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Northern Ireland Provisional GCE Results 2013 Thursday 15 August 2013

Get a summary of the provisional GCE results for Northern Ireland in 2013, including performance, entries, gender comparisons, and subject-specific information. See the strong performance in Mathematics, Chemistry, and modern languages.

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Northern Ireland Provisional GCE Results 2013 Thursday 15 August 2013

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  1. Northern Ireland Provisional GCE Results 2013Thursday 15 August 2013

  2. Introduction and welcome This morning’s briefing panel: Martin Quinn, Director of Corporate Services Anne Marie Duffy, Director of Qualifications Pamela Larmour, Research and Statistics

  3. Context • Briefing on behalf of Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ). • Provisional NI GCE results from all five JCQ awarding organisations: • AQA • CCEA • Edexcel • OCR • WJEC

  4. Headlines • High numbers of NI students achieving A level grades – particularly strong performance in Mathematics, Chemistry and modern languages; • Traditional subjects the most popular choices; • Increasing entries in STEM subjects.

  5. Format of Briefing • GCE A Level Provisional Results 2013 • Performance • Entries • Gender Comparisons • Subject Specific information • AS Results • Applied Results • Questions and Answers

  6. NI GCE A Level Results

  7. NI GCE Performance Over Time2009 - 2013

  8. Subjects with Best Performance NI 2013

  9. NI GCE Entries 2009 – 2013

  10. NI School Population Profile

  11. NI STEM Entries

  12. NI Modern Languages Entries

  13. Subjects Going up in NI

  14. Subjects Going down in NI

  15. Gender Comparisons 2013 • (2012 figures in brackets) • 7.1 % of the grades achieved by Males are A* compared to 7.2% of the grades achieved by Females.

  16. Most Popular A-Level Subjects NI

  17. Most Popular A Level Subjects by Gender NI

  18. NI AS Entries 2009 – 2013

  19. NI AS Levels 2012 – 2013 • Results at A-C down by 0.6 percentage points • Results at grade A down by 1.4 percentage points

  20. NI Applied GCE A level • Applied GCE A Level Single Award • Applied GCE A Level Double Award

  21. 2013 Northern Ireland GCE Provisional Results Summary • High numbers of NI students achieving A level grades – particularly strong performance in Mathematics, Chemistry and modern languages; • Traditional subjects the most popular choices; • Increasing entries in STEM subjects.

  22. Questions and Answers

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