Schools in Wales: Examination Performance, 2011

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 2011.

The key points from the latest release are:

• The percentage of pupils achieving at least the expected level in 2011 was higher than in 2010 at each Key Stage and in all subjects;
• 50 per cent of pupils aged 15 achieved the level 2 threshold including a GCSE grade A*-C in English or Welsh first language and mathematics in 2011, 1 percentage point higher than in 2010.  54 per cent of girls and 46 per cent of boys achieved this level;
• 60 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 73 per cent;
• 11,512 17-year-old pupils entered a volume equivalent to 2 A levels in 2011, a decrease of 141 compared with 2010;
• The most popular subject at A level for candidates of all ages in 2011 was Mathematics, with 3,039 entries.

Further information

My Local School website

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5514
Email: school.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

May 2013 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)