English Language: GCSE
(asked on 29th August 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students were entered into English GCSE exams at the age of (a) 16 and under and (b) post-16 in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021, (v) 2022, (vi) 2023, (vii) 2024 and (viii) 2025.
The department publishes the number of pupils at the end of key stage 4 who entered GCSE English from the 2017/18 to 2023/24 academic year.
The department also publishes the number of students at the end of 16 to 18 study who entered for GCSE English from the 2019/20 to 2023/24 academic year. This data is not published for 2017/18 or 2018/19. The data for these two years can be found in the attached document.
Data relating to 2024/25 will be published in October 2025 for pupils at the end of key stage 4, and November 2025 for students at the end of 16 to 18 study.
The data relating to pupils at the end of key stage 4 can be found here:
- 2017/18: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/key-stage-4-and-multi-academy-trust-performance-2018-revised.
- 2018/19: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/key-stage-4-performance-2019-revised.
- 2019/20: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance/2019-20.
- 2020/21: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance/2020-21.
- 2021/22: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance/2021-22.
- 2022/23: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance/2022-23.
- 2023/24: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance/2023-24.
This data becomes available in October or November of each year.
The data relating to students at the end of 16 to 18 study can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results/2023-24. GCSE English entries comprise entries to GCSE English Language, English Literature, and English Language and Literature.