Northern Ireland Provisional GCE Results 2015 Thursday 13 August 2015
Northern Ireland Provisional GCE Results 2015 Justin Edwards, Chief Executive CCEA Anne Marie Duffy, Director of Qualifications Pamela Larmour, Research and Statistics Robert Shilliday, Marcomms
Context Briefing on behalf of Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ). Provisional NI GCE results from all five JCQ awarding organisations: – AQA – CCEA – OCR – PEARSON – WJEC
Format of Briefing GCE A Level Provisional Results 2015 ̶̶ Entries ̶̶ Performance ̶̶ Gender Comparisons ̶̶ Subject Specific information GCE AS Provisional Results 2015 Questions and Answers
Headlines A level entries up by 2.5% A level outcomes maintained Mathematics the most popular subject at A level More females taking STEM subjects
NI GCE Entries 2011 – 2015
NI GCE A Level Results ENTRIES 32,390 31,600 A* (%) A*- A (%) A* - E (%)
Best Performance - NI 2015 SubjectA* - A %Entry Mathematics (Further) Irish German Mathematics Chemistry French Spanish Art and Design Subjects Biology Physics
Most Popular A-Level Subjects NI Subject% of total A level entryTotal subject entry 1. Mathematics Biology Religious Studies History English Geography Chemistry Physics ICT Business Studies
Increased Entries
Gender Comparisons 2015 MaleFemale %A*7.4 (6.8)7.8 (7.6) %A* - A27.2 (27.4)31.0 (32.1) %A* - E97.9 (97.8)98.4 (98.4) 7.4% of grades awarded to Males were A* 7.8% of grades awarded to Females were A*
Most Popular A Level Subjects by Gender NI % of total A level Male entry % of total A level Female entry Mathematics (13.5)Biology (11.0) History (8.2)Religious Studies (9.4) Physics (7.9)English (8.9) Biology (7.9)Mathematics (7.7) ICT (6.5)History (6.2)
STEM Subjects 2015 – Male Mathematics Biology Physics ICT Chemistry Technology
STEM Subjects 2015 – Female Biology Mathematics Chemistry ICT Physics Technology
Languages Entry numbers % of total entry % change in entry French Spanish Irish German
NI AS Entries 2011 – 2015
NI AS Levels Results EntriesA (%) A – E (%) , , % increase in AS Level entries. Highest entry since AS Levels were introduced. Pass rate remains steady.
2015 Northern Ireland GCE Provisional Results Summary A level entries up by 2.5% A level outcomes maintained Mathematics the most popular subject at A level More females taking STEM subjects
Questions and Answers