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Northern Ireland Provisional GCE Results 2012

Northern Ireland Provisional GCE Results 2012. Record numbers of Northern Ireland students achieving A level grades Thursday 16 August 2012. Introduction and welcome. This morning’s briefing panel: Martin Quinn, Director of Corporate Services Anne Marie Duffy, Director of Qualifications

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Northern Ireland Provisional GCE Results 2012

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  1. Northern Ireland Provisional GCE Results 2012 Record numbers of Northern Ireland students achieving A level grades Thursday 16 August 2012

  2. Introduction and welcome This morning’s briefing panel: Martin Quinn, Director of Corporate Services Anne Marie Duffy, Director of Qualifications Michael Crossan, Examinations Operations Business Manager

  3. Context • Briefing on behalf of Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ). • Provisional NI GCE results from all 5 JCQ awarding organisations: • AQA • CCEA • Edexcel • OCR • WJEC

  4. Headlines • Record number of NI Students achieving A Level Grades • NI GCE performance in line with expectations • Growing popularity of STEM subjects

  5. Format of Briefing • GCE A Level Provisional Results 2012 • 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 Time2008 - 2012

  8. Subjects with Best Performance Northern Ireland 2012

  9. Northern Ireland GCE Entries2008 – 2012 Breakdown

  10. Falling Pupil Numbers – Rising Staying-On Rates

  11. NI STEM Entries

  12. NI Modern Languages Entries

  13. Going up

  14. Going down

  15. Gender Comparisons (2011 figures in brackets) • 7.1% of the grades achieved by Males are A* compared to 8.1% of the grades achieved by Females. • Females continue to out-perform Males consistently at all grades.

  16. Most Popular A-Level Subjects Northern Ireland

  17. Most Popular Subjects by Gender Northern Ireland

  18. Northern Ireland GCE AS entries2008 – 2012 Breakdown

  19. NI AS Levels 2011 - 2012 • There has been an increase of 1820 entries at AS • Performance at A has changed by 2.1%

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

  21. 2012 Northern Ireland GCE Provisional Results Summary • Record number of NI Students achieving A Level Grades • NI GCE performance in line with expectations • Growing popularity of STEM subjects

  22. Questions and Answers

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