Northern Ireland Provisional GCE Results 2015Thursday 13 August 2015

Northern Ireland Provisional GCE Results 2015

Justin Edwards, Chief Executive CCEAAnne Marie Duffy, Director of QualificationsPamela Larmour, Research and StatisticsRobert Shilliday, Marcomms

Context

• Briefing on behalf of Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ).

• Provisional NI GCE results from all five JCQ awarding organisations:– AQA– CCEA– OCR – PEARSON– WJEC

Format of Briefing

• GCE A Level Provisional Results 2015

77 Entries77 Performance77 Gender Comparisons77 Subject Specific information

• GCE AS Provisional Results 2015

• Questions and Answers

Headlines

• A level entries up by 2.5%• A level outcomes maintained• Mathematics the most popular

subject at A level• More females taking STEM

subjects

NI GCE Entries 2011 – 2015

2011 2012 2013 2014 201525000

26000

27000

28000

29000

30000

31000

32000

33000

34000

3258232908 32836

31600

32390

Year

No.

Of E

ntrie

s

NI GCE A Level Results

2015 2014

ENTRIES 32,390 31,600

A* (%) 7.6 7.3

A*- A (%) 29.3 29.9

A* - E (%) 98.2 98.1

Best Performance - NI 2015

Subject A* - A % EntryMathematics (Further) 64.1 181

Irish 56.1 330

German 47.4 97

Mathematics 44.9 3328

Chemistry 38.6 1843

French 38.4 536

Spanish 37.1 534

Art and Design Subjects 33.0 1029

Biology 32.6 3111

Physics 32.0 1532

Most Popular A-Level Subjects NI

Subject % of total A level entry Total subject entry1. Mathematics 10.3 3328

2. Biology 9.6 3111

3. Religious Studies 7.4 2401

4. History 7.1 2301

5. English 6.7 2182

6. Geography 6.1 1974

7. Chemistry 5.7 1843

8. Physics 4.7 1532

9. ICT 4.6 1498

10. Business Studies 4.3 1390

Mathem

atics

Political

Studies

Religio

us Studies

Span

ish

Design

& Te

chnology

Geogra

phy

Media

/ Film

Studies ICT

Computing

History

Psychology

Irish

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Change 2014-15% Change

Increased Entries

Gender Comparisons 2015

Male Female

%A* 7.4 (6.8) 7.8 (7.6)%A* - A 27.2 (27.4) 31.0 (32.1)%A* - E 97.9 (97.8) 98.4 (98.4)

7.4% of grades awarded to Males were A*

7.8% of grades awarded to Females were A*

Most Popular A Level Subjects by Gender NI

% of total A level Male entry

% of total A level Female entry

Mathematics (13.5) Biology (11.0)

History (8.2) Religious Studies (9.4)

Physics (7.9) English (8.9)

Biology (7.9) Mathematics (7.7)

ICT (6.5) History (6.2)

STEM Subjects 2015 – Male

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Biology 1418 1385 1394 1287 1133

Chemistry 865 863 942 871 837

ICT 844 869 921 858 934

Mathematics 1807 1757 1885 1815 1946

Physics 1030 1064 1185 1160 1135

Technology 700 747 762 694 717

250

750

1,250

1,750

2,250

STEM Male Entries (NI) (2011-15)

No.

of E

ntire

s

Mathematics

BiologyPhysics

ICTChemistryTechnology

STEM Subjects 2015 – Female

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Biology 2032 2085 1965 1871 1978

Chemistry 949 986 978 974 1006

ICT 680 629 603 576 564

Mathematics 1285 1363 1291 1250 1382

Physics 407 472 392 389 397

Technology 210 247 236 245 305

250

750

1,250

1,750

2,250

STEM Female Entries (NI) (2011-15)

No.

of E

ntrie

s

Biology

Mathematics

Chemistry

ICT

PhysicsTechnology

Languages 2014-2015

Entry numbers

% of total entry 2015 2014 % change in entry

French 1.7 536 543 -1.3

Spanish 1.6 534 436 22.5

Irish 1.0 330 313 5.4

German 0.3 97 120 -19.2

NI AS Entries 2011 – 2015

2011 2012 2013 2014 201528500

30500

32500

34500

36500

38500

40500

42500

44500

46500

48500

42666

4448643472

4575147005

Year

No.

of E

ntri

es

NI AS Levels Results

Entries A (%) A – E (%)

2015 47,005 27.2 94.8

2014 45,751 27.3 94.5

• 2.7% increase in AS Level entries.• Highest entry since AS Levels were introduced.• Pass rate remains steady.

2015 Northern Ireland GCE Provisional Results Summary

• A level entries up by 2.5%• A level outcomes maintained• Mathematics the most popular

subject at A level• More females taking STEM

subjects

Questions and Answers