There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts try again, the name must be unique However, this is based 111 pupils taking GCSEs in 2017/18. Any information that still needs to be collected is recorded as ‘not yet obtained’.If a pupil or parent refused to give information, this is recorded as 'refused'.This data includes pupils whose ethnicity was not obtained, who refused to respond, or whose ethnicity could not be determined. Teenagers across England, Wales and Northern IrelandJust 837 teenagers scored a clean sweep of the highest grade in their GCSEs this summer, with more girls achieving straight top grades than boys.This summer's clean sweep figure is up from 732 16-year-olds in 2018, the figures from Ofqual show.Enter your email to follow new comments on this article.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Want to discuss real-world problems, be involved in the most engaging discussions and hear from the journalists? ‘By ethnicity and type of school’Summary of GCSE English and maths results By ethnicity and type of school for Hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are anxiously waiting to open their GCSE exam results today. ‘By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals’for ‘By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals’Summary of GCSE English and maths results By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals Summary of GCSE English and maths results By ethnicity and area Summary of GCSE English and maths results By ethnicity and gender for The summary below only includes figures that are based on high enough pupil numbers to make reliable generalisations. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Eleanor Busby , our education correspondent, has the story:

the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. For example, only 107 pupils in the Chinese ethnic group were eligible for free school meals in 2017/18.The data shows that a lower percentage of Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils got a strong pass in GCSE English and maths. All content is available under the {{#replies}} ‘By ethnicity, special education needs and gender’for ‘By ethnicity, special education needs and gender’Summary of GCSE English and maths results By ethnicity, special education needs and gender for Analytics cookies help us understand how our website is being used. try again, the name must be uniquePlease will be published daily in dedicated articles. The layout of the content within our specification has received lots of positive feedback.
The most insightful comments on all subjects Please {{#replies}} Log in to update your newsletter preferencesPlease Therefore, it isn’t possible to make reliable generalisations about Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils or compare them with other ethnic groups.Schools can ask for a pupil to be removed from their performance results if the pupil:Pupils removed from a school’s performance results may still be included in national figures.Some information about local authorities may be different to last year due to changes in suppression rules.

There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts Pupils not eligible for free school meals or unclassified pupils are described as ‘Non-FSM’ or ‘All other pupils’.Parents are able to claim FSM if they receive a qualifying benefit like Jobseeker’s Allowance.FSM is used as an indicator of disadvantage.
"Several restaurants are offering a variety of discounts and freebies as 16-year-olds across the country either rejoice or commiserate after opening their results. This was a much smaller number than for other ethnic groups.

The summary below only includes figures that are based on high enough pupil numbers to make reliable generalisations. Eligibility for free school meals (FSM) is used as an indicator of deprivation by the Department for Education. GCSE results day 2019: Only 800 students in England get clean sweep of highest grades under reformsGrades were awarded in the first tougher GCSEs, maths and English, in 2017 - with a further 20 reformed subjects last summer. Under England's exams overhaul, GCSEs have been toughened up, with less coursework, and exams at the end of the two-year courses, rather than throughout.Gavin Williamson, the education secretary, said: "Today is a proud day for students, teachers and parents up and down the country, and I wish them all the very best for their results.Last year, one in five UK entries (20.5 per cent) picked up at least a 7 or an A grade, roughly in line with previous years, and is likely that a similar proportion of entries will achieve this level this summer.Separate figures, published by exams regulator Ofqual, showed that last year just 732 16-year-olds in England taking at least seven new GCSEs scored straight 9s - the highest grade available under the new system - in all subjects.Philip Nye, researcher at Education Datalab said the numbers getting straight grade 9s "might go up a little bit because there are more subjects in the 9-1 system, but it is very difficult to say what will happen. These statistics cover the data collated for the 2018 secondary school performance tables.