Student Performance Analysis

National percentage figures for A level grades - Boys only


The top line of figures for each subject is 2008 followed by previous years. Where subjects appear to be missing results figures this is usually because the naming or classification of the subject has changed. Try a different subject title.
The figures for 2008 are only provisional as of 14.8.2008

Percentage of candidates gaining grade                %gaining Number
                                                       grades  graded
                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Art and Design
          2008      26.6 22.9 23.4 16.9  7.4       2.8   97.2  13244
          2007      25.8 22.6 23.4 17.1  8.0       3.1   96.9  12945
          2006      25.1 22.7 23.7 16.9  8.4       3.2   96.8  13195
          2005      24.3 22.1 23.6 17.9  8.8       3.3   96.7  12523
          2004      22.8 21.9 22.9 17.7 10.1       4.6   95.4  12428
          2003      21.8 21.1 22.7 18.9 10.2       5.3   94.7  11906      
          2002      22.2 20.2 21.4 18.3 10.7       7.2   92.8  11227
          2001      23.5 19.0 25.1 18.5  9.8  2.9  1.2   95.9  12393
          2000      21.2 19.8 23.9 18.3 10.8  4.4  1.6   94.0  13412
          1999      20.1 19.3 23.6 19.1 11.6  4.9  1.4   93.7  13661
   

                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Biology
          2008      26.0 21.2 20.4 16.0 11.5       4.9   95.1  23458
          2007      24.7 20.6 20.0 17.2 11.9       5.6   94.4  22537
          2006      23.0 21.1 20.3 17.1 12.4       6.1   93.9  22597
          2005      22.1 20.7 20.3 17.4 12.9       6.6   93.4  22046
          2004      20.3 20.5 20.1 17.7 13.9       7.5   92.5  20761
          2003      19.2 19.1 20.1 18.1 14.7       8.8   91.2  19987
          2002      19.5 18.5 19.5 18.4 14.9       9.2   90.8  19956
          2001      16.8 18.3 19.5 17.1 15.3  8.2  4.8   87.0  19976
          2000      16.1 18.2 19.1 18.2 14.9  8.1  5.4   86.5  21038
          1999      16.2 17.9 19.1 18.3 14.4  8.7  5.4   85.9  21896


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Business Studies
          2008      16.7 27.3 28.8 18.8  6.8       1.6   98.4  18213
          2007      16.6 26.8 28.3 18.3  7.9       2.1   97.9  17867
          2006      15.4 25.8 28.0 19.8  8.7       2.3   97.7  18080
          2005      14.1 24.7 28.4 21.2  9.0       2.6   97.4  18135
          2004      13.0 23.5 28.0 22.0 10.3       3.2   96.8  18930
          2003      11.1 22.7 27.6 23.2 11.8       3.6   96.4  19473
          2002      10.1 20.7 27.9 23.3 13.3       4.7   95.3  15739
          2001      10.0 19.9 25.9 21.5 12.6  6.5  3.6   89.9  20092
          2000       8.6 18.4 24.9 21.9 14.3  7.2  4.7   88.1  20580
          1999       8.5 19.2 24.7 20.7 13.5  7.8  5.6   86.6  20313


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Chemistry
          2008      33.5 23.3 17.9 12.8  8.5       4.0   96.0  21366
          2007      31.8 23.3 18.5 13.5  8.7       4.2   95.8  20210
          2006      30.2 23.2 18.7 14.0  9.5       4.4   95.6  20393
          2005      28.5 23.7 19.0 14.4  9.5       4.9   95.1  19671
          2004      29.2 22.9 19.0 14.2  9.9       4.8   95.2  18311
          2003      27.0 22.9 18.9 14.8 10.6       5.8   94.2  17499
          2002      27.0 22.0 18.7 15.2 10.8       6.3   93.7  17954
          2001      25.6 20.8 18.3 14.9 11.1  6.1  3.2   90.7  19336
          2000      24.1 21.1 18.3 15.1 10.9  6.7  3.8   89.5  20998
          1999      24.1 20.8 18.3 15.0 11.1  6.5  4.2   89.3  21890


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Classical subjects
          2008      34.1 25.7 22.4 12.4  4.3       1.1   98.9   2730
          2007      33.6 26.1 21.6 12.4  5.0       1.3   98.7   2814
          2006      33.7 27.6 21.5 11.8  4.3       1.1   98.9   2690
          2005      32.4 29.0 21.0 11.3  4.8       1.5   98.5   2588
          2004      33.0 25.1 22.8 12.5  4.8       1.8   98.2   2454
          2003      31.7 25.5 20.4 15.2  5.3       1.9   98.1   2521
          2002      31.1 26.1 21.5 13.0  6.5       1.8   98.2   2343
          2001      28.6 24.7 19.3 14.1  7.1  3.6  2.6   93.8   2235
          2000      28.9 21.7 20.7 14.5  7.1  3.7  3.4   92.9   2464
          1999      26.8 21.4 19.0 15.2  9.8  4.2  3.6   92.2   2531


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Communication Studies
          2008      18.8 23.8 30.8 19.7  6.1       0.8   99.2    655
          2007      18.4 24.2 27.4 19.9  7.8       2.3   97.7    681
          2006      17.7 25.9 26.6 19.4  9.2       1.2   98.8    665
          2005      17.2 21.7 26.9 22.9  9.1       2.2   97.8    647
          2004      15.6 21.3 26.0 22.4 11.2       3.5   96.5    743
          2003      11.0 21.4 24.3 24.9 13.5       4.9   95.1    781
          2002      10.4 17.6 26.7 24.2 15.6       5.5   94.5    835
          2001       9.1 15.1 16.1 16.8 18.7 12.4 11.8   75.8   1217
          2000       8.4 15.1 15.0 16.3 16.3 13.0 15.9   71.1   1269
          1999       8.0 14.9 14.7 17.9 17.6 13.0 13.9   73.1   1421


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Computing    
          2008      15.9 20.0 22.2 22.0 14.5       5.4  94.6    4588
          2007      15.4 20.0 22.7 21.1 15.2       5.6  94.4    5035
          2006      15.0 19.4 22.5 22.2 15.0       5.9  94.1    5629
          2005      14.1 18.9 22.8 21.9 15.3       7.0  93.0    6426
          2004      13.4 19.3 22.3 21.8 15.6       7.6  92.4    7456    
          2003      12.7 18.3 22.4 21.4 16.3       8.9  91.1    8856


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Computing  (including Information Technology)                                                      
          2003       8.5 15.5 23.1 24.5 18.9       9.5   90.5  20714
          2002       8.5 14.8 21.1 24.1 19.7      11.8   88.2  19834
          2001       8.9 14.0 21.6 22.9 17.1  9.3  6.2   84.5  16801
          2000       8.8 14.2 20.6 22.7 17.2  9.6  6.9   83.5  14938
          1999       9.2 13.6 19.7 21.8 17.6 10.0  8.1   81.9  13640

                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Critical Thinking
          2008       9.8 18.6 23.2 22.4 14.2      11.8   88.2   1189
          2007       9.6 18.3 26.1 24.2 14.4       7.4   92.6    924
          2006       9.7 18.1 21.1 19.6 17.9      13.6   86.4    619


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E  
Drama
          2008       15.8 29.3 31.9 17.4 4.7       0.9   99.1  5134
          2007       15.2 27.8 32.3 18.0 5.7       1.0   99.0  4811
          2006       14.4 29.1 31.4 17.6 6.2       1.3   98.7  4893


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Economics
          2008      33.7 27.1 20.7 12.5  4.6       1.4   98.6  12486
          2007      31.3 26.9 21.5 13.2  5.6       1.5   98.5  11812
          2006      30.9 26.2 21.5 13.5  6.2       1.7   98.3  11714
          2005      29.0 27.0 21.5 14.0  6.4       2.1   97.9  11895
          2004      28.9 26.2 21.9 14.0  6.6       2.4   97.6  12067
          2003      27.4 25.8 22.2 14.9  7.1       2.6   97.4  12021
          2002      23.8 23.8 22.6 16.9  8.9       4.0   96.0  11367
          2001      22.7 19.4 19.8 17.1 11.4  6.0  3.6   90.4  10828
          2000      22.0 19.1 18.7 17.5 11.8  6.3  4.6   89.1  11320
          1999      19.6 19.2 19.2 17.2 12.9  6.8  5.1   88.1  11972


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
English
          2008      22.3 25.4 27.3 18.1  5.8       1.1   98.9  27585
          2007      23.0 25.3 26.9 17.6  5.9       1.3   98.7  26331
          2006      21.7 24.7 27.1 18.4  6.6       1.5   98.5  26821
          2005      20.7 23.7 26.4 19.8  7.8       1.6   98.4  26332
          2004      20.9 23.0 26.0 20.1  8.1       1.9   98.1  24728
          2003      20.4 23.3 26.6 19.6  8.2       1.9   98.1  23295
          2002      18.8 23.4 26.4 20.5  8.6       2.3   97.7  21800
          2001      17.3 20.1 23.5 19.9 12.2  4.8  2.2   93.0  22413
          2000      16.5 19.5 23.1 20.3 12.6  5.4  2.6   92.0  25040       
          1999      16.2 20.3 22.6 19.8 12.8  5.7  2.6   91.7  26185


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Expressive Arts / Drama
          2007      
          2006      13.8 28.5 31.3 18.4  6.6       1.4   98.6   5360
          2005      14.1 26.9 30.7 19.4  7.4       1.5   98.5   5079
          2004      12.2 25.4 31.5 20.7  8.2       2.0   98.0   4786
          2003      10.7 23.2 33.4 21.5  9.0       2.2   97.8   4498
          2002      12.1 22.8 31.2 20.2  9.8       3.9   96.1   3844
          2001       9.5 16.1 25.9 23.3 14.2  6.9  4.1   89.0   2846
          2000       9.8 15.3 23.1 23.5 15.8  7.2  5.3   87.5   3025
          1999       9.9 14.0 23.7 22.9 15.8  8.2  5.5   86.3   2953


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
French
          2008      38.4 27.1 18.7  9.9  4.4       1.5   98.5   4680
          2007      37.9 27.8 17.5 11.0  4.3       1.5   98.5   4554
          2006      36.2 27.6 18.3 11.7  5.0       1.2   98.8   4624
          2005      34.3 26.7 19.6 12.2  5.6       1.6   98.4   4591
          2004      34.7 26.4 19.2 11.7  6.2       1.8   98.2   4914
          2003      33.5 25.7 19.3 12.5  6.6       2.7   97.3   5006
          2002      30.2 24.8 20.3 13.8  7.5       3.4   96.6   4908
          2001      26.4 21.3 19.4 15.6 10.0  4.9  2.4   92.7   5405
          2000      25.6 22.2 20.0 14.6 10.2  4.7  2.7   92.6   5224
          1999      25.1 20.3 19.8 15.6 10.7  5.8  2.7   91.5   6134


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
General Studies     
          2008      11.7 15.8 21.5 22.9 18.1      10.0   90.0  25704
          2007      11.7 15.8 21.7 22.8 17.9      10.1   89.9  26339
          2006      11.5 15.1 21.3 22.9 18.1      11.1   88.9  27450
          2005      10.2 15.8 21.9 23.1 18.1      10.9   89.1  28083
          2004      11.2 16.5 21.5 23.2 17.1      10.5   89.5  27776
          2003      11.3 15.9 21.4 22.5 17.4      11.5   88.5  27677
          2002      11.2 15.7 20.4 22.2 17.8      12.7   87.3  27961
          2001      13.5 16.2 19.2 20.3 15.8  9.1  5.9   85.0  41656
          2000      13.1 16.1 19.6 20.8 15.6  8.8  6.0   85.2  42693
          1999      13.9 17.8 19.5 19.3 14.9  8.7  5.9   85.4  40788


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Geography
          2008      24.6 26.9 25.3 15.5  6.2       1.5   98.5  17195
          2007      22.8 26.6 25.2 16.8  7.0       1.6   98.4  17343
          2006      21.2 26.1 25.6 17.6  7.8       1.7   98.3  17694
          2005      19.9 25.6 26.0 18.0  8.4       2.1   97.9  17760
          2004      19.9 25.6 25.3 18.3  8.7       2.2   97.8  18762
          2003      18.5 25.9 25.1 18.6  9.4       2.5   97.5  19309
          2002      16.1 24.3 25.7 20.5 10.3       3.1   96.9  18603
          2001      15.8 21.7 23.0 19.3 12.2  5.6  2.4   92.0  20124
          2000      15.1 21.5 23.5 19.1 12.4  5.8  2.6   91.6  20080
          1999      14.1 21.3 23.7 20.2 12.3  5.9  2.5   91.6  22650


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
German
          2008      41.3 24.4 18.4 10.4  4.4       1.1   98.9   2472
          2007      40.7 24.6 17.9 11.5  4.2       1.1   98.9   2454
          2006      40.7 25.2 17.4 10.1  4.7       1.9   98.1   2369
          2005      36.7 25.5 18.3 11.7  5.8       2.0   98.0   2222
          2004      35.3 23.6 17.4 14.2  6.9       2.6   97.4   2269
          2003      34.3 23.6 17.9 14.3  7.6       2.3   97.7   2473
          2002      33.1 21.1 19.7 14.0  8.8       3.3   96.7   2428
          2001      32.9 20.5 18.2 13.1  9.8  3.6  1.9   94.5   2739
          2000      34.6 19.7 16.1 13.5  9.1  4.8  2.2   93.0   2777
          1999      33.2 19.6 17.8 13.2  9.4  4.1  2.7   93.2   2907


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
History
          2008      23.3 28.0 26.0 15.4  5.9       1.4   98.6  24152
          2007      23.5 27.2 24.6 16.3  6.8       1.6   98.4  23331
          2006      22.5 26.4 24.6 16.9  7.3       2.3   97.7  23634
          2005      22.0 26.4 25.2 16.7  7.4       2.3   97.7  22342
          2004      22.4 25.1 25.2 16.9  8.0       2.4   97.6  21794
          2003      22.3 25.2 24.7 17.4  7.9       2.5   97.5  20459
          2002      18.8 25.0 25.1 18.1  9.5       3.5   96.5  19004
          2001      17.9 21.7 22.4 17.4 10.3  5.6  4.7   89.7  17944
          2000      17.2 20.6 21.8 18.0 11.5  5.9  5.0   89.1  17546
          1999      17.3 20.4 21.4 17.9 11.1  6.4  5.5   88.1  17348



                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E  
Information and Communication Technology
          2008       7.6 17.9 26.0 25.4 17.1       6.0   94.0   7607 
          2007       7.5 16.8 25.0 24.9 17.7       8.1   91.9   8374
          2006       7.2 15.2 23.8 27.1 19.5       7.2   92.8   9052
          2005       6.8 15.9 23.3 26.6 19.6       7.8   92.2   9606
          2004       6.4 15.2 24.2 27.4 18.7       8.1   91.9  10479
          2003       5.4 13.5 23.5 26.7 20.9      10.0   97.5  11858



                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E 
Irish
          2008      56.2 24.7 11.2  6.8  0.0       1.1  98.9      89
          2007      45.2 33.3 19.3  2.2  0.0       0.0  100.0     93
          2006      51.4 21.1 15.6  7.3  3.7       0.9   99.1    109
          2005      47.0 21.4 17.9 10.3  1.7       1.7   98.3    117
          2004      42.6 26.3 16.3  9.9  1.6       3.3   96.7    122
          2003      32.7 27.1 23.4 13.1  1.8       1.9   98.1    107



                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Home Economics
          2007
          2006       1.2 18.1 27.7 27.7 24.1       1.2   98.8     83
          2005       5.9 17.6 19.6 23.6 21.5      11.8   88.2     51
          2004       5.0 11.7 25.0 20.0 26.6      11.7   88.3     60
          2003       2.7 17.3 25.3 30.7 17.3       6.7   93.3     75
          2002       8.7 13.0 24.0 26.0 13.1      15.2   84.8     46
          2001       4.0 10.0 31.0 20.0 16.0 10.0  9.0   81.0    100
          2000       3.4  8.5 20.3 25.4 18.7 16.1  7.6   76.3    118
          1999      10.4  8.3 16.4 23.1 18.7 11.2 11.9   76.9    134


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Law
          2008      17.9 21.0 24.3 19.7 11.9       5.2   94.8   6255
          2007      17.2 21.9 24.4 19.3 11.8       5.4   94.6   6475
          2006      16.9 20.9 24.0 19.4 12.3       6.5   93.5   6029
          2005      14.4 19.5 24.6 20.9 13.4       7.2   92.8   5844
          2004      14.1 19.9 22.8 20.8 14.1       8.3   91.7   5558
          2003      13.8 18.8 22.1 20.9 15.0       9.4   90.6   4788
          2002      12.2 18.9 19.7 20.3 17.0      11.9   88.1   3989
          2001      12.1 13.9 18.1 17.1 15.9 10.6 12.3   77.1   3697
          2000       8.7 13.3 17.8 18.1 14.3 11.9 15.9   72.2   3857
          1999      10.0 12.6 16.3 17.9 15.9 11.4 15.9   72.7   4166 


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Maths
          2008      42.7 21.6 15.6 10.6  6.4       3.1   96.9  38719
          2007      42.6 20.8 15.8 10.9  6.4       3.5   96.5  36036
          2006      41.7 20.6 15.6 11.3  7.3       3.5   96.5  34093
          2005      39.0 20.8 16.1 11.8  7.5       4.8   95.2  32719
          2004      36.5 20.5 16.6 12.5  8.5       5.4   94.6  32379
          2003      34.7 20.1 17.1 12.9  8.9       6.3   93.7  31369



                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Maths Further
          2008      57.0 19.9 11.4  5.9  3.1       2.7   97.3   6325
          2007      57.1 19.4 11.6  6.6  3.6       1.7   98.3   5556
          2006      56.3 19.4 11.5  7.1  3.6       2.1   97.9   5106
          2005      57.2 17.5 11.0  7.4  3.9       3.0   97.0   4238
          2004      58.2 17.0 10.8  7.1  4.6       2.3   97.7   4096
          2003      58.9 16.2 10.2  6.8  5.2       2.7   97.3   3837


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Maths (including Further)
          2003      37.4 19.6 16.3 12.3  8.5       5.9   94.1  35206
          2002      35.7 18.4 15.2 12.2  8.3      10.2   89.8  34133
          2001      28.9 17.9 15.5 14.2 11.4  6.9  5.2   87.9  41778
          2000      28.3 18.5 16.4 14.2 10.3  6.9  5.4   87.7  42042
          1999      28.0 18.1 16.2 13.8 11.2  7.1  5.6   87.3  44659


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E  
Media, Film, TV Studies
          2008      10.8 29.0 34.3 19.3  5.4       1.2   98.8  15199
          2007      11.5 28.2 35.0 18.4  5.6       1.3   98.7  14630
          2006      11.2 27.2 33.9 19.9  6.2       1.6   98.4  14116
          2005      11.3 26.7 33.8 20.0  6.3       1.9   98.1  12725
          2004      11.0 24.4 32.6 22.4  7.3       2.3   97.7  12141
          2003      10.0 23.9 31.2 23.7  8.7       2.5   97.5  10690
          2002       9.4 22.2 32.7 23.7  9.2       2.8   97.2   8790
          2001      11.1 16.6 31.1 24.5 11.1  3.3  2.3   94.4   6784
          2000       9.4 14.3 26.8 27.1 14.6  4.7  3.1   92.2   6599
          1999       9.5 15.3 27.2 25.7 14.1  5.4  2.8   91.8   6059


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Music
          2008      15.5 22.0 25.1 22.2 11.6       3.6   96.4   6332
          2007      14.8 21.4 25.6 22.3 11.7       4.2   95.8   6038
          2006      15.0 20.5 25.6 21.8 12.7       4.4   95.6   5648
          2005      16.6 20.4 24.4 21.9 12.5       4.2   95.8   5191
          2004      17.8 21.8 23.6 20.6 11.0       5.2   94.8   4644
          2003      20.0 21.6 24.5 18.9 10.6       4.4   95.6   4292
          2002      20.1 22.9 24.7 19.0  9.9       3.4   96.6   3413
          2001      21.9 19.2 24.1 19.2  9.3  4.3  2.0   93.7   2890
          2000      21.2 18.3 22.8 19.5 10.9  4.7  2.6   92.7   2858
          1999      18.7 19.6 24.7 18.7 11.6  4.6  2.1   93.3   2866


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
*Other Modern Languages
          2008      43.6 31.7 13.2  5.5  3.3       2.7   97.3   3171
          2007      43.2 31.7 14.2  5.5  2.7       2.7   97.3   2910
          2006      39.5 32.2 15.4  6.5  3.2       3.2   96.8   3039
          2005      36.7 29.2 18.7  7.9  3.9       3.6   96.4   2724
          2004      38.0 31.5 16.6  6.9  3.7       3.3   96.7   2538
          2003      41.5 28.9 15.9  6.7  4.0       3.0   97.0   2474
          2002      39.3 26.5 17.0  6.7  3.5       7.0   93.0   2369
          2001      44.6 22.2 16.6  8.8  4.0  2.6  1.2   96.2    906
          2000      31.6 24.4 17.4 11.8  7.3  3.4  4.1   92.5   2215
          1999      31.3 24.3 17.4 12.8  6.9  3.2  4.1   92.7   2119

                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Performing / Expressive Arts
          2008      12.5 22.3 31.0 24.0  8.5       1.7   98.3    520
          2007       9.4 23.3 32.2 22.6 10.1       2.4   97.6    542
          2006       9.8 22.8 29.5 23.7 11.3       2.9   97.1    583


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Physics
          2008      30.4 20.6 18.1 15.4 10.7       4.8   95.2  21941
          2007      29.5 20.5 18.5 15.1 11.2       5.2   94.8  21357
          2006      27.7 20.9 18.4 15.5 11.7       5.8   94.2  21408
          2005      27.0 20.5 18.7 16.0 11.6       6.2   93.8  21922
          2004      27.0 19.8 19.0 15.9 11.6       6.7   93.3  22293
          2003      25.7 20.2 18.3 16.6 12.2       7.0   93.0  23595
          2002      25.3 19.4 18.6 16.3 12.8       7.6   92.4  24245
          2001      24.1 19.0 18.3 14.8 12.3  7.4  4.1   88.5  23928
          2000      23.6 19.4 18.6 15.4 11.6  7.2  4.2   88.6  24708
          1999      23.6 19.6 18.5 15.6 11.7  6.9  4.1   89.0  26047


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Political Studies 
          2008      31.0 28.5 22.3 11.6  4.7       1.9   98.1   7264
          2007      29.8 28.6 21.6 12.6  5.2       2.2   97.8   7141
          2006      27.1 29.1 23.2 13.0  5.7       1.9   98.1   6722
          2005      25.1 29.2 23.9 12.9  6.3       2.6   97.4   6733
          2004      24.9 28.9 22.2 14.5  6.4       3.1   96.9   6074
          2003      24.1 27.1 22.5 14.9  8.2       3.2   96.8   5817
          2002      23.3 27.1 22.4 15.9  7.9       3.4   96.6   4991
          2001      20.3 21.9 23.5 16.8 10.4  4.1  3.0   92.9   4965                                                         
          2000      20.1 21.4 23.4 16.2 10.6  5.0  3.3   91.7   5023
          1999      19.0 21.8 22.3 18.0 10.4  5.2  3.3   91.5   5600


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Psychology
          2008      12.3 20.3 25.4 22.5 14.2       5.3   94.7  13722
          2007      12.2 19.6 25.0 22.3 14.4       6.5   93.5  13176
          2006      11.3 19.1 25.1 22.1 15.2       7.2   92.8  13485
          2005      11.4 18.7 23.0 22.9 16.2       7.8   92.2  12798
          2004      11.0 18.9 24.0 22.2 16.2       7.7   92.3  11875
          2003      10.3 17.8 22.7 22.7 16.2      10.3   89.7  10193 
          2002       9.1 16.3 22.0 23.4 18.2      11.0   89.0   8038
          2001       8.1 15.0 19.2 19.2 16.9 12.2  9.4   78.4   7188
          2000       7.7 13.5 19.9 19.4 16.7 12.5 10.3   77.2   6791
          1999       7.7 14.5 18.9 18.8 16.6 12.4 11.1   76.5   6574


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Religious Studies
          2008      24.9 29.1 24.6 14.5  5.3       1.6   98.4   6580
          2007      25.3 30.2 24.0 13.5  5.2       1.8   98.2   6033
          2006      24.4 28.7 24.5 13.9  6.3       2.2   97.8   5619
          2005      24.3 29.5 23.8 13.9  6.3       2.2   97.8   5053
          2004      24.6 28.9 24.5 13.8  5.9       2.3   97.7   4137
          2003      24.3 26.9 24.9 14.4  7.0       2.5   97.5   3589
          2002      20.7 27.8 24.8 15.3  7.7       3.7   96.3   2880
          2001      18.6 23.3 23.2 16.7  9.8  4.9  3.5   91.6   2398
          2000      17.0 23.8 21.9 17.8  9.1  5.3  5.1   89.6   2294
          1999      18.3 20.5 21.5 16.5 11.1  6.3  5.8   87.9   2375


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
*Science
          2008      24.1 20.2 21.6 17.7 12.5       3.9   96.1   3324
          2007      24.0 20.4 22.7 17.3 11.7       3.9   96.1   3285
          2006      23.5 20.7 19.9 18.2 13.3       4.4   95.6   3068
          2005      21.5 20.5 20.7 19.6 12.5       5.2   94.8   3226
          2004      22.1 19.0 22.1 18.1 13.5       5.2   94.8   3220
          2003      20.7 18.2 21.5 19.3 14.4       5.9   94.1   3324 
          2002      19.9 20.6 21.1 19.4 13.0       6.0   94.0   3054
          2001      15.8 16.9 20.3 19.9 15.4  7.7  4.0   88.3   2726
          2000      14.6 14.3 20.8 22.1 16.2  7.0  5.0   88.0   2922
          1999      12.7 16.2 21.2 22.3 15.0  7.5  5.1   87.4   3203



                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Sociology
          2008      16.9 25.4 26.8 18.6  9.0       3.3   96.7   6953
          2007      16.1 24.3 26.7 19.6  9.7       3.6   96.4   6747
          2006      16.2 23.3 27.5 19.3 10.2       3.5   96.5   6488
          2005      15.0 23.0 27.1 20.2 10.8       3.9   96.1   6528
          2004      13.8 23.2 26.3 21.5 10.4       4.8   95.2   6138
          2003      13.1 21.8 25.1 21.2 12.5       6.3   93.7   5837
          2002      12.0 19.7 24.8 21.8 14.5       7.2   92.8   5309
          2001      11.4 15.5 19.3 18.3 15.4 10.5  9.6   79.9   5650
          2000      11.2 17.0 18.5 17.4 14.5 12.0  9.4   78.6   5634
          1999      10.5 17.1 17.9 16.2 15.8 11.1 11.4   77.5   5938


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Spanish
          2008      39.9 29.1 17.8  9.0  3.2       1.0   99.0   2350
          2007      40.6 29.0 16.3  7.9  4.7       1.5   98.5   2324
          2006      40.3 27.7 18.0  9.4  3.0       1.6   98.4   2133
          2005      39.0 27.4 19.5  9.1  3.9       1.1   98.9   2007
          2004      37.6 28.0 18.7  9.2  4.3       2.2   97.8   1852
          2003      35.4 27.3 18.0 12.1  5.4       1.8   98.2   1861
          2002      30.8 27.4 19.2 12.7  6.8       3.1   96.9   1689
          2001      30.8 24.3 18.8 12.8  8.1  3.5  1.7   94.8   1689
          2000      27.1 25.0 19.5 13.3  8.6  4.1  2.4   93.5   1719
          1999      26.2 25.0 19.3 13.3  9.5  4.0  2.7   93.3   1682


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Sports / PE Studies
          2008      11.9 20.7 26.7 22.9 14.0       3.8   96.2  14082
          2007      11.3 20.5 25.5 24.1 15.1       3.5   96.5  13567
          2006       9.9 18.8 25.8 25.2 15.7       4.6   95.4  13640
          2005       9.0 18.7 26.1 24.8 16.6       4.8   95.2  12532
          2004       8.0 17.6 25.6 26.6 16.8       5.4   94.6  12324
          2003       7.8 17.1 25.1 26.0 18.1       5.9   94.1  12279
          2002       7.7 16.2 25.1 26.8 18.2       6.0   94.0  10859
          2001       8.2 11.7 24.0 27.0 19.3  7.5  2.3   90.2  10520
          2000       7.3 11.4 23.3 27.7 19.5  8.3  2.5   89.2  10413
          1999       6.6 11.1 22.2 27.3 21.2  8.9  2.7   88.4   9966


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Technology
          2008      15.3 22.2 26.9 21.2 11.0       3.4   96.6  10203
          2007      14.4 22.6 27.1 21.4 10.9       3.6   96.4  10127
          2006      13.7 22.2 27.2 21.9 11.3       3.7   96.3  11086
          2005      12.6 20.8 26.3 23.0 12.8       4.5   95.5  10914
          2004      12.7 20.6 25.8 22.8 13.6       4.5   95.5  10752
          2003      12.4 19.9 25.2 23.7 13.8       5.0   95.0  10731
          2002      11.8 19.5 24.4 23.7 14.5       6.1   93.9   9678
          2001      14.8 14.7 24.3 22.4 14.2  6.6  3.0   90.4  10682
          2000      13.4 15.2 25.4 22.2 14.4  6.5  2.9   90.6  10618
          1999      13.2 13.9 23.9 23.5 14.9  6.8  3.8   89.4  10288
                    
                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Welsh Language 
          2008      17.6 28.0 27.5 18.1  8.3       0.5   99.5    182
          2007      21.5 17.1 24.1 27.2  6.9       3.2   96.8    158  
          2006      12.6 24.2 26.4 25.3  7.1       4.4   95.6    182
          2005      20.5 24.5 24.5 24.5  6.0       0.0  100.0    200
          2004      19.9 20.4 29.3 23.8  3.8       2.8   97.2    181
          2003      18.4 21.1 35.1 20.5  2.7       2.2   97.8    185
          2002      18.2 21.9 38.5 16.2  4.7       0.5   99.5    192
          2001      19.9 30.8 18.5 14.9  7.4  5.5  3.0   91.5    201
          2000      20.3 18.9 19.8 22.1 11.0  6.6  1.3   92.1    227
          1999      12.8 29.2 26.9 14.7  9.1  5.5  1.8   92.7    219


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
All other subjects
          2008      16.5 21.5 24.4 19.2 13.1       5.3   94.7   4427
          2007      13.9 21.8 24.1 19.7 13.3       7.2   92.8   4255
          2006      13.9 20.8 24.3 19.4 14.1       7.5   92.5   4649
          2005      13.5 21.1 23.1 19.9 14.3       8.1   91.9   3816
          2004      13.0 17.6 22.3 21.8 15.5       9.8   90.2   3593
          2003      12.5 18.4 21.8 19.3 16.9      11.1   88.9   3127
          2002      12.7 17.1 19.5 20.8 16.8      13.1   86.9   2552
          2001      11.9 17.4 23.8 17.8 10.9  7.8 10.4   81.8   3973
          2000      11.5 15.9 21.9 17.1 12.2  8.2 13.2   78.6   4111
          1999      11.0 16.8 20.0 17.6 12.3  8.4 13.9   77.7   4132


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Total
          2008      24.6 23.5 22.9 16.7  8.9       3.4   96.6 380096
          2007      23.9 23.0 23.0 16.9  9.4       3.8   96.2 368812
          2006      22.7 22.6 22.9 17.6 10.0       4.2   95.8 368670
          2005      21.5 22.3 22.9 18.2 10.5       4.6   95.4 359284
          2004      21.0 21.7 22.8 18.6 10.9       5.0   95.0 352635
          2003      20.0 21.2 22.6 18.8 11.7       5.7   94.3 345682
          2002      19.3 20.3 22.0 19.0 12.4       7.0   93.0 324030
          2001      18.2 18.3 20.8 18.5 13.0  6.9  4.3   88.8 346080
          2000      17.5 18.2 20.6 18.7 13.1  7.1  4.8   88.1 354553
          1999      17.5 18.4 20.3 18.3 13.2  7.3  5.0   87.7 362316


* Excluding other subjects listed here.
  From 2004 Other Modern languages excludes Irish in addition to French, German, Spanish  
  and Welsh.


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


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