Northern Ireland Provisional GCSE Results 2016 Thursday 25 th - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Northern Ireland Provisional GCSE Results 2016

Thursday 25th August 2016

Northern Ireland Provisional GCSE Results 2016

Purpose

• Briefing on behalf of Joint Council for

Qualifications (JCQ)

• Provisional NI GCE results from all five JCQ

awarding organisations:

Format of Presentation

• GCSE Provisional Results 2016

̶ Entries ̶ Performance ̶ Gender Comparisons ̶ Subject Specific Information

Headlines

• Northern Ireland learners continue to

perform well in GCSEs

• Females extend the gap on Males at A*-C

grades

• STEM entries increase to almost one third of

all GCSEs taken in Northern Ireland

Age Profile of GCSE pupils

AGE 2016 2015 15 year olds 2.9% (4688) 3.1% (5,345) 16 year olds 76% (123,029) 75.9% (129,951) 17 year olds 21.1% (34,258) 21% (36,029) ALL 161,975 171,325

Similar Age profile in 2016

GCSE Results – NI 2016

2016 2015 ENTRIES 161,975 171,325 A* (%) 9.3 9.0 A*- A (%) 29.1 28.6 A* - C (%) 79.1 78.7 A* - G (%) 99.0 99.2

Increase in Performance at A* & A Grades.

GCSE Performance Over Time NI 2011-2016

A* - A (%) A* - C A* - G (%) 2011 27.7 74.8 98.7 2012 27.9 75.6 99.0 2013 28.0 76.5 99.2 2014 28.2 78.0 99.2 2015 28.6 78.7 99.2

2016 29.1 79.1 99.0

Overall GCSE Performance NI 2006-2016

72.4 74.5 75.1 76.3 74.8 75.6 76.5 78.0 78.7 79.1 65.0 70.0 75.0 80.0 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Percentage (%) Grades

Overall GCSE Performance A*-C Grades

A*-C

GCSE Performance by gender NI 2006- 16

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Male 69.0 70.9 72.3 73.1 71.3 72.0 72.6 74.1 75.1 75.3 Female 75.5 77.8 77.8 79.3 78.1 79.3 80.3 81.7 82.2 82.9 Overall 72.4 74.5 75.1 76.3 74.8 75.6 76.5 78.0 78.7 79.1 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 Percentage (%)

Cumulative A*-C Grades for ALL GCSE (2006-16)

Gender Comparisons - NI 2016 (2015)

Male Female %A* 7.2 (6.7) 11.4 (11.4) %A* - A 24.1 (23.4) 34.0 (33.6) %A* - C 75.3 (75.1) 82.9 (82.2) %A* - G 98.8 (99.0) 99.3 (99.4)

7.2% of grades awarded to Males were A* 11.4% of grades awarded to Females were A*

Mathematics Performance NI 2006 - 2016

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Male 58.5 61.2 61.3 61.6 61.8 63.7 65.0 66.7 67.3 65.4 Female 59.6 62 59 60.2 60 62.2 64.1 65.8 66 64.5 Overall 59.1 61.6 60.1 60.9 60.9 62.9 64.6 66.2 66.6 64.9 50.0 55.0 60.0 65.0 70.0 50.0 55.0 60.0 65.0 70.0 Percentage (%)

Cumulative A*-C Grades for GCSE Mathematics (2006-16)

English Performance NI 2006- 2016

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Male 61.4% 61.8% 62.5% 61.2% 62.0% 61.6% 61.8% 66.4% 69.8% 71.9% Female 74.0% 74.6% 73.5% 74.8% 75.0% 75.0% 75.8% 79.6% 81.9% 84.0% Overall 67.8% 68.3% 68.1% 68.1% 68.5% 68.2% 68.8% 73.0% 75.8% 77.8% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0% 100.0%

Cumulative A*-C Grades for GCSE English 2006 - 2016

Best Performance - NI 2016

Subject A* - A (%) Entry Additional Maths 56.6 3,469 Physics 53.2 2,960 Chemistry 53.1 3,214 Computing 45.1 519 Biology 44.7 4,252 Irish 44.2 1,901 Music 41.6 1,582 Spanish 39.8 3,593 English Literature 38.6 10,301 Religious Studies 36.6 11,953

Best Performance - NI 2016

Subject A* - A (%) Entry Additional Maths 56.6 3,469 Physics 53.2 2,960 Chemistry 53.1 3,214 Computing 45.1 519 Biology 44.7 4,252 Irish 44.2 1,901 Music 41.6 1,582 Spanish 39.8 3,593 English Literature 38.6 10,301 Religious Studies 36.6 11,953

Growth Subjects NI 2016

Subject Entries 2016 % increase from 2015

Computing 519 106.0 German 1,162 11.3 Media / Film / TV studies 1,771 10.3 Construction 592 8.8 Biology 4,252 3.4 Chemistry 3,214 1.7 Health & Social Care 753 1.3

Growth Subjects NI 2016

Subject Entries 2016 % increase from 2015

Computing 519 106.0 German 1,162 11.3 Media / Film / TV studies 1,771 10.3 Construction 592 8.8 Biology 4,252 3.4 Chemistry 3,214 1.7 Health & Social Care 753 1.3

Most Popular GCSE Subjects – NI 2016

Subject % of Total entry Total subject entry

1.Maths 15.3 24,827 2.English 13.6 22,102 3.Religious Studies 7.4 11,953 4.English Literature 6.4 10,301 5.ICT 4.9 7,862 6.Science 4.3 7,026 7.History 4.2 6,751 8.Prep. For Life and Work 4.0 6,555 9.Geography 3.7 6,048 10.French 3.2 5,179

Most Popular GCSE Subjects – NI 2016

Subject % of Total entry Total subject entry

1.Maths 15.3 24,827 2.English 13.6 22,102 3.Religious Studies 7.4 11,953 4.English Literature 6.4 10,301 5.ICT 4.9 7,862 6.Science 4.3 7,026 7.History 4.2 6,751 8.Prep. For Life and Work 4.0 6,555 9.Geography 3.7 6,048 10.French 3.2 5,179

Most Popular GCSE Subjects by Gender

% of total GCSE Male entry % of total GCSE Female entry

Maths (15.3) Maths (15.4) English (14.0) English (13.3) Religious Studies (6.8) Religious Studies (7.9) ICT (5.8) English Literature (7.0) English Literature (5.7) Home Economics (4.5) Science (4.6) Science (4.1)

Most Popular GCSE Subjects by Gender

% of total GCSE Male entry % of total GCSE Female entry

Maths (15.3) Maths (15.4) English (14.0) English (13.3) Religious Studies (6.8) Religious Studies (7.9) ICT (5.8) English Literature (7.0) English Literature (5.7) Home Economics (4.5) Science (4.6) Science (4.1)

STEM Subjects NI 2012- 2016 Entries

20.0% 22.0% 24.0% 26.0% 28.0% 30.0% 32.0% 34.0% 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

% STEM as a proportion of total GCSE entry

% STEM

Language Entries – NI 2012 - 2016

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 % of total entry 7.41 7.32 7.25 7.17 7.31 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 % of overall Language entries

% Languages entry as a proportion of total GCSE entry

GCSE Provisional Results Summary NI 2016

• Northern Ireland learners continue to

perform well in GCSEs

• Females extend the gap on Males at A*-

C grades

• STEM entries increase to almost one

third of all GCSEs taken in Northern Ireland