GCSEs: Autumn exam entries revealed subject by subject

Ofqual data shows which subjects – outside English and maths – have biggest entries for exams that give students chance to better their teacher-assessed grades
29th October 2020, 9:44am

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GCSEs: Autumn exam entries revealed subject by subject

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Gcse Autumn Entries

There have been more than 18,000 entries for this month’s extra GCSE exams, official data published today reveals.

But the Ofqual figures for the special autumn series of exams do not include English language and maths, which have a later entry deadline.


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Outside those subjects, there have been a total of 18,450 entries. Science is the most popular subject with 3,950 entries, followed by English literature with 2,805 entries and then biology with 1,250.

The entries are also broken down by school type. State comprehensives account for 60.5 per cent of the entries, grammars 2.5 per cent, independent schools 5 per cent and FE and sixth form colleges 2.5 per cent.

The extra autumn exams are being held next month to give those unhappy with this summer’s teacher assessed grades another chance to improve their results.

The full list of entries are as follows:

Art & design subjects 110 Biology 1,250 Business studies 565 Chemistry 1,085 Citizenship studies 90 Classical subjects 110 Computing 505 Design & technology 225 Drama 95 Economics 115 Engineering 10 English literature 2,805 Food preparation & nutrition 60 French 305 Geography 655 German 155 History 785 Media / film / TV studies 80 Music 70 Performing / expressive arts 45 Physical education 235 Physics 780 Religious studies 960 Science: Double Award 3,950 Social science subjects 285 Spanish 415 Statistics 500 Other modern languages 2,105 Other sciences 90 Total 18,450

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