Student Performance Analysis

National percentage figures for A level grades - Girls 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      32.6 25.6 22.5 13.1  4.8       1.4  98.6   30968
          2007      32.5 25.1 22.3 13.2  5.3       1.6  98.4   29545
          2006      31.6 25.9 22.8 12.8  5.0       1.9  98.1   28794
          2005      30.7 25.2 23.0 13.6  5.4       2.1  97.9   27931
          2004      30.3 25.2 21.8 14.0  6.3       2.4  97.6   26561
          2003      30.4 24.5 22.4 14.0  6.2       2.5  97.5   26408
          2002      29.8 24.0 21.3 14.4  6.6       3.9  96.1   24193
          2001      28.4 22.6 25.4 15.1  6.5  1.4  0.6  98.0   23692
          2000      25.5 22.1 24.7 16.3  7.9  2.7  0.8  96.5   24197
          1999      25.5 22.1 24.2 16.5  7.9  2.9  0.9  96.2   23716
   

                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Biology                                                             
          2008      27.3 22.8 20.3 15.9  9.8       3.9  96.1   32552
          2007      27.2 22.4 19.7 16.0 10.4       4.3  95.7   32026
          2006      25.4 21.9 20.4 16.1 11.0       5.2  94.8   32293
          2005      23.7 22.2 20.3 16.6 11.5       5.7  94.3   31922
          2004      23.8 21.8 20.6 16.5 11.3       6.0  94.0   31503
          2003      22.8 21.7 20.2 16.5 12.2       6.6  93.4   31729
          2002      22.9 20.4 19.7 17.5 12.4       7.1  92.9   32176
          2001      20.0 20.3 19.2 16.3 13.1  6.9  4.2  88.9   32671
          2000      18.8 20.6 19.9 16.8 12.5  6.9  4.5  88.6   33776
          1999      18.1 20.0 19.5 17.1 13.2  7.5  4.6  87.9   34137

                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Business Studies
          2008      19.7 28.2 27.5 16.9  6.2       1.5  98.5   12812
          2007      20.0 28.0 26.8 16.7  6.8       1.7  98.3   12326
          2006      18.7 26.0 27.8 17.5  7.7       2.3  97.7   12568
          2005      16.5 26.6 27.4 19.2  7.8       2.5  97.5   12584
          2004      15.7 25.1 27.0 20.4  9.3       2.5  97.5   13323
          2003      14.5 24.1 27.0 20.5 10.3       3.6  96.4   13660
          2002      13.1 23.5 27.8 20.6 11.1       3.9  96.1   11941
          2001      11.3 20.3 25.5 20.2 12.4  6.4  3.9  89.7   16742
          2000      11.0 19.7 24.8 20.5 12.5  6.5  5.0  88.5   17646
          1999       9.5 19.6 23.9 20.3 13.4  7.8  5.5  86.7   17610


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Chemistry
          2008      33.9 25.7 18.4 12.3  6.7       3.0  97.0   20314
          2007      33.0 25.2 18.6 12.9  7.3       3.0  97.0   20075
          2006      32.5 25.0 18.9 12.7  7.7       3.2  96.8   19671
          2005      30.5 25.6 19.0 13.2  7.9       3.8  96.2   19180
          2004      30.6 25.3 18.9 13.4  8.2       3.6  96.4   18943
          2003      30.6 24.7 18.9 13.4  8.4       4.0  96.0   18611
          2002      29.7 24.3 19.4 13.7  8.6       4.3  95.7   18694
          2001      27.7 22.9 18.7 13.6  9.4  5.0  2.7  92.3   19266
          2000      27.1 23.2 18.7 14.2  9.1  5.0  2.7  92.3   19858
          1999      25.0 22.4 19.3 14.7  9.9  5.5  3.2  91.3   19831


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Classical subjects
          2008      39.7 28.6 19.9  8.1  3.0       0.7  99.3    3374
          2007      38.9 30.7 18.2  8.9  2.6       0.7  99.3    3371
          2006      39.2 30.4 18.3  9.0  2.2       0.9  99.1    3496
          2005      38.4 31.3 18.3  8.4  3.1       0.5  99.5    3379
          2004      35.0 29.4 20.1 11.3  3.2       1.0  99.0    3335
          2003      32.3 29.7 22.3 11.3  3.5       0.9  99.1    3379
          2002      31.2 29.5 23.3 11.4  3.4       1.2  98.8    3057
          2001      27.7 27.3 22.0 13.7  6.2  2.2  0.9  96.9    3021
          2000      28.7 24.3 21.9 12.9  6.9  3.4  1.9  94.7    3190
          1999      27.4 25.3 22.2 12.3  7.2  3.9  1.7  94.4    3382


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Communication Studies
          2008      24.3 29.4 28.5 13.6  3.8       0.4  99.6    2063
          2007      27.2 29.5 25.9 12.6  3.8       1.0  99.0    1463
          2006      24.4 27.5 26.3 15.7  4.9       1.2  98.8    1449
          2005      23.9 29.0 26.3 15.6  4.2       1.0  99.0    1530
          2004      21.6 25.6 28.5 16.8  6.3       1.2  98.8    1567
          2003      19.6 27.1 26.6 16.7  8.5       1.5  98.5    1575
          2002      16.9 23.1 25.9 21.0  9.7       3.4  96.6    1758
          2001      14.7 18.0 20.5 18.7 14.1  8.7  5.3  86.0    2286
          2000      12.7 20.5 17.5 17.5 15.1  8.6  8.1  83.3    2528
          1999      12.6 19.5 18.0 18.8 15.1  8.0  8.0  84.0    2672



                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Computing
          2008      17.9 24.6 25.0 21.3  7.5       3.7  96.3     480
          2007      17.7 20.4 25.6 20.5 12.3       3.5  96.5     575
          2006      15.4 25.3 25.9 17.5 11.8       4.1  95.9     604
          2005      14.2 21.8 23.1 21.2 15.2       4.5  95.5     816
          2004      17.4 20.5 21.9 21.0 12.7       6.5  93.5    1032
          2003      11.9 20.9 21.1 22.3 15.8       8.0  92.0    1290


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Computing (including Information Technology)
          2003       8.8 18.4 24.1 24.9 17.0       6.8  93.2    7461
          2002       8.6 15.8 22.8 25.1 19.2       8.5  91.5    6946
          2001       7.5 16.6 23.3 23.4 17.0  7.8  4.4  87.8    4943
          2000       6.7 14.5 22.8 24.3 17.7  8.6  5.4  86.0    4161
          1999       6.9 13.6 22.2 23.1 17.3  9.3  7.6  83.1    3502


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Critical Thinking
          2008       13.4 23.4 30.4 18.8  9.6      4.4  95.6    1340
          2007       11.4 20.0 25.1 22.7 14.4      6.4  93.6    1084
          2006       11.8 19.7 20.1 21.1 16.2     11.1  88.9     642


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Drama
          2008       23.4 33.0 28.5 11.9  2.7      0.5  99.5   11588
          2007       22.8 32.9 27.4 13.2  3.2      0.5  99.5   11511
          2006       21.7 32.0 29.3 13.3  3.0      0.7  99.3   11555


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Economics
          2008      37.9 27.4 18.8 10.3  4.3       1.3  98.7    6054
          2007      37.2 26.8 19.1 11.3  4.5       1.1  98.9    5626
          2006      35.4 26.9 20.3 11.5  4.3       1.6  98.4    5741
          2005      35.1 26.9 19.3 11.9  5.1       1.7  98.3    5730
          2004      33.0 27.5 20.7 12.1  5.0       1.7  98.3    5695
          2003      31.1 26.7 20.6 13.4  6.0       2.2  97.8    5795
          2002      28.3 24.6 21.1 14.3  8.3       3.4  96.6    5648
          2001      22.6 19.9 19.8 16.5 11.2  6.2  3.8  90.0    5273
          2000      22.3 18.9 18.3 16.7 12.1  7.1  4.6  88.3    5793
          1999      18.6 18.0 19.8 17.0 13.6  7.6  5.4  87.0    6398


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
English 
          2008      23.1 27.3 27.7 16.3  4.8       0.8  99.2   61526
          2007      23.3 26.4 27.4 16.9  5.2       0.8  99.2   58944
          2006      22.0 25.6 27.5 18.2  5.7       1.0  99.0   59819
          2005      20.7 24.8 27.8 18.9  6.5       1.3  98.7   59526
          2004      20.4 24.1 27.5 19.5  7.1       1.4  98.6   56921
          2003      19.8 25.1 27.5 19.4  6.8       1.4  98.6   55451
          2002      19.0 24.7 27.4 19.7  7.5       1.7  98.3   50396
          2001      16.2 19.7 24.8 21.3 12.1  4.4  1.5  94.1   54395
          2000      15.3 19.4 24.3 21.5 12.9  4.6  2.0  93.4   61388
          1999      14.7 18.9 24.3 21.6 13.5  5.1  1.9  93.0   64151


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Expressive Arts
          2007
          2006      19.9 30.9 30.0 14.7  3.7       0.8  99.2   13312
          2005      17.4 31.2 30.9 15.1  4.6       0.8  99.2   13231
          2004      15.9 29.7 32.4 16.2  4.8       1.0  99.0   13045
          2003      15.0 28.9 32.0 17.6  5.4       1.1  98.9   12723
          2002      16.3 28.5 29.9 17.4  6.2       1.7  98.3   11215
          2001      14.2 19.8 28.4 20.3 11.0  4.1  2.2  93.7    8596
          2000      12.0 20.2 27.6 22.1 10.8  4.9  2.4  92.7    8376
          1999      12.7 19.6 26.7 21.1 12.0  5.1  2.8  92.1    8452


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
French        
          2008      36.8 28.0 18.9 11.0  4.2       1.1  98.9   10205
          2007      35.5 28.2 18.5 11.9  4.7       1.2  98.8    9923
          2006      34.0 27.4 20.0 11.8  5.5       1.3  98.7   10026
          2005      32.2 28.0 20.1 12.5  5.6       1.6  98.4    9893
          2004      32.8 26.9 20.1 13.0  5.7       1.5  98.5   10235
          2003      30.4 26.7 20.4 13.7  6.6       2.2  97.8   10525
          2002      29.0 25.3 21.1 13.9  7.8       2.9  97.1   10706
          2001      23.9 20.2 19.4 16.3 11.6  5.8  2.8  91.4   12534
          2000      22.6 21.2 20.2 17.0 10.7  5.9  2.4  91.7   12997
          1999      22.5 20.4 20.1 16.8 11.5  5.7  3.0  91.3   14929


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
General Studies
          2008      13.5 18.1 23.4 22.5 15.5       7.0  93.0   29175
          2007      12.9 17.5 23.2 22.3 16.2       7.9  92.1   29360
          2006      11.8 17.0 23.0 23.2 16.7       8.3  91.7   31517
          2005      11.8 17.8 22.9 22.8 16.6       8.1  91.9   31320
          2004      12.4 17.8 23.3 22.8 15.7       8.0  92.0   30540 
          2003      12.9 17.9 22.7 21.9 15.8       8.8  91.2   30753
          2002      12.7 16.7 21.9 22.4 16.4       9.9  90.1   30194
          2001      12.1 15.5 19.5 21.1 17.1  9.1  5.6  85.3   46274
          2000      11.8 15.5 20.3 20.9 16.1  9.5  5.9  84.6   47112
          1999      11.2 15.8 19.0 20.0 16.6 10.6  6.8  82.6   44538


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Geography     
          2008      33.3 28.7 21.7 11.7  3.8       0.8  99.2   14519
          2007      32.7 28.8 21.9 11.5  4.2       0.9  99.1   14310
          2006      31.0 28.4 22.4 12.5  4.8       0.9  99.1   14828
          2005      29.1 28.4 23.0 13.5  5.0       1.0  99.0   15071
          2004      29.0 28.6 22.4 13.2  5.5       1.3  98.7   15453
          2003      28.1 27.4 23.0 14.2  5.8       1.5  98.5   16440
          2002      25.2 27.7 24.0 14.7  6.6       1.8  98.2   15759
          2001      23.0 24.1 22.1 15.6  9.3  4.2  1.7  94.1   17381
          2000      21.3 24.4 22.5 16.0  9.5  4.4  1.9  93.7   17032
          1999      18.9 23.7 23.3 17.7  9.8  4.6  2.0  93.4   19519


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
German       
          2008      36.5 27.6 19.2 11.1  4.9       0.7  99.3    3773
          2007      35.0 26.9 20.2 11.9  4.9       1.1  98.9    3849
          2006      35.8 26.2 19.2 12.1  5.4       1.3  98.7    3835 
          2005      34.9 24.9 19.7 13.0  5.7       1.8  98.2    3679
          2004      31.4 25.0 20.5 14.6  6.8       1.7  98.3    4121
          2003      29.4 24.8 20.3 15.3  7.5       2.7  97.3    4477
          2002      28.9 23.1 20.6 15.3  9.5       2.6  97.4    4585
          2001      26.8 19.9 18.7 15.7 11.1  5.2  2.6  92.2    5707
          2000      27.1 19.8 19.6 16.0 10.7  4.8  2.0  93.2    5915
          1999      25.0 19.6 19.5 15.5 11.9  5.6  2.9  91.5    6640


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
History       
          2008      26.7 29.4 24.0 13.6  5.0       1.3  98.7   23885
          2007      27.2 27.9 23.1 14.6  5.7       1.5  98.5   23143
          2006      26.7 27.2 23.9 14.3  6.2       1.7  98.3   23310
          2005      25.0 26.9 24.1 15.3  6.7       2.0  98.0   22771
          2004      25.5 27.6 23.6 15.1  6.4       1.8  98.2   21996
          2003      24.7 26.9 23.0 16.3  6.9       2.2  97.8   20529
          2002      21.5 26.1 24.1 16.7  8.6       3.0  97.0   20529
          2001      19.1 21.2 21.5 17.0 10.3  6.0  4.9  89.1   20749
          2000      17.5 20.5 22.2 17.4 11.5  6.1  4.8  89.1   21233
          1999      16.4 19.8 21.5 18.1 11.9  6.8  5.5  87.7   21129



                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Information and Communication Technology
          2008      13.2 24.1 25.5 21.4 11.4       4.4  95.6    4670
          2007      12.9 20.3 26.0 23.0 13.4       4.4  95.6    4986
          2006      11.9 20.0 26.5 23.7 13.7       4.2  95.8    5156
          2005      10.6 18.9 25.0 24.6 15.4       5.5  94.5    5277
          2004       8.8 19.8 27.3 24.6 14.3       5.2  94.8    5627
          2003       8.1 18.0 24.7 25.5 17.1       6.6  93.4    6171



                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Irish
          2008      57.9 25.7 13.9  1.9  0.6       0.0 100.0     159
          2007      53.2 22.3 14.4  4.8  1.0       4.3  95.7     188
          2006      48.2 21.8 19.1  7.3  2.7       0.9  99.1     220
          2005      49.2 25.4 15.9  4.7  3.7       1.1  98.9     189
          2004      43.9 30.5 16.5  6.1  2.4       0.6  99.4     164
          2003      31.1 32.5 18.5 10.6  6.0       1.3  98.7     151



                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Home Economics
          2007
          2006      19.7 29.6 25.5 15.6  8.1       1.5  98.5    1004
          2005      19.3 24.8 28.2 17.4  8.3       2.0  98.0    1134
          2004      17.8 28.1 25.4 18.8  7.5       2.4  97.1    1172
          2003      16.7 27.4 26.9 18.6  8.2       2.2  97.8    1165
          2002      15.7 25.5 28.5 17.7  9.0       3.6  96.4    1217
          2001      12.3 19.4 23.4 20.8 12.5  7.0  4.6  88.4    1744
          2000      11.6 17.8 24.0 21.3 12.9  7.6  4.8  87.6    1901
          1999      10.7 18.1 22.5 21.2 14.2  7.9  5.4  86.7    2249


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Law        
          2008      22.6 23.8 23.9 17.3  8.5       3.9  96.1    9268
          2007      23.3 23.1 23.5 17.0  9.3       3.8  96.2    9035
          2006      21.7 22.9 24.1 17.5  9.4       4.4  95.6    9212   
          2005      18.6 23.1 24.4 18.5 10.2       5.2  94.8    8694
          2004      19.3 21.7 23.3 18.2 10.9       6.6  93.4    8371
          2003      19.1 21.7 22.6 18.4 11.4       6.8  93.2    7593
          2002      16.7 19.8 21.3 18.9 13.8       9.5  90.5    6275
          2001      13.8 15.6 18.1 17.1 14.7 10.0 10.7  79.3    6018
          2000      11.3 15.6 17.1 17.1 15.2 10.1 13.6  76.3    6468
          1999      12.2 14.3 16.8 17.8 14.0 11.1 13.8  75.1    6525


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Maths   
          2008      46.0 22.7 14.7  9.3  5.0       2.3  97.7   25874
          2007      45.5 22.2 15.1 10.0  5.0       2.2  97.8   24057
          2006      46.2 21.9 15.0  9.2  5.2       2.5  97.5   21889
          2005      43.6 22.4 15.3 10.3  5.5       2.9  97.1   20178     
          2004      40.1 22.6 16.4 10.6  6.6       3.7  96.3   20409
          2003      39.7 22.4 16.2 11.4  6.4       3.9  96.1   19233


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Maths Further   
          2008      58.7 21.0 10.6  5.6  2.6       1.5  98.5    2766
          2007      56.2 22.2 10.9  6.2  3.0       1.5  98.5    2316
          2006      58.2 19.9 11.4  5.4  3.8       1.3  98.7    2164
          2005      60.2 17.6 11.0  4.9  3.7       2.6  97.4    1695
          2004      60.5 16.7 10.5  6.4  4.2       1.7  98.3    1624
          2003      63.1 16.5  8.8  6.4  3.4       1.8  98.2    1478


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Maths    (including Further Maths)
          2003      41.4 22.0 15.6 11.0  6.2       3.8  96.2   20711
          2002      39.5 20.2 15.3 10.5  6.4       8.3  91.7   19807
          2001      30.0 20.2 17.1 13.8 10.1  5.3  3.5  91.2   24469
          2000      29.9 20.2 17.3 13.8  9.6  5.3  3.9  90.8   24994
          1999      28.8 20.6 17.1 13.7  9.8  5.7  4.3  90.0   25269


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E  
Media, Film, TV Studies
          2008      16.2 33.4 32.6 13.8  3.2       0.8  99.2   17550
          2007      16.3 33.6 31.7 14.4  3.3       0.7  99.3   17312
          2006      16.0 32.1 31.9 15.1  4.1       0.8  99.2   16848
          2005      15.5 31.1 32.4 16.0  4.0       1.0  99.0   15536
          2004      15.9 30.4 30.9 16.8  4.7       1.3  98.7   14753
          2003      14.3 28.0 31.4 19.0  6.0       1.3  98.7   13489
          2002      13.8 26.9 31.6 19.9  6.2       1.6  98.4   11382
          2001      12.7 19.5 33.8 21.9  8.4  2.4  1.3  96.3    9021
          2000      10.6 18.7 30.3 24.8 10.9  3.2  1.5  95.3    8670
          1999       9.9 17.9 32.1 24.7 10.6  3.2  1.6  95.2    8153


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Music         
          2008      21.8 25.9 23.5 19.4  7.7       1.7  98.3    4341
          2007      21.4 25.0 25.0 17.9  8.7       2.0  98.0    4509
          2006      21.2 25.6 24.3 18.6  8.3       2.0  98.0    4759
          2005      21.5 24.5 25.1 17.6  9.0       2.3  97.7    4583
          2004      24.2 24.9 23.6 16.7  8.4       2.2  97.8    4636
          2003      23.5 24.3 24.9 17.0  7.8       2.5  97.5    4534
          2002      23.0 26.4 24.7 16.3  7.3       2.3  97.7    4028
          2001      22.6 19.5 25.1 18.4  9.9  3.4  1.1  95.5    3818
          2000      22.2 20.9 24.7 17.6  9.5  3.8  1.3  94.9    3957
          1999      21.4 21.2 24.7 18.5  9.0  4.0  1.2  94.8    4006


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
*Other Modern Languages
          2008      50.7 27.7 11.3  5.3  3.2       1.8  98.2    4206
          2007      50.7 28.0 12.1  4.2  2.9       2.1  97,9    3842
          2006      47.3 28.2 12.5  5.6  3.4       3.0  97.0    3970
          2005      44.0 29.1 14.5  5.8  3.3       3.3  96.7    3688
          2004      45.9 29.5 13.2  6.3  2.7       2.4  97.6    3485
          2003      47.8 26.5 14.1  6.0  2.9       2.7  97.3    3444
          2002      45.8 27.6 14.0  5.6  2.3       4.7  95.3    3154
          2001      43.1 21.2 16.8 10.6  5.7  1.5  1.1  97.4    1624
          2000      38.0 26.7 17.7  9.8  4.8  2.1  0.9  97.0    3081
          1999      36.8 26.1 17.7 10.4  5.6  2.1  1.3  96.6    2847


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Performing / Expressive Arts
          2008      17.4 28.2 28.5 18.2  8.5       1.7  98.3    3108
          2007      15.6 26.4 29.1 20.0  7.5       1.4  98.6    3388
          2006      15.4 24.1 28.9 21.0  8.5       2.1  97.9    3366


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Physics             
          2008      36.9 21.7 17.5 12.6  8.1       3.2  96.8    6155
          2007      35.3 22.8 17.8 13.0  7.7       3.4  96.6    6109
          2006      35.6 22.6 17.3 12.4  8.6       3.5  96.5    5960
          2005      34.2 22.8 17.8 12.8  8.3       4.1  95.9    6197
          2004      33.4 23.5 18.0 13.3  8.3       3.5  96.5    6405
          2003      32.1 22.8 18.1 13.1  9.5       4.4  95.6    6988
          2002      31.8 22.2 18.7 14.4  8.8       4.1  95.9    7298
          2001      27.4 22.7 18.2 13.9  9.6  5.3  2.9  91.8    6773
          2000      28.3 22.4 18.3 13.5  9.7  5.1  2.7  92.2    7351
          1999      25.5 21.8 19.5 14.2 10.1  5.7  3.2  91.1    7829


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Political Studies
          2008      34.9 28.1 19.5 10.5  5.3       1.7  98.3    5162
          2007      35.0 28.0 19.2 11.2  4.6       2.0  98.0    5053
          2006      32.8 28.2 20.1 12.1  4.8       2.0  98.0    4623
          2005      29.9 29.2 21.3 11.9  5.3       2.4  97.6    4485
          2004      30.5 28.4 20.6 12.6  5.5       2.4  97.6    4139
          2003      29.9 27.5 21.4 12.3  5.7       3.2  96.7    4002
          2002      25.8 27.8 21.9 13.4  7.5       3.6  96.4    3779
          2001      21.3 23.4 22.1 15.8  9.0  5.6  2.8  91.6    3829                                                     
          2000      22.1 22.5 21.6 15.7  9.6  5.3  3.2  91.5    4149
          1999      19.5 22.0 23.1 16.5 10.2  4.9  3.8  91.3    4238


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Psychology   
          2008      21.8 25.0 24.4 17.2  8.8       2.8  97.2   38984
          2007      21.3 24.5 23.9 17.6  9.4       3.3  96.7   38872
          2006      20.1 24.2 24.3 17.8  9.7       3.9  96.1   39136
          2005      20.0 24.1 23.8 18.1 10.2       3.8  96.2   37237 
          2004      20.1 24.0 23.7 17.9  9.9       4.4  95.6   35058
          2003      19.1 23.7 23.6 18.4 10.5       4.7  95.3   31756
          2002      17.2 21.8 23.0 19.5 12.4       6.1  93.9   26573
          2001      13.7 20.0 21.0 17.2 14.4  8.1  5.6  86.3   24552
          2000      12.8 19.7 20.4 18.4 13.4  9.3  6.0  84.7   23396
          1999      13.1 18.9 21.0 18.2 13.3  9.3  6.2  84.5   22163


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Religious Studies
          2008      27.5 30.5 24.1 12.3  4.3       1.3  98.7   13554
          2007      27.7 31.4 23.5 12.0  4.3       1.1  98.9   12973
          2006      27.4 29.8 24.2 12.4  4.9       1.3  98.7   12586
          2005      25.7 31.0 23.9 13.1  5.0       1.3  98.7   11806
          2004      25.1 31.0 23.9 13.6  5.0       1.4  98.6   10281
          2003      22.5 29.6 25.4 15.0  5.5       2.0  98.0    9082
          2002      20.9 28.9 25.4 15.6  6.3       2.9  97.1    7805
          2001      18.1 22.6 25.6 17.6  9.0  4.3  2.8  92.9    7134
          2000      15.7 22.2 23.6 19.0 10.9  5.4  3.2  91.4    6884
          1999      17.0 20.5 24.7 18.1 10.4  5.4  3.9  90.7    6619


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
*Science   
          2008      22.7 24.3 19.8 19.6 10.4       3.2  96.8    1231  
          2007      21.4 22.8 24.0 17.0 10.8       4.0  96.0    1259
          2006      22.1 21.7 23.2 17.9 11.9       3.2  96.8    1141 
          2005      19.5 22.8 21.8 18.6 13.3       4.0  96.0    1188
          2004      19.3 21.4 23.2 20.5 11.2       4.4  95.6    1224
          2003      19.8 19.8 21.5 20.2 13.5       5.2  94.8    1427
          2002      19.3 19.7 22.3 20.4 12.1       6.2  93.8    1417
          2001      13.5 17.2 21.8 21.3 16.3  6.2  3.7  90.1    1468
          2000      14.0 18.4 21.5 20.9 14.7  6.8  3.7  89.5    1732
          1999      14.2 16.2 23.0 21.6 14.9  7.3  2.8  89.9    1830



                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Sociology                                                           
          2008      23.5 27.6 24.8 15.7  6.5       1.9  98.1   21484
          2007      23.0 26.9 25.0 15.9  6.9       2.3  97.7   20820
          2006      21.8 27.3 25.2 16.3  6.8       2.6  97.4   20833   
          2005      20.1 26.8 25.5 17.2  7.7       2.7  97.3   20198
          2004      19.7 25.4 26.0 18.0  7.9       3.0  97.0   19433
          2003      19.5 25.6 24.9 17.4  8.9       3.7  96.3   18559
          2002      16.5 23.2 25.4 19.0 11.1       4.8  95.2   17411
          2001      14.4 19.8 20.2 16.8 13.8  8.7  6.3  85.0   17439
          2000      14.4 19.9 20.3 17.4 13.0  8.7  6.3  85.0   18267
          1999      13.4 19.1 19.6 16.4 14.0  9.9  7.6  82.5   18802


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Spanish       
          2008      38.1 28.0 18.9 10.3  3.8       0.9  99.1    4705
          2007      36.7 28.4 19.0 10.5  3.9       1.5  98.5    4627
          2006      35.5 28.5 19.6 11.0  4.2       1.2  98.8    4387
          2005      35.7 27.9 19.5 11.1  4.2       1.6  98.4    4223
          2004      34.1 27.7 20.5 11.2  4.8       1.7  98.3    4114
          2003      31.9 27.7 19.5 13.1  5.7       2.1  97.9    3920
          2002      30.5 27.0 20.8 12.4  6.6       2.7  97.3    3883
          2001      27.2 22.8 19.0 13.7  9.7  4.7  2.9  92.4    3841
          2000      24.6 24.4 19.8 14.4  9.4  4.5  2.9  92.6    3913
          1999      24.0 23.2 20.9 16.1  8.6  3.9  3.3  92.8    4099


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Sports / PE Studies
          2008      22.9 24.6 23.0 18.1  9.1       2.3  97.7    8258
          2007      22.1 22.9 23.8 18.2 10.5       2.5  97.5    8198
          2006      20.0 23.7 25.1 19.1  9.7       2.4  97.6    8194
          2005      18.8 23.0 24.9 19.6 10.8       2.9  97.1    7594
          2004      18.5 23.6 24.4 19.6 10.4       3.5  96.5    7265
          2003      18.2 22.7 24.9 19.6 11.1       3.5  96.5    6952
          2002      18.2 21.1 24.8 20.4 12.0       3.5  96.5    6281
          2001      17.6 15.8 23.9 22.7 13.6  4.9  1.5  93.6    6196
          2000      15.3 16.6 23.3 22.8 14.6  5.7  1.7  92.6    6116
          1999      14.3 16.1 24.8 22.4 14.4  6.0  2.0  92.0    5819


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Technology    
          2008      22.2 26.8 25.7 16.1  7.2       2.0  98.0    7193
          2007      22.4 26.8 25.5 16.5  7.0       1.8  98.2    7290
          2006      20.7 26.7 26.8 16.9  7.2       1.7  98.3    7598
          2005      20.2 27.0 25.6 17.8  7.3       2.1  97.9    7000
          2004      19.8 24.9 25.9 18.1  9.2       2.1  97.9    6509
          2003      18.3 25.6 26.4 18.7  8.5       2.5  97.5    6360
          2002      16.3 25.5 26.4 19.6  9.4       2.8  97.2    5429
          2001      17.9 18.3 27.2 19.4 11.3  4.4  1.5  94.1    4143
          2000      15.5 17.9 27.2 21.8 11.7  4.2  1.7  94.1    4032
          1999      14.9 17.3 27.2 21.6 12.2  4.9  1.9  93.2    3437

                    
                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Welsh Language
          2008      19.0 26.7 28.0 19.0  5.7       1.6  98.4     752
          2007      17.9 25.2 28.2 22.6  4.9       1.2  98.8     689
          2006      21.7 28.4 26.0 18.5  4.5       0.9  99.1     771
          2005      20.9 25.7 27.1 19.1  5.8       1.4  98.6     727
          2004      21.4 24.8 32.3 14.0  6.0       1.5  98.5     738
          2003      21.7 29.3 27.7 17.1  3.3       0.9  99.1     667
          2002      20.1 28.7 28.6 17.9  4.0       0.7  99.3     722
          2001      21.0 23.7 24.3 16.2 10.5  3.6  0.7  95.7     751
          2000      20.1 22.9 20.7 18.5 13.3  3.5  1.0  95.5     793
          1999      20.1 24.8 23.1 16.7 10.3  3.4  1.6  95.0     738


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
All other subjects
          2008      20.0 24.9 24.1 17.9  9.2       3.9  96.1    4248
          2007      19.7 25.8 23.6 17.3  9.3       4.3  95.7    4191
          2006      19.4 22.1 22.3 18.8 11.6       5.8  94.2    5314
          2005      18.3 22.8 22.4 19.2 11.1       6.2  93.8    4411
          2004      19.3 21.9 22.2 18.0 11.9       6.7  93.3    3995
          2003      18.6 20.4 21.6 19.5 11.6       8.3  91.7    3660
          2002      19.6 19.2 20.6 18.5 12.6       9.5  90.5    3092
          2001      16.7 19.2 26.8 16.9  9.4  5.4  5.6  89.0    6436
          2000      16.1 18.3 24.7 18.5 10.1  5.5  6.8  87.7    6350
          1999      15.5 18.4 23.5 17.4 11.0  5.2  9.0  85.8    5989


                      A    B    C    D    E    N    U   A - E    
Total    
          2008      26.9 26.1 23.3 14.9  6.6       2.2  97.8  447641
          2007      26.5 25.6 23.1 15.2  7.1       2.5  97.5  436845  
          2006      25.3 25.1 23.6 15.7  7.5       2.8  97.2  437028
          2005      23.9 25.1 23.6 16.4  8.0       3.0  97.0  424594
          2004      23.7 24.6 23.6 16.6  8.3       3.2  96.8  413612
          2003      22.9 24.3 23.5 17.0  8.7       3.6  96.4  404855   
          2002      21.9 23.3 23.2 17.4  9.6       4.6  95.4  377350
          2001      19.0 20.0 21.9 17.9 11.9  5.8  3.5  90.7  402786
          2000      18.1 19.9 21.8 18.3 12.0  6.1  3.8  90.1  417256
          1999      17.4 19.6 21.6 18.3 12.3  6.6  4.2  89.2  421218


* 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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