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GCSE results 2021: English

Here are the trends in the latest English GCSE results for summer 2021. The proportion of grade 9 results achieved by English students, equivalent to a high A* under the old GCSE system, rose to 5.4 per cent, compared to 4.3 per cent in 2020 and 2.8 per cent in 2019. You can find the […]

GCSE results 2021: PE records biggest rise in top grades

Physical education recorded the largest rise in top GCSE grades, while grades 7 or above issued in maths and chemistry only slowly inched up. This year the proportion of 16-year-old pupils in England earning a grade 7 or above at GCSE jumped to 30 per cent – compared with 27.5 per cent last year. But […]