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GCSE results 2016: Chemistry

Chemistry GCSE results for 2016, compared to previous years Chemistry GCSE results for 2016, compared to previous years: cumulative Percentage of pupils who achieved (at least) each grade Key Green: Higher than previous year Orange: Same as previous year Red: Lower than previous year

GCSE results 2016: Business studies

Business studies GCSE results for 2016, compared to previous years Business studies GCSE results for 2016, compared to previous years: cumulative Percentage of pupils who achieved (at least) each grade Key Green: Higher than previous year Orange: Same as previous year Red: Lower than previous year

GCSE results 2016: Biology

Biology GCSE results for 2016, compared to previous years Biology GCSE results for 2016, compared to previous years: cumulative Percentage of pupils who achieved (at least) each grade Key Green: Higher than previous year Orange: Same as previous year Red: Lower than previous year

Exam board ordered to increase GCSE maths grade boundary to stop pupils being ‘advantaged’

Exam board Pearson was ordered to increase its grade boundaries by one mark this year to prevent pupils being “unfairly advantaged” in their maths GCSE. This year more than 320,000 teenagers sat maths exams set by Pearson, and in July, the board is understood to have told Ofqual that pupils found one of its papers […]

GCSE results 2016: Additional science

Additional science GCSE results for 2016, compared to previous years Additional science GCSE results for 2016, compared to previous years: cumulative Percentage of pupils who achieved (at least) each grade Key Green: Higher than previous year Orange: Same as previous year Red: Lower than previous year

GCSE results 2016: Maths

Maths GCSE results for 2016, compared to previous years The results for this subject only include those taking exams at the end of year 11 (16-year-olds) so as to exclude the results for those taking re-sits (17 and older). Maths GCSE results for 2016, compared to previous years: cumulative Percentage of pupils who achieved (at […]

GCSE results 2016: English

English GCSE results for 2016, compared to previous years The results for this subject only include those taking exams at the end of year 11 (16-year-olds) so as to exclude the results for those taking re-sits (17 and older). English GCSE results for 2016, compared to previous years: cumulative Percentage of pupils who achieved (at […]

GCSE results 2016: Trends and stats from the national data

This page is from 2016. Here’s where to look for 2017 GCSE results GCSE results are out. What do the trends show? 1. The proportion of 16 year-olds getting A*s and As is down 0.6 percentage points For 16 year olds, the proportion of A*s is down 0.1 percentage points, and A*/A grades declined […]

Ofsted chair resigns weeks after disparaging remarks about Isle of Wight

Ofsted chair David Hoare is stepping down from his position with immediate effect, the education watchdog has confirmed. An Ofsted spokesperson told FE Week, Schools Week’s sister paper, this morning that senior non-executive board member James Kempton has agreed to take on the role of chair on an interim basis — while Justine Greening, the education […]