Year: 2012
Type: other
Abstract: This Statistical Release gives results of external examinations taken by pupils aged 15 or 17 at the beginning of the academic year, in schools in Wales in 2011/12.It updates the provisional figures published on 4 October in SDR 170/2012, with the changes shown in the notes at the end of this release.The effects of the re-grading the GCSE English Language results are also shown in the notes. Key results for 2011/12:Examination results for 15 year olds continue to rise.Level 2 performance including a GCSE grade A*-C in English or Welsh first language and Mathematics (the L2 inclusive measure) has increased by at least 1 percentage point each year since 2007. year olds• 51.1 per cent achieved the Level 2 inclusive threshold, 1 percentage point higher than in 2010/11 and 6.7 percentage points higher then 2006/07 (Table 1); • 72.6 per cent achieved the Level 2 threshold, 5.3 percentage points higher than in 2010/11; • The average wider points score was 465, 42 points higher than in 2010/11 (Table 1); • The average capped wider points score was 323.5, 12 points higher than in 2010/11 (Table 1). year olds• 96.9 per cent of those entering a volume equivalent to 2 A levels achieved the Level 3 threshold, 0.6 percentage point higher than in 2010/11 and 2.5 percentage points higher compared with 2001/02 (Table 2); • The average wider points score was 773, 26 points lower than in 2010/11 (Table 2). Pupils Males Females
Author: Hughes, Stephen
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1540092881