of those entries that achieved A*-C.[Collapse]Percentage achieving A*-GPercentage of those entries that achieved an A*-G.
[Collapse]PupilsClick here to sortPupils[Collapse]PupilsClick here to sortPupils[Collapse]PupilsClick here to sortPupils
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Craft, Design & TechnologyCan include GCSE Short Course subjects such as Design & Technology, D&T Textiles Techology, D&T Food Technology, D&T Electronic Products, D&T Graphic Products and/or D&T Resistant Materials.85132520238810092
ICT56637594197123107194196195
Business Studies.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Economics.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Geography.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
History.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Social StudiesCan include GCSE Short Course subjects such as Personal & Social Education, Psychology, Sociology and/or Citizenship.28669472138115161190181
Art & DesignCan include GCSE Short Course Subjects such as Art & Design and/or Art & Design (Fine Art)..The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Classical StudiesCan include GCSE Short Course Subjects such as Ancient History, Classical Civilisation, Classical Greek and/or Latin..The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
French.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
German.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Spanish.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Other Modern Foreign LanguagesCan include GCSE Short Course Subjects such as Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Dutch. Italian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish and/or Urdu.303969169174171200200200
Physical Education428300728989898199197198
Religious Studies8,0516,97415,025579475168184175
Welsh Second Language4,0873,3387,4257011589186191188
Preparation For Employment (VQ)GCSE Short Course Vocational awards were awarded for the first time in 2003/04..The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
All Subjects13,19811,09724,2956310080175186180

Metadata

Title

GCSE short course entries and results (pupils in Year 11/pupils aged 15) by subject group

Last update

December 2019 December 2019

Next update

December 2020 (Provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Welsh Examinations Database, Welsh Government (via Awarding Organisations and a contracted collection body)

Source 2

Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC), Welsh Government

Contact email

school.stats@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

This table covers data published in the Welsh Government's annual "Examination Results" release. It provides information on the number of GCSE Short Course entries into each subject group and the percentage of those entries achieving each GCSE Short Course. For more information see the Weblinks.

Note that this year, the definition of this table has changed. This table now includes entries taken in previous years, and discounted exams are excluded. This is so that the table is consistent with the rest of the key performance indicators. Figures should be treated with caution - it is possible for pupils to have entered more than one exam within a small number of subject groups.

Rounding applied

Percentages are shown as whole numbers and have been rounded to 0 decimal places.

Statistical quality

For more Information see the notes section of the Examination Results release (See Weblinks)

Keywords

KS4; GCSE; GCSE Short Course