Here are the trends in geography GCSE grades in 2019.

The data shows a rise in the top grades at GCSE geography this year, apart from grade 9 which has remained static. The biggest jumps of pass grades can be found at grade 7 – which made up 11.5 per cent of all results, up from 11 per cent last year – and grade 6, which saw a rise of three percentage points to 14.1 per cent. However, the proportion of results given at both grades 5 and 4 fell slightly.

Entries in the subject have risen, from 242,268 last year to 251,121 this year.

The data for the results is based only on 16-year-olds in England. The entries data is England all ages.

For other subjects, visit our main subject tables page.

For more of our GCSE results coverage, we have six interesting things we’ve learnt from results day, a rise in top grades including grade 9s, what the latest data shows about the gender gap and concerns over a drop in non-Ebacc subjects.

GCSE Geography results comparison 2019

GCSE Geography entries 2019