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GCSE results for students aged 15 or under in England using the 9-1 grade scale only

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2019
           Boys   
           Girls  
           All    


                   9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1    U    9-4    Entries
2018
           Boys   5.1  5.6  7.4 11.5 15.5 15.8 17.9 11.9  6.5  2.8  60.9      40805
           Girls  8.2  8.5 11.1 15.7 17.8 14.8 13.3  6.6  2.9  1.1  76.1      42724 
           All    6.7  7.1  9.3 13.6 16.7 15.3 15.5  9.2  4.7  1.9  68.7      83529


                   9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1    U    9-4    Entries
2017
           Boys   2.1  2.7  4.4  9.0 15.9 18.7 22.2 14.5  7.8  2.7  52.8      19248
           Girls  2.4  4.5  7.9 15.5 21.3 19.3 17.0  7.7  3.4  1.0  70.9      18370
           All    2.2  3.7  6.0 12.2 18.5 19.0 19.7 11.2  5.6  1.9  61.6      37618

GCSE results for students aged 16 in England using the 9-1 grade scale only

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2022
           Boys   5.5  7.6 10.2 14.6 18.2 15.8 14.2  7.9  4.2  1.8  71.9    2429615
           Girls  8.0 10.1 12.6 16.0 17.9 14.1 11.8  5.8  2.7  1.0  78.7    2420608
           All    6.8  8.8 11.4 15.3 18.0 15.0 13.0  6.9  3.4  1.4  75.3    4850223

                   9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1    U    9-4    Entries
2021
           Boys   6.2  8.0 11.3 14.5 17.9 17.7 12.7  7.2  3.5  1.0  75.6    2403679
           Girls  9.2 11.2 14.1 15.9 17.2 14.9  9.6  5.0  2.3  0.6  82.5    2410841
           All    7.7  9.6 12.7 15.2 17.6 16.3 11.1  6.1  2.9  0.8  79.1    4814520


                   9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1    U    9-4    Entries
2020
           Boys   
           Girls  
           All     


                   9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1    U    9-4    Entries
2019
           Boys   
           Girls  
           All                                                  


                   9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1    U    9-4    Entries
2018
           Boys   3.8  5.9  8.8 12.7 17.0 17.0 18.4  9.1  5.3  2.0   65.2   2052403
           Girls  5.2  8.0 11.4 15.4 18.0 16.1 14.6  7.3  3.0  1.0   74.1   2109520
           All    4.5  7.0 10.1 14.0 17.6 16.5 16.0  8.7  4.1  1.5   69.7   4161923


                   9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1    U    9-4    Entries
2017
           Boys   2.5  4.9  7.8 13.0 18.8 18.9 16.7  9.7  5.5  2.2   65.9    794916
           Girls  3.8  7.2 11.1 16.7 19.8 17.7 12.9  6.5  3.3  1.0   76.3    786816
           All    3.1  6.1  9.4 14.9 19.3 18.2 14.9  8.1  4.4  1.6   71.0   1581732

GCSE results for students aged 17 or over in England using the 9-1 grade scale only

                   9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1    U    9-4    Entries
2019
           Boys                                                              187247
           Girls                                                             177803
           All                                                               365050


                   9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1    U    9-4    Entries
2018
           Boys   0.5  0.8  1.4  2.6  7.1 17.3 38.4 20.2  8.7  3.0  29.7     177320
           Girls  0.8  1.1  1.9  3.3  8.4 18.0 37.7 19.5  7.0  2.3  33.5     169366
           All    0.6  1.0  1.6  3.0  7.7 17.7 38.0 19.8  7.9  2.7  31.6     346686

                   9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1    U    9-4    Entries
2017
           Boys   0.4  0.6  1.2  2.9  8.5 16.9 36.8 20.0  9.5  3.2  30.5      63919
           Girls  0.6  1.1  2.1  5.2 13.4 21.0 33.9 14.8  5.9  2.0  43.4      58815
           All    0.5  0.8  1.7  3.9 10.9 18.9 35.4 17.5  7.8  2.6  36.7     122734

Source: Joint Council for General Qualifications
Previously known as Joint Council for GCSE and Joint Forum for A level.