Key statistics in this year’s GCSE results
The overall rate for grades 1/G or above is the lowest in nearly two decades.
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Students across the Black Country, Staffordshire and the Wyre Forest are taking their next steps on receiving their GCSE results.
Here are the main figures for this year’s GCSE results:
– The proportion of entries receiving the highest grades has fallen from last year but remains higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic.
A total of 21.8% of entries were awarded grade 7/A or above, down slightly from 22.0% in 2023 but above the 20.8% in 2019.
– Some 67.6% of entries received a grade 4/C or above.
This is down from 68.2% last year but higher than 67.3% in 2019.
– The overall rate for grades 1/G or above is 97.9%, down from 98.0% in 2023 and also below 98.3% in 2019.
