Schools in Wales: Examination Performance, 2010

This provides a detailed analysis of last year’s Key Stage assessments and GCSE/A level results.  Much of the information has already been published in previous statistical volumes.  This publication brings the information together as a comprehensive summary of examination performance in Wales.

The hard copy of the publication is no longer produced, however all data continues to be available as EXCEL spreadsheets on our website.  This Statistical First Release presents a selection of that information.

The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 25 May 2010.

The key points from the latest release are:

• The percentage of pupils achieving the expected level in 2010 was higher in all subjects and at all key stages than in 2009 except for Science at key stage 2, where the percentage was the same as in 2009.
• 64 per cent of pupils aged 15 achieved the level 2 threshold in 2010, 3 percentage points higher than in 2009.  69 per cent of girls and 59 per cent of boys achieved this level.
• 59 per cent of entries in GCSE Mathematics achieved grade A*-C.  For English Language the percentage was 63 per cent and for Welsh (First Language) it was 72 per cent.
• 11,661 17-year-old pupils entered a volume equivalent to 2 A levels in 2010, almost 300 more than in 2009.
• The most popular subject at A level in 2010 was Social Studies, with 3,555 entries.

Revision note

Tables 2.11 and 2.12 showing BTEC Level 1 and Level 2 qualifications in 2010 have been temporarily removed while additional validation of the source data takes place.  Replacement tables will be provided as soon as this work is completed.

Further information

StatsWales website

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5514
E-mail: school.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

May 2012 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)