Here are the trends in religious studies GCSE grades for 2019.

The data shows a steep rise in the top very grades at GCSE religious studies this year, with more results being awarded at grades 8 (10.4 per cent) and 9 (7.5 per cent). However, the proportion of grade 7’s has remained stable at 12.6 per cent, while grade 5 has seen a small decline.

Entries in the subject continued to decline, from 229,189 last year to 227,913 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 Religious studies results comparison 2019

 

 

GCSE Religious studies entries