The Educator Magazine U.K. Sept-Dec 2022 - Magazine - Page 60
Hundreds of thousands
of students receive GCSE
and vocational results
GCSE results higher than in 2019 and lower than in 2021 in line with plans
set out by Ofqual last year, ensuring fairness for students.
From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP
Hundreds of thousands of students receive
GCSE and vocational results. It is the first
time in three years that students have sat
summer GCSE examinations as the country
returns to normality post-COVID.
Students collecting results today will
progress to one of a number of high-quality
options including A levels, T Levels or an
apprenticeship. From September there will
be 16 T Levels available for young people to
study, in subjects including digital, health,
accounting, engineering and construction,
offered at over 175 schools and colleges
across England.
Just over three-quarters (75.3%) of GCSE
grades for 16-year-olds in England are at
grade 4 or above, up from 69.9% in 2019
when formal exams last took place and
down from 79.1% in 2021, in line with the
policy intent set out last year.