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Download full textAlejandra Miranda; Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2025
This report is focused on the uptake of General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) subjects in England in 2023. Uptake in a GCSE subject is defined as the number or percentage of students at the end of Key Stage 4 (KS4) taking the subject. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE). The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Exit Examinations, Data Analysis
Alejandra Miranda; Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2024
This report is focused on the uptake of A level subjects in England in 2023. Uptake in an A level subject is defined as the number or percentage of students at the end of Key Stage 5 (who have entered for at least one AS or A level) taking the subject. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exit Examinations, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Attainment
Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2024
Core maths (CM) is a Key Stage 5 qualification aimed at students who achieve a grade 4 or higher at GCSE Maths but do not go on to take AS or A level Maths. Its stated main purpose is to increase participation in post-16 maths and to help develop students' mathematical knowledge and its application to a range of different areas. This means CM…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Tests, Exit Examinations, Qualifications
Alejandra Miranda; Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2025
This report looks at the provision of GCSE subjects in England in 2023. Provision in a subject is defined as the number or percentage of schools with at least one student taking the subject. It could be argued that this may not cover all the 'provision', since schools might offer to provide a subject but none of their students wants to study it.…
Descriptors: School Size, Diversity (Institutional), Institutional Characteristics, Differences
Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2025
The main aim of this research was to investigate the impact of reducing the number of components on overall performance in GCSE subjects. In particular, researchers were interested in how the grade achieved by candidates on a reduced number of components compares to their grade on the full qualification. This research mainly looked at GCSEs with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Tests
Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2024
Core maths (CM) qualifications were introduced into the post-16 curriculum in England in 2014, with first assessments in 2016. They are a suite of qualifications aimed at students who achieve a grade 4 (originally a grade C) or higher at GCSE Maths but do not go on to take AS or A level Maths. This group comprised around 40% of all students in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Qualifications, College Mathematics, Intellectual Disciplines
Tim Gill; Carmen H. J. Lim – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023
This report looks at the provision of GCSE subjects in England in 2021. Provision in a GCSE subject is defined as the number or percentage of schools with at least one student taking the subject. This may not cover all of the actual 'provision' since schools might offer to provide a subject, but none of their students wants to study it. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exit Examinations, Secondary School Students, College Entrance Examinations
Carmen H. J. Lim; Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023
This report is focused on the uptake of A level subjects in England in 2022. Uptake in an A level subject is defined as the number or percentage of students at the end of Key Stage 5 (who have entered for at least one AS or A level) taking the subject. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE)…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, Secondary School Students, College Entrance Examinations, Institutional Characteristics
Tim Gill; Carmen H. J. Lim – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023
This report looks at the provision of A level subjects in England in 2022. Provision in a subject is defined as the number or percentage of schools with at least one student taking the subject. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England" service.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exit Examinations, Secondary School Students, College Entrance Examinations
Carmen H. J. Lim; Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023
This report looks at the provision of GCSE subjects in England in 2022. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England" service. The dataset consisted of Key Stage 4 (KS4) results in all subjects provided by each school in England. Other school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exit Examinations, Secondary School Students, College Entrance Examinations
