Examples of use of collected results
1. Celebrations: As GSCE grades improve yet again As 750,000 GCSE candidates collected results, it emerged: • Pupils are ditching traditional subjects such as history, geography, English Literature and languages in favour of so–called "softer subjects". • Half of pupils missed out on C grades in both English and maths. • Boys narrowed the GCSE gender gap for the fifth year running, but girls remain ahead in most subjects. • Science subjects and the tough "additional" maths paper grew in popularity as pupils attempt to improve their job prospects. • Pupils are taking fewer GCSEs, suggesting they are increasingly moving straight to AS–levels in some subjects. • More pupils are leaving school with little or no qualifications after the overall A× to G pass rate fell for the first time in four years.
2. As 750,000 GCSE candidates collected results, it emerged: • Pupils are ditching traditional subjects such as history, geography, English Literature and languages in favour of so–called "softer subjects". • Half of pupils missed out on C grades in both English and maths. • Boys narrowed the GCSE gender gap for the fifth year running, but girls remain ahead in most subjects. • Science subjects and the tough "additional" maths paper grew in popularity as pupils attempt to improve their job prospects. • Pupils are taking fewer GCSEs, suggesting they are increasingly moving straight to AS–levels in some subjects. • More pupils are leaving school with little or no qualifications after the overall A× to G pass rate fell for the first time in four years.