GCSE English and maths results
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- 4. Navigate to By ethnicity and sex section
- 5. Navigate to By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals section
- 6. Navigate to By ethnicity and special educational needs section
- 7. Navigate to By ethnicity and area section
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1. Main facts and figures
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43.2% of pupils in England got a 'strong pass' (grade 5 or above) in GCSE English and maths in the 2018 to 2019 school year
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pupils from the Chinese ethnic group were most likely to get a strong pass (76.3%)
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White Gypsy and Roma pupils were least likely to get a strong pass (6.0%)
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in every ethnic group, girls were more likely than boys to get a strong pass
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in every ethnic group, pupils eligible for free school meals were less likely to get a strong pass than those not eligible
2. Things you need to know
What the data measures
The data measures the percentage of pupils at state-funded mainstream schools who got a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths.
The Department for Education recognises a grade 5 and above in English and maths as a ‘strong pass’. Grade 4 is considered a ‘standard pass’, similar to the old grade C.
Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal place.
The ethnic groups used in the data
Data is shown for the 16 ethnic groups used in the 2001 Census, with 2 exceptions:
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Traveller of Irish Heritage and White Gypsy and Roma pupils have been separated into 2 categories
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pupils in the Chinese ethnic group are in a separate category from Asian pupils
Local authority data does not include figures for pupils in the ‘Other’ ethnic group. These pupils are included in the ‘All’ category, which also includes pupils whose ethnicity was not known.
Methodology
Read the detailed methodology document (PDF opens in a new window or tab) for the data on this page.
Pupils are included in the figures for free school meals (FSM) if their families claimed eligibility for FSM at the time of the annual spring school census. This definition includes all pupils who were eligible to receive free school meals, not only those who actually received free school meals.
In the data file
See Download the data for data by:
- type of school
- type of selection
- religion of school
Some figures do not add up to the total for all pupils when they are broken down by certain factors (for example, religion of school or special educational needs).
3. By ethnicity
| Ethnicity | % | Pupils |
|---|---|---|
| All | 43.2 | 542,568 |
| Asian | 51.9 | 58,111 |
| Bangladeshi | 50.3 | 9,877 |
| Indian | 64.1 | 15,429 |
| Pakistani | 41.3 | 23,502 |
| Asian other | 60.1 | 9,303 |
| Black | 37.8 | 31,175 |
| Black African | 42.9 | 19,807 |
| Black Caribbean | 26.5 | 7,493 |
| Black other | 33.7 | 3,875 |
| Chinese | 76.3 | 2,006 |
| Mixed | 43.8 | 27,018 |
| Mixed White/Asian | 55.5 | 6,144 |
| Mixed White/Black African | 41.5 | 3,262 |
| Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 31.0 | 7,504 |
| Mixed other | 47.0 | 10,108 |
| White | 42.4 | 406,708 |
| White British | 42.5 | 375,412 |
| White Irish | 54.9 | 1,688 |
| Gypsy/Roma | 6.0 | 1,243 |
| Irish Traveller | 13.9 | 151 |
| White other | 41.5 | 28,214 |
| Other | 43.4 | 9,607 |
| Unknown | 35.2 | 7,943 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity’ (CSV)
Summary of GCSE English and maths results By ethnicity Summary
Figures for the White Gypsy and Roma and Traveller of Irish Heritage ethnic groups are based on a small number of pupils and are less reliable as a result.
The data shows that:
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43.2% of pupils in England got a strong pass in GCSE English and maths in the 2018 to 2019 school year
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pupils from the Chinese ethnic group were most likely to get a strong pass (76.3%)
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White Gypsy and Roma (6.0%) and Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils (13.9%) were least likely to get a strong pass, followed by Black Caribbean pupils (26.5%)
4. By ethnicity and sex
| Boys | Girls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Boys % | Boys Pupils | Girls % | Girls Pupils |
| All | 40.0 | 276,638 | 46.6 | 265,930 |
| Asian | 49.2 | 30,008 | 54.8 | 28,103 |
| Bangladeshi | 48.8 | 4,942 | 51.8 | 4,935 |
| Indian | 60.6 | 8,082 | 68.0 | 7,347 |
| Pakistani | 39.1 | 12,063 | 43.6 | 11,439 |
| Asian other | 55.5 | 4,921 | 65.3 | 4,382 |
| Black | 33.0 | 15,519 | 42.5 | 15,656 |
| Black African | 38.1 | 9,802 | 47.6 | 10,005 |
| Black Caribbean | 21.9 | 3,776 | 31.2 | 3,717 |
| Black other | 28.8 | 1,941 | 38.5 | 1,934 |
| Chinese | 73.4 | 1,002 | 79.3 | 1,004 |
| Mixed | 41.4 | 13,558 | 46.3 | 13,460 |
| Mixed White/Asian | 53.3 | 3,130 | 57.8 | 3,014 |
| Mixed White/Black African | 38.6 | 1,617 | 44.3 | 1,645 |
| Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 27.6 | 3,629 | 34.3 | 3,875 |
| Mixed other | 44.9 | 5,182 | 49.3 | 4,926 |
| White | 39.1 | 207,380 | 45.8 | 199,328 |
| White British | 39.2 | 191,323 | 46.0 | 184,089 |
| White Irish | 53.6 | 878 | 56.3 | 810 |
| Gypsy/Roma | 5.0 | 615 | 7.0 | 628 |
| Irish Traveller | 10.7 | 84 | 17.9 | 67 |
| White other | 38.4 | 14,480 | 44.7 | 13,734 |
| Other | 40.3 | 4,983 | 46.8 | 4,624 |
| Unknown | 32.9 | 4,188 | 37.7 | 3,755 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity and sex’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity and sex’ (CSV)
Summary of GCSE English and maths results By ethnicity and sex Summary
Figures for the White Gypsy and Roma and Traveller of Irish Heritage ethnic groups are based on a small number of pupils and are less reliable as a result.
The data shows that:
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46.6% of girls and 40.0% of boys got a strong pass in GCSE English and maths
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in every ethnic group, girls were more likely than boys to get a strong pass
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girls from the Chinese ethnic group were most likely to get a strong pass (79.3%)
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boys from the White Gypsy and Roma ethnic group were least likely to get a strong pass (5.0%)
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the smallest gap between boys and girls was in the White Gypsy and Roma ethnic group – 7.0% of girls and 5.0% of boys got a strong pass
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the biggest gap between boys and girls was in the Asian Other ethnic group – 65.3% of girls and 55.5% of boys got a strong pass
5. By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals
| Free school meals | No free school meals | |||
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| Ethnicity | Free school meals % | Free school meals Pupils | No free school meals % | No free school meals Pupils |
| All | 22.5 | 76,237 | 46.6 | 466,331 |
| Asian | 37.2 | 9,394 | 54.7 | 48,717 |
| Bangladeshi | 42.3 | 2,504 | 53.0 | 7,373 |
| Indian | 46.5 | 1,070 | 65.4 | 14,359 |
| Pakistani | 31.5 | 4,650 | 43.7 | 18,852 |
| Asian other | 40.5 | 1,170 | 62.9 | 8,133 |
| Black | 28.0 | 7,131 | 40.7 | 24,044 |
| Black African | 33.5 | 4,326 | 45.5 | 15,481 |
| Black Caribbean | 17.6 | 1,896 | 29.5 | 5,597 |
| Black other | 23.5 | 909 | 36.7 | 2,966 |
| Chinese | 69.2 | 130 | 76.8 | 1,876 |
| Mixed | 24.0 | 5,406 | 48.8 | 21,612 |
| Mixed White/Asian | 26.8 | 847 | 60.1 | 5,297 |
| Mixed White/Black African | 28.8 | 699 | 44.9 | 2,563 |
| Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 16.8 | 1,974 | 36.1 | 5,530 |
| Mixed other | 28.4 | 1,886 | 51.3 | 8,222 |
| White | 18.1 | 50,614 | 45.8 | 356,094 |
| White British | 17.7 | 47,358 | 46.1 | 328,054 |
| White Irish | 26.2 | 214 | 59.1 | 1,474 |
| Gypsy/Roma | 4.5 | 418 | 6.8 | 825 |
| Irish Traveller | 11.8 | 85 | 16.7 | 66 |
| White other | 28.6 | 2,539 | 42.7 | 25,675 |
| Other | 34.0 | 2,388 | 46.5 | 7,219 |
| Unknown | 22.0 | 1,174 | 37.5 | 6,769 |
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Summary of GCSE English and maths results By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals Summary
Figures for the White Gypsy and Roma and Traveller of Irish Heritage ethnic groups are based on a small number of pupils and are less reliable as a result.
Eligibility for free school meals (FSM) in England is used as an indicator of deprivation.
The data shows that for pupils eligible for free school meals:
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22.5% got a strong pass, compared with 46.6% of non-eligible pupils
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in every ethnic group, they were less likely to get a strong pass than those not eligible
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pupils from the Chinese ethnic group were most likely to get a strong pass (69.2%)
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pupils from the White Gypsy and Roma ethnic group were least likely to get a strong pass (4.5%)
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the biggest gap was in the Mixed White and Asian ethnic group – 26.8% got a strong pass, compared with 60.1% of non-eligible pupils
6. By ethnicity and special educational needs
| Any SEN | No identified SEN | SEN Support | SEN with a statement or EHC plan | |||||
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| Ethnicity | Any SEN % | Any SEN Pupils | No identified SEN % | No identified SEN Pupils | SEN Support % | SEN Support Pupils | SEN with a statement or EHC plan % | SEN with a statement or EHC plan Pupils |
| All | 13.8 | 76,961 | 48.2 | 464,515 | 16.8 | 56,588 | 5.5 | 20,373 |
| Asian | 14.2 | 5,818 | 56.1 | 52,292 | 17.2 | 4,216 | 6.4 | 1,602 |
| Black | 10.3 | 4,371 | 42.3 | 26,803 | 12.8 | 3,152 | 3.9 | 1,219 |
| Chinese | 34.8 | 158 | 79.9 | 1,848 | 47.6 | 105 | 9.4 | 53 |
| Mixed | 14.5 | 3,848 | 48.7 | 23,169 | 18.0 | 2,823 | 4.9 | 1,025 |
| White | 14.0 | 60,661 | 47.4 | 346,034 | 16.9 | 44,733 | 5.6 | 15,928 |
| Other | 13.4 | 1,113 | 47.4 | 8,494 | 15.6 | 841 | 6.6 | 272 |
| Unknown | 13.1 | 992 | 43.9 | 5,875 | 15.6 | 718 | 6.6 | 274 |
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Summary of GCSE English and maths results By ethnicity and special educational needs Summary
The data shows that, for pupils with special education needs:
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13.8% got a strong pass in GCSE English and maths, compared with 48.2% of pupils without special education needs
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34.8% from the Chinese ethnic group got a strong pass – the highest percentage out of all groups
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10.3% from the Black ethnic group got a strong pass – the lowest percentage out of all groups
7. By ethnicity and area
| All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | |||||||
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| Geography | All % | All Pupils | Asian % | Asian Pupils | Black % | Black Pupils | Chinese % | Chinese Pupils | Mixed % | Mixed Pupils | White % | White Pupils |
| All - England | 43.4 | 540,006 | 52.3 | 57,606 | 38.2 | 30,819 | 76.7 | 1,996 | 44.0 | 26,905 | 42.5 | 405,623 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 42.6 | 2,353 | 57.7 | 530 | 44.9 | 642 | 100.0 | 3 | 35.7 | 227 | 34.1 | 903 |
| Barnet | 62.7 | 3,804 | 81.2 | 536 | 50.4 | 532 | 88.6 | 44 | 62.6 | 398 | 62.4 | 1,821 |
| Barnsley | 41.5 | 2,097 | 42.9 | 7 | 27.8 | 18 | 100.0 | 1 | 44.4 | 36 | 41.7 | 2,021 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 45.5 | 2,134 | 50.0 | 38 | 22.7 | 22 | 75.0 | 8 | 41.4 | 87 | 47.0 | 1,840 |
| Bedford | 36.2 | 1,843 | 34.7 | 271 | 27.0 | 122 | 66.7 | 3 | 30.4 | 148 | 37.9 | 1,253 |
| Bexley | 49.4 | 3,115 | 68.3 | 221 | 60.1 | 612 | 90.3 | 31 | 53.2 | 216 | 42.9 | 1,966 |
| Birmingham | 42.5 | 13,034 | 45.2 | 5,206 | 32.2 | 1,708 | 92.1 | 38 | 39.3 | 1,015 | 44.3 | 4,242 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 43.6 | 1,875 | 50.4 | 889 | 36.8 | 19 | 66.7 | 3 | 44.4 | 54 | 37.0 | 880 |
| Blackpool | 26.3 | 1,156 | 55.6 | 27 | 20.0 | 5 | 33.3 | 3 | 15.6 | 32 | 25.9 | 1,083 |
| Bolton | 41.2 | 3,325 | 53.5 | 731 | 41.8 | 170 | 62.5 | 8 | 39.1 | 128 | 37.0 | 2,235 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 51.0 | 3,554 | 64.8 | 88 | 41.7 | 24 | 77.8 | 18 | 53.9 | 165 | 51.1 | 3,081 |
| Bracknell Forest | 44.1 | 1,112 | 50.9 | 55 | 42.4 | 33 | 100.0 | 1 | 44.6 | 56 | 43.6 | 951 |
| Bradford | 34.6 | 6,080 | 35.0 | 2,774 | 29.9 | 97 | 83.3 | 6 | 33.1 | 248 | 33.9 | 2,813 |
| Brent | 50.5 | 3,038 | 56.6 | 876 | 40.5 | 703 | 75.0 | 4 | 48.1 | 216 | 46.0 | 572 |
| Brighton and Hove | 47.4 | 2,221 | 46.9 | 81 | 37.7 | 53 | 55.6 | 9 | 46.0 | 198 | 48.1 | 1,820 |
| Bristol, City of | 38.6 | 3,378 | 40.3 | 268 | 24.7 | 385 | 90.0 | 10 | 36.4 | 280 | 41.1 | 2,339 |
| Bromley | 51.1 | 3,312 | 79.1 | 206 | 47.6 | 338 | 83.3 | 36 | 55.7 | 323 | 48.3 | 2,314 |
| Buckinghamshire | 59.9 | 5,789 | 64.7 | 1,148 | 49.4 | 156 | 94.3 | 35 | 57.4 | 366 | 58.6 | 3,974 |
| Bury | 37.3 | 2,132 | 42.5 | 339 | 31.4 | 51 | 77.8 | 9 | 39.4 | 104 | 35.9 | 1,590 |
| Calderdale | 46.8 | 2,547 | 49.4 | 429 | 31.8 | 44 | 75.0 | 4 | 45.6 | 114 | 46.7 | 1,942 |
| Cambridgeshire | 47.7 | 5,726 | 61.9 | 194 | 36.9 | 65 | 74.1 | 27 | 49.4 | 243 | 47.1 | 5,044 |
| Camden | 46.3 | 1,571 | 46.8 | 278 | 38.8 | 402 | 88.9 | 9 | 49.7 | 195 | 52.1 | 541 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 41.4 | 2,722 | 58.0 | 50 | 27.4 | 62 | 80.0 | 10 | 44.5 | 146 | 41.2 | 2,397 |
| Cheshire East | 50.0 | 3,727 | 60.5 | 43 | 30.8 | 13 | 81.3 | 16 | 49.1 | 114 | 49.9 | 3,493 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 43.4 | 3,461 | 52.2 | 46 | 12.5 | 16 | 37.5 | 8 | 47.9 | 71 | 43.4 | 3,285 |
| Cornwall | 39.1 | 5,100 | 40.0 | 15 | 25.0 | 8 | 50.0 | 4 | 46.8 | 94 | 39.1 | 4,901 |
| County Durham | 38.2 | 4,796 | 58.8 | 34 | 33.3 | 15 | 57.1 | 7 | 53.3 | 60 | 38.3 | 4,597 |
| Coventry | 38.0 | 3,513 | 52.6 | 683 | 33.7 | 365 | 88.9 | 9 | 31.2 | 221 | 34.7 | 2,162 |
| Croydon | 40.5 | 3,640 | 53.9 | 477 | 31.6 | 1,130 | 82.4 | 17 | 37.4 | 570 | 45.1 | 1,283 |
| Cumbria | 40.7 | 4,930 | 46.9 | 32 | 30.0 | 10 | 82.4 | 17 | 50.0 | 66 | 40.4 | 4,604 |
| Darlington | 42.1 | 1,156 | 36.8 | 19 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 3 | 52.0 | 25 | 42.4 | 1,089 |
| Derby | 38.1 | 2,845 | 47.5 | 528 | 34.7 | 95 | 75.0 | 8 | 30.2 | 179 | 36.8 | 1,953 |
| Derbyshire | 43.6 | 7,249 | 50.7 | 69 | 41.2 | 17 | 68.8 | 16 | 42.3 | 163 | 43.5 | 6,936 |
| Devon | 41.8 | 6,817 | 79.5 | 39 | 18.2 | 11 | 65.0 | 20 | 40.8 | 120 | 41.5 | 6,364 |
| Doncaster | 38.3 | 3,003 | 55.4 | 92 | 34.5 | 29 | 100.0 | 9 | 32.9 | 73 | 37.8 | 2,761 |
| Dorset | 40.8 | 3,500 | 48.6 | 37 | 42.9 | 7 | 50.0 | 8 | 48.3 | 89 | 40.7 | 3,318 |
| Dudley | 36.5 | 3,299 | 38.7 | 310 | 33.0 | 100 | 50.0 | 8 | 33.3 | 231 | 36.9 | 2,547 |
| Ealing | 53.6 | 2,956 | 58.8 | 906 | 45.5 | 560 | 100.0 | 7 | 53.9 | 204 | 55.5 | 815 |
| East Midlands | 42.1 | 47,019 | 51.5 | 4,087 | 34.0 | 1,440 | 67.5 | 123 | 39.3 | 2,028 | 41.6 | 38,424 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 43.3 | 3,093 | 80.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 47.2 | 53 | 43.2 | 3,000 |
| East Sussex | 41.7 | 4,784 | 62.8 | 86 | 41.9 | 31 | 60.0 | 10 | 44.6 | 204 | 41.4 | 4,356 |
| East of England | 43.3 | 60,993 | 54.7 | 3,873 | 41.8 | 2,134 | 78.4 | 245 | 44.2 | 2,895 | 42.3 | 50,485 |
| Enfield | 43.2 | 3,606 | 65.9 | 308 | 37.5 | 890 | 84.2 | 19 | 48.1 | 318 | 40.4 | 1,769 |
| Essex | 40.5 | 14,485 | 70.3 | 354 | 44.2 | 477 | 78.3 | 60 | 46.0 | 507 | 39.1 | 12,735 |
| Gateshead | 42.4 | 1,842 | 67.4 | 46 | 57.9 | 19 | 100.0 | 6 | 36.4 | 22 | 41.2 | 1,666 |
| Gloucestershire | 47.8 | 6,390 | 67.0 | 206 | 37.2 | 86 | 80.0 | 20 | 48.9 | 225 | 47.1 | 5,767 |
| Greenwich | 41.4 | 2,364 | 59.6 | 178 | 42.1 | 708 | 64.3 | 28 | 40.1 | 247 | 37.1 | 1,098 |
| Hackney | 47.6 | 2,230 | 56.1 | 280 | 38.0 | 849 | 80.0 | 10 | 46.0 | 200 | 57.1 | 749 |
| Halton | 36.1 | 1,363 | 50.0 | 6 | NA | NA | 100.0 | 1 | 40.0 | 20 | 35.6 | 1,316 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 55.7 | 1,326 | 60.8 | 120 | 40.7 | 305 | 80.0 | 5 | 52.9 | 140 | 64.3 | 594 |
| Hampshire | 45.7 | 12,818 | 60.6 | 327 | 33.3 | 105 | 61.9 | 42 | 50.3 | 346 | 45.0 | 11,776 |
| Haringey | 43.1 | 2,336 | 59.1 | 127 | 29.8 | 634 | 69.2 | 13 | 51.5 | 235 | 47.4 | 1,090 |
| Harrow | 50.1 | 2,210 | 62.3 | 939 | 31.3 | 326 | 54.5 | 11 | 45.0 | 191 | 46.6 | 575 |
| Hartlepool | 37.4 | 994 | 35.3 | 17 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 2 | 41.7 | 12 | 37.5 | 952 |
| Havering | 48.5 | 2,829 | 61.7 | 162 | 49.4 | 340 | 75.0 | 16 | 51.6 | 157 | 47.3 | 2,090 |
| Herefordshire, County of | 40.1 | 1,710 | 80.0 | 5 | NA | NA | 100.0 | 1 | 34.5 | 29 | 40.0 | 1,662 |
| Hertfordshire | 51.7 | 12,874 | 69.0 | 970 | 43.3 | 545 | 78.2 | 78 | 50.1 | 800 | 50.4 | 10,275 |
| Hillingdon | 46.7 | 3,203 | 60.0 | 760 | 38.8 | 379 | 77.8 | 9 | 51.7 | 325 | 40.9 | 1,436 |
| Hounslow | 49.1 | 2,731 | 58.1 | 833 | 43.5 | 352 | 25.0 | 4 | 45.8 | 227 | 49.8 | 877 |
| Inner London | 45.9 | 26,861 | 54.0 | 5,764 | 37.2 | 8,148 | 74.9 | 183 | 43.8 | 2,619 | 49.4 | 7,648 |
| Isle of Wight | 33.8 | 1,173 | 100.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 3 | NA | NA | 28.6 | 28 | 34.2 | 1,132 |
| Isles of Scilly | 42.9 | 14 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.0 | 1 | 46.2 | 13 |
| Islington | 42.3 | 1,465 | 54.4 | 171 | 36.0 | 414 | 85.7 | 7 | 44.7 | 188 | 41.6 | 551 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 55.7 | 867 | 62.2 | 37 | 45.6 | 169 | 100.0 | 4 | 59.6 | 109 | 56.0 | 343 |
| Kent | 45.6 | 15,833 | 72.6 | 649 | 64.1 | 423 | 80.3 | 66 | 51.1 | 701 | 43.2 | 13,742 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 32.6 | 2,355 | 65.0 | 40 | 30.0 | 50 | 0.0 | 2 | 44.9 | 69 | 32.8 | 2,071 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 61.6 | 1,550 | 77.2 | 404 | 35.5 | 76 | 89.5 | 19 | 57.9 | 140 | 54.9 | 802 |
| Kirklees | 42.5 | 4,706 | 44.7 | 1,272 | 26.3 | 95 | 63.6 | 11 | 33.8 | 269 | 43.1 | 2,994 |
| Knowsley | 17.6 | 994 | 40.0 | 5 | 55.6 | 9 | 50.0 | 2 | 17.6 | 17 | 17.0 | 954 |
| Lambeth | 39.1 | 2,189 | 61.5 | 91 | 35.0 | 1,058 | 66.7 | 18 | 39.0 | 267 | 43.2 | 567 |
| Lancashire | 44.2 | 12,086 | 44.1 | 1,366 | 38.6 | 44 | 81.0 | 42 | 48.0 | 319 | 44.1 | 10,198 |
| Leeds | 41.6 | 7,621 | 39.6 | 891 | 33.9 | 466 | 82.9 | 35 | 36.2 | 398 | 44.0 | 5,503 |
| Leicester | 37.2 | 3,576 | 46.7 | 1,736 | 27.4 | 405 | 80.0 | 10 | 29.8 | 215 | 27.3 | 1,108 |
| Leicestershire | 43.9 | 7,154 | 63.0 | 583 | 37.2 | 94 | 63.6 | 22 | 41.8 | 311 | 42.1 | 6,070 |
| Lewisham | 37.4 | 2,187 | 57.3 | 131 | 31.3 | 999 | 61.9 | 21 | 37.1 | 267 | 42.4 | 623 |
| Lincolnshire | 42.5 | 7,652 | 83.7 | 135 | 47.7 | 44 | 80.0 | 10 | 57.4 | 190 | 41.3 | 7,178 |
| Liverpool | 36.1 | 4,723 | 74.3 | 144 | 30.7 | 163 | 70.5 | 44 | 37.8 | 259 | 34.9 | 3,879 |
| Luton | 37.6 | 2,594 | 42.8 | 1,163 | 32.8 | 323 | 100.0 | 2 | 34.4 | 195 | 32.7 | 838 |
| Manchester | 35.5 | 4,993 | 44.7 | 1,179 | 32.5 | 952 | 72.5 | 40 | 33.4 | 395 | 31.4 | 2,069 |
| Medway | 43.7 | 3,068 | 68.7 | 182 | 56.5 | 177 | 83.3 | 12 | 43.9 | 173 | 40.9 | 2,479 |
| Merton | 48.9 | 1,455 | 54.6 | 249 | 34.2 | 263 | 80.0 | 5 | 50.5 | 196 | 51.7 | 686 |
| Middlesbrough | 34.5 | 1,347 | 42.0 | 157 | 50.0 | 26 | NA | NA | 33.3 | 60 | 32.5 | 1,066 |
| Milton Keynes | 38.8 | 2,920 | 49.1 | 273 | 29.3 | 392 | 83.3 | 12 | 43.4 | 228 | 38.2 | 1,940 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 38.7 | 2,387 | 46.2 | 249 | 27.2 | 92 | 85.7 | 14 | 39.5 | 76 | 37.7 | 1,891 |
| Newham | 46.7 | 3,933 | 55.7 | 1,852 | 38.1 | 978 | 71.4 | 14 | 37.2 | 226 | 36.7 | 622 |
| Norfolk | 40.1 | 7,640 | 63.8 | 94 | 40.7 | 54 | 80.8 | 26 | 40.6 | 219 | 39.6 | 7,116 |
| North East | 39.6 | 25,455 | 48.1 | 902 | 36.7 | 218 | 76.7 | 60 | 45.2 | 471 | 39.3 | 23,358 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 33.7 | 1,606 | 27.3 | 11 | 0.0 | 2 | NA | NA | 35.7 | 28 | 38.4 | 1,314 |
| North Lincolnshire | 42.8 | 1,672 | 47.7 | 65 | 44.4 | 9 | 66.7 | 3 | 48.1 | 27 | 42.4 | 1,523 |
| North Somerset | 42.0 | 2,117 | 50.0 | 24 | 30.8 | 13 | 66.7 | 6 | 51.7 | 58 | 41.6 | 1,992 |
| North Tyneside | 40.9 | 2,007 | 45.5 | 55 | 21.4 | 14 | 77.8 | 9 | 52.5 | 40 | 40.6 | 1,869 |
| North West | 41.1 | 74,006 | 47.2 | 7,488 | 35.5 | 2,003 | 75.2 | 319 | 41.9 | 2,623 | 40.5 | 59,824 |
| North Yorkshire | 47.4 | 6,135 | 60.8 | 130 | 56.5 | 23 | 85.7 | 7 | 50.7 | 140 | 47.0 | 5,773 |
| Northamptonshire | 41.7 | 7,538 | 57.7 | 338 | 41.5 | 364 | 47.6 | 21 | 37.4 | 385 | 41.2 | 6,316 |
| Northumberland | 43.3 | 3,004 | 48.7 | 39 | 50.0 | 6 | 72.7 | 11 | 54.4 | 57 | 42.8 | 2,875 |
| Nottingham | 32.7 | 2,753 | 42.1 | 494 | 28.9 | 308 | 37.5 | 8 | 31.4 | 290 | 30.4 | 1,544 |
| Nottinghamshire | 45.4 | 7,746 | 61.4 | 202 | 37.8 | 111 | 82.1 | 28 | 47.0 | 281 | 45.1 | 6,837 |
| Oldham | 35.3 | 2,994 | 33.4 | 964 | 33.0 | 94 | 57.1 | 7 | 32.3 | 130 | 36.9 | 1,726 |
| Outer London | 50.6 | 52,840 | 63.7 | 11,060 | 41.8 | 9,205 | 81.7 | 344 | 49.7 | 4,870 | 48.0 | 23,508 |
| Oxfordshire | 46.0 | 6,153 | 44.9 | 363 | 36.9 | 149 | 56.3 | 16 | 46.6 | 352 | 46.6 | 5,100 |
| Peterborough | 32.1 | 2,330 | 33.5 | 388 | 32.3 | 62 | 85.7 | 7 | 22.1 | 145 | 32.6 | 1,667 |
| Plymouth | 37.6 | 2,546 | 62.5 | 24 | 46.2 | 13 | 60.0 | 10 | 52.9 | 68 | 36.4 | 2,371 |
| Portsmouth | 35.0 | 1,647 | 57.3 | 96 | 33.3 | 48 | 70.0 | 10 | 26.5 | 68 | 33.4 | 1,337 |
| Reading | 47.1 | 1,141 | 60.8 | 283 | 31.1 | 90 | 100.0 | 13 | 39.8 | 108 | 43.5 | 612 |
| Redbridge | 59.5 | 3,687 | 66.7 | 1,961 | 42.2 | 486 | 77.8 | 18 | 56.4 | 266 | 54.3 | 866 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 40.2 | 1,539 | 52.4 | 21 | 33.3 | 3 | NA | NA | 41.7 | 36 | 39.9 | 1,465 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 55.6 | 1,586 | 48.2 | 112 | 23.8 | 63 | 83.3 | 6 | 53.8 | 158 | 59.0 | 1,184 |
| Rochdale | 34.6 | 2,350 | 35.0 | 605 | 35.4 | 82 | 100.0 | 4 | 40.8 | 98 | 33.9 | 1,533 |
| Rotherham | 38.0 | 3,140 | 39.7 | 290 | 34.0 | 47 | 83.3 | 6 | 46.2 | 65 | 37.7 | 2,706 |
| Rutland | 53.0 | 506 | 50.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | NA | NA | 35.7 | 14 | 54.4 | 482 |
| Salford | 31.5 | 2,100 | 56.1 | 57 | 38.6 | 101 | 0.0 | 1 | 38.0 | 121 | 29.7 | 1,752 |
| Sandwell | 30.5 | 3,657 | 38.8 | 1,052 | 22.9 | 319 | 83.3 | 6 | 27.6 | 268 | 27.4 | 1,888 |
| Sefton | 35.9 | 2,935 | 75.0 | 20 | 36.4 | 11 | 70.0 | 10 | 37.5 | 56 | 36.1 | 2,745 |
| Sheffield | 38.8 | 5,224 | 36.0 | 581 | 32.3 | 316 | 84.2 | 19 | 36.8 | 334 | 40.1 | 3,754 |
| Shropshire | 40.9 | 2,925 | 48.0 | 25 | 0.0 | 5 | 70.0 | 10 | 38.6 | 70 | 41.0 | 2,768 |
| Slough | 57.1 | 1,856 | 64.8 | 957 | 48.8 | 164 | 100.0 | 2 | 60.7 | 173 | 41.8 | 459 |
| Solihull | 46.0 | 2,943 | 52.7 | 374 | 33.7 | 92 | 71.4 | 7 | 41.7 | 230 | 45.7 | 2,170 |
| Somerset | 39.4 | 4,935 | 63.0 | 46 | 35.7 | 14 | 66.7 | 6 | 47.1 | 102 | 39.1 | 4,713 |
| South East | 46.5 | 85,952 | 59.6 | 6,176 | 43.6 | 2,330 | 74.5 | 325 | 48.1 | 4,358 | 45.2 | 70,927 |
| South Gloucestershire | 39.4 | 2,575 | 44.7 | 85 | 35.4 | 48 | 83.3 | 6 | 34.5 | 113 | 39.5 | 2,290 |
| South Tyneside | 33.5 | 1,568 | 50.8 | 65 | 50.0 | 2 | NA | NA | 39.1 | 23 | 34.0 | 1,397 |
| South West | 42.7 | 51,455 | 52.6 | 1,174 | 30.4 | 741 | 74.3 | 140 | 45.2 | 1,667 | 42.7 | 46,342 |
| Southampton | 35.6 | 1,958 | 49.1 | 212 | 45.3 | 53 | 50.0 | 12 | 38.5 | 117 | 32.8 | 1,535 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 56.9 | 2,059 | 81.5 | 189 | 73.5 | 162 | 92.9 | 14 | 56.6 | 99 | 52.2 | 1,544 |
| Southwark | 45.5 | 2,509 | 63.9 | 144 | 42.8 | 1,146 | 71.0 | 31 | 37.4 | 273 | 49.5 | 666 |
| St. Helens | 37.6 | 1,757 | 70.0 | 20 | 16.7 | 12 | 100.0 | 2 | 39.4 | 33 | 38.1 | 1,642 |
| Staffordshire | 36.9 | 8,444 | 43.4 | 279 | 26.6 | 79 | 83.3 | 12 | 31.7 | 227 | 36.8 | 7,757 |
| Stockport | 46.3 | 2,657 | 58.3 | 180 | 30.0 | 30 | 84.6 | 13 | 46.3 | 134 | 45.2 | 2,240 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 45.2 | 2,027 | 46.7 | 105 | 62.5 | 16 | 100.0 | 4 | 51.2 | 41 | 44.7 | 1,853 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 35.5 | 2,376 | 38.4 | 370 | 35.6 | 73 | 85.7 | 7 | 35.8 | 106 | 34.7 | 1,784 |
| Suffolk | 39.0 | 6,972 | 55.0 | 109 | 21.7 | 69 | 88.9 | 9 | 43.1 | 306 | 38.8 | 6,322 |
| Sunderland | 37.4 | 2,788 | 54.7 | 95 | 42.1 | 19 | 75.0 | 4 | 42.1 | 19 | 36.7 | 2,638 |
| Surrey | 51.7 | 10,388 | 55.5 | 647 | 40.2 | 179 | 72.9 | 48 | 50.5 | 596 | 51.6 | 8,642 |
| Sutton | 64.3 | 2,796 | 89.8 | 636 | 57.7 | 234 | 88.5 | 52 | 68.6 | 229 | 53.7 | 1,556 |
| Swindon | 39.5 | 2,101 | 39.8 | 221 | 38.9 | 54 | 83.3 | 6 | 47.5 | 99 | 38.6 | 1,672 |
| Tameside | 39.9 | 2,486 | 46.4 | 263 | 51.7 | 60 | 87.5 | 8 | 50.5 | 109 | 38.2 | 2,023 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 40.5 | 1,947 | 53.7 | 134 | 39.3 | 56 | 80.0 | 10 | 46.4 | 97 | 38.9 | 1,641 |
| Thurrock | 38.2 | 1,748 | 61.5 | 91 | 46.6 | 193 | 44.4 | 9 | 47.1 | 87 | 34.4 | 1,294 |
| Torbay | 45.6 | 1,488 | 91.7 | 12 | 0.0 | 3 | 83.3 | 6 | 50.0 | 32 | 47.7 | 1,308 |
| Tower Hamlets | 45.8 | 2,808 | 50.1 | 1,962 | 37.6 | 346 | 73.3 | 15 | 25.7 | 113 | 36.3 | 270 |
| Trafford | 62.1 | 2,925 | 76.2 | 407 | 60.6 | 94 | 82.9 | 41 | 54.9 | 175 | 59.9 | 2,126 |
| Wakefield | 44.9 | 3,463 | 47.2 | 142 | 47.6 | 42 | 75.0 | 4 | 44.9 | 89 | 44.6 | 3,166 |
| Walsall | 35.9 | 3,304 | 49.9 | 754 | 31.3 | 160 | 80.0 | 10 | 36.6 | 191 | 31.0 | 2,130 |
| Waltham Forest | 42.7 | 2,605 | 51.4 | 766 | 33.3 | 571 | 73.3 | 15 | 40.8 | 262 | 41.9 | 895 |
| Wandsworth | 48.3 | 1,785 | 52.3 | 354 | 37.4 | 452 | 81.8 | 11 | 44.4 | 234 | 55.5 | 616 |
| Warrington | 49.3 | 2,297 | 50.0 | 46 | 33.3 | 24 | 88.9 | 9 | 45.5 | 55 | 49.8 | 2,111 |
| Warwickshire | 49.5 | 5,623 | 64.2 | 327 | 39.7 | 58 | 55.6 | 9 | 51.3 | 234 | 48.6 | 4,911 |
| West Berkshire | 45.8 | 1,851 | 43.2 | 44 | 43.9 | 41 | 66.7 | 6 | 44.0 | 91 | 46.7 | 1,613 |
| West Midlands | 40.0 | 60,984 | 46.1 | 10,314 | 31.7 | 3,355 | 79.9 | 144 | 36.7 | 3,387 | 39.5 | 42,175 |
| West Sussex | 42.7 | 8,002 | 52.6 | 333 | 26.6 | 128 | 65.0 | 20 | 44.2 | 335 | 42.3 | 7,066 |
| Westminster | 53.5 | 1,655 | 65.0 | 217 | 42.4 | 396 | 84.0 | 25 | 52.9 | 172 | 57.2 | 416 |
| Wigan | 39.6 | 3,352 | 55.9 | 34 | 30.0 | 30 | 77.8 | 9 | 37.3 | 51 | 39.5 | 3,190 |
| Wiltshire | 46.6 | 4,806 | 67.6 | 71 | 43.4 | 53 | 91.7 | 12 | 48.5 | 134 | 46.5 | 4,373 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 48.4 | 1,494 | 48.1 | 208 | 42.9 | 28 | 66.7 | 6 | 45.9 | 109 | 49.0 | 1,104 |
| Wirral | 45.6 | 3,388 | 65.9 | 85 | 61.5 | 13 | 68.2 | 22 | 52.4 | 82 | 44.7 | 3,150 |
| Wokingham | 52.9 | 1,744 | 53.2 | 231 | 39.0 | 77 | 100.0 | 5 | 46.8 | 109 | 54.3 | 1,289 |
| Wolverhampton | 35.1 | 2,770 | 49.9 | 619 | 34.0 | 312 | 66.7 | 6 | 24.7 | 279 | 31.1 | 1,520 |
| Worcestershire | 42.5 | 5,439 | 42.6 | 176 | 25.0 | 28 | 81.8 | 11 | 41.3 | 189 | 42.6 | 4,993 |
| York | 50.9 | 1,699 | 64.7 | 34 | 50.0 | 4 | 75.0 | 4 | 65.9 | 44 | 50.2 | 1,591 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 41.1 | 54,441 | 40.2 | 6,768 | 33.2 | 1,245 | 79.6 | 113 | 39.3 | 1,987 | 42.0 | 42,932 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity and area’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity and area’ (CSV)
Summary of GCSE English and maths results By ethnicity and area Summary
The summary only includes figures based on high enough pupil numbers to make reliable generalisations.
The data shows that:
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Sutton had the highest percentage of pupils getting a strong pass (64.3%)
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Knowsley had the lowest percentage of pupils getting a strong pass (17.6%)
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Hammersmith and Fulham had the highest percentage of White pupils getting a strong pass (64.3%) – Knowsley had the lowest percentage (17.0%)
8. Data sources
Source
Key stage 4 and multi-academy trust performance 2019
Type of data
Administrative data
Type of statistic
National Statistics
Publisher
Department for Education
Publication frequency
Yearly
Purpose of data source
The data is collected to help measure schools’ and pupils’ performance at GCSE level (key stage 4).
9. Download the data
This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, ethnicity_type, time, time_type, geography, geography_type, geography_code, gender, age, FSM, SEN_type, SEN_grouping, admission_type, school_characteristic, religious_denomination, value, value_type, denominator and numerator
This file contains: measure, ethnicity, ethnicity_type, time, time_type, geography, geography_type, geography_code, gender, age, value, value_type, denominator and numerator