GCSE English and maths results
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Contents
- 1. Navigate toMain facts and figures section
- 2. Navigate toThings you need to know section
- 3. Navigate to By ethnicity section
- 4. Navigate to By ethnicity and gender 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 local authority section
- 8. Navigate toData sources section
- 9. Navigate toDownload the data section
1. Main facts and figures
- 49.9% of pupils in England got a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in the 2019 to 2020 academic year
- pupils from the Chinese ethnic group were most likely out of all ethnic groups to get a grade 5 or above (79.6%)
- White Gypsy and Roma pupils were least likely to get a grade 5 or above (8.1%)
- in every ethnic group, girls were more likely than boys to get a grade 5 or above
- in every ethnic group, pupils eligible for free school meals were less likely to get a grade 5 or above 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. This used to be known as a ‘strong pass’.
Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal place.
Not included in the data
Figures based on pupils from only one school are not shown in the data.
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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there are extra categories for Traveller of Irish Heritage and White Gypsy and Roma pupils
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pupils in the Chinese ethnic group are in a separate category
Ethnicity was not known for 1.7% of 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 for the data on this page.
Exams were cancelled in summer 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Students were awarded the higher of the following 2 grades:
- a centre assessment grade based on what their school or college believed they would have achieved had exams gone ahead
- their calculated grade using a model developed by the qualifications regulator Ofqual
Because of this, data for the 2019 to 2020 academic year should not be compared with data for previous years.
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 separated by certain factors, for example, religion of school or special educational needs (SEN).
For SEN, this is because pupils with unknown SEN provision have been included in the SEN total but do not have their own breakdown. For the school admission and religious character factors, further education colleges with 14 to 16 provision are included in the total for all state-funded schools, but not in the breakdowns.
3. By ethnicity
| Ethnicity | % | Pupils |
|---|---|---|
| All | 49.9 | 561,994 |
| Asian | 58.3 | 61,023 |
| Bangladeshi | 57.3 | 10,372 |
| Indian | 70.4 | 16,129 |
| Pakistani | 47.8 | 24,275 |
| Asian other | 65.0 | 10,247 |
| Black | 46.0 | 32,935 |
| Black African | 50.7 | 21,299 |
| Black Caribbean | 34.8 | 7,378 |
| Black other | 41.7 | 4,258 |
| Chinese | 79.6 | 1,959 |
| Mixed | 50.2 | 29,481 |
| Mixed White/Asian | 60.9 | 6,654 |
| Mixed White/Black African | 50.3 | 3,706 |
| Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 37.6 | 8,028 |
| Mixed other | 53.0 | 11,093 |
| White | 49.1 | 416,504 |
| White British | 49.2 | 383,021 |
| White Irish | 60.2 | 1,648 |
| Gypsy/Roma | 8.1 | 1,354 |
| Irish Traveller | 20.0 | 160 |
| White other | 48.7 | 30,321 |
| Other | 50.5 | 10,522 |
| Unknown | 38.2 | 9,570 |
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:
- 49.9% of pupils in England got a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in the 2019 to 2020 academic year
- pupils from the Chinese ethnic group were most likely out of all ethnic groups to get a grade 5 or above (79.6%)
- White Gypsy and Roma (8.1%) and Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils (20.0%) were least likely to get a grade 5 or above, followed by Black Caribbean pupils (34.8%)
4. By ethnicity and gender
| Boys | Girls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Boys % | Boys Pupils | Girls % | Girls Pupils |
| All | 45.9 | 286,588 | 54.1 | 275,406 |
| Asian | 55.0 | 31,129 | 61.6 | 29,894 |
| Bangladeshi | 54.4 | 5,143 | 60.0 | 5,229 |
| Indian | 66.6 | 8,308 | 74.4 | 7,821 |
| Pakistani | 45.2 | 12,280 | 50.4 | 11,995 |
| Asian other | 60.1 | 5,398 | 70.4 | 4,849 |
| Black | 40.0 | 16,436 | 51.9 | 16,499 |
| Black African | 45.3 | 10,522 | 56.0 | 10,777 |
| Black Caribbean | 29.2 | 3,700 | 40.4 | 3,678 |
| Black other | 32.9 | 2,214 | 51.2 | 2,044 |
| Chinese | 75.1 | 957 | 83.9 | 1,002 |
| Mixed | 46.1 | 14,814 | 54.4 | 14,667 |
| Mixed White/Asian | 56.1 | 3,410 | 65.9 | 3,244 |
| Mixed White/Black African | 45.3 | 1,831 | 55.1 | 1,875 |
| Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 32.4 | 3,906 | 42.5 | 4,122 |
| Mixed other | 49.8 | 5,667 | 56.3 | 5,426 |
| White | 45.1 | 212,811 | 53.2 | 203,693 |
| White British | 45.3 | 195,714 | 53.3 | 187,307 |
| White Irish | 56.8 | 837 | 63.7 | 811 |
| Gypsy/Roma | 6.7 | 687 | 9.4 | 667 |
| Irish Traveller | 16.0 | 75 | 23.5 | 85 |
| White other | 44.2 | 15,498 | 53.3 | 14,823 |
| Other | 45.5 | 5,445 | 55.8 | 5,077 |
| Unknown | 35.6 | 4,996 | 41.1 | 4,574 |
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Summary of GCSE English and maths results By ethnicity and gender 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:
- 54.1% of girls and 45.9% of boys got a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths
- in every ethnic group, girls were more likely than boys to get a grade 5 or above
- girls from the Chinese ethnic group were most likely out of all ethnic groups to get a grade 5 or above (83.9%)
- boys from the White Gypsy and Roma ethnic group were least likely to get a grade 5 or above (6.7%)
- the White Gypsy and Roma ethnic group had the smallest gap between boys (6.7%) and girls (9.4%)
- the Black Other ethnic group had the biggest gap between boys (32.9%) and girls (51.2%)
5. By ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals
| Free school meals | No free school meals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Free school meals % | Free school meals Pupils | No free school meals % | No free school meals Pupils |
| All | 27.8 | 88,666 | 54.0 | 473,328 |
| Asian | 43.4 | 10,443 | 61.3 | 50,580 |
| Bangladeshi | 49.5 | 2,707 | 60.0 | 7,665 |
| Indian | 52.1 | 1,143 | 71.8 | 14,986 |
| Pakistani | 38.4 | 5,162 | 50.3 | 19,113 |
| Asian other | 42.9 | 1,431 | 68.6 | 8,816 |
| Black | 35.4 | 8,265 | 49.5 | 24,670 |
| Black African | 40.2 | 5,153 | 54.1 | 16,146 |
| Black Caribbean | 25.0 | 2,039 | 38.5 | 5,339 |
| Black other | 32.4 | 1,073 | 44.8 | 3,185 |
| Chinese | 72.9 | 140 | 80.2 | 1,819 |
| Mixed | 29.8 | 6,321 | 55.8 | 23,160 |
| Mixed White/Asian | 34.0 | 1,062 | 66.0 | 5,592 |
| Mixed White/Black African | 34.6 | 832 | 54.8 | 2,874 |
| Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 23.0 | 2,244 | 43.2 | 5,784 |
| Mixed other | 33.1 | 2,183 | 57.9 | 8,910 |
| White | 23.2 | 59,303 | 53.4 | 357,201 |
| White British | 22.7 | 55,375 | 53.7 | 327,646 |
| White Irish | 29.6 | 223 | 65.0 | 1,425 |
| Gypsy/Roma | 5.4 | 497 | 9.6 | 857 |
| Irish Traveller | 10.1 | 89 | 32.4 | 71 |
| White other | 33.8 | 3,119 | 50.4 | 27,202 |
| Other | 39.4 | 2,783 | 54.5 | 7,739 |
| Unknown | 26.5 | 1,411 | 40.3 | 8,159 |
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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:
- 27.8% got a grade 5 or above, compared with 54.1% of non-eligible pupils
- in every ethnic group, they were less likely to get a grade 5 or above than non-eligible pupils
- 72.9% of pupils from the Chinese ethnic group got a grade 5 or above – the highest percentage out of all groups
- 5.4% of White Gypsy and Roma pupils got a grade 5 or above – the lowest percentage out of all groups
- the biggest gap was in the White Irish ethnic group – 29.6% got a grade 5 or above, compared with 65.0% 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 16.8 | 82,093 | 55.8 | 477,952 | 20.5 | 60,251 | 6.5 | 21,842 |
| Asian | 17.3 | 6,189 | 62.9 | 54,832 | 21.1 | 4,432 | 7.5 | 1,757 |
| Black | 12.6 | 4,532 | 51.3 | 28,402 | 16.0 | 3,222 | 4.4 | 1,310 |
| Chinese | 38.3 | 120 | 82.3 | 1,839 | 44.9 | 78 | 26.2 | 42 |
| Mixed | 16.8 | 4,292 | 55.9 | 25,185 | 20.5 | 3,153 | 6.6 | 1,139 |
| White | 17.0 | 64,654 | 55.0 | 351,792 | 20.7 | 47,662 | 6.5 | 16,992 |
| Other | 17.7 | 1,175 | 54.6 | 9,345 | 20.9 | 885 | 7.9 | 290 |
| Unknown | 15.8 | 1,131 | 50.3 | 6,557 | 19.0 | 819 | 7.4 | 312 |
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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:
- 16.8% got a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, compared with 55.8% of pupils without special education needs
- 38.3% from the Chinese ethnic group got a grade 5 or above – the highest percentage out of all groups
- 12.6% of Black pupils got a grade 5 or above – the lowest percentage out of all groups
7. By ethnicity and local authority
| All | Asian | Black | Chinese | Mixed | White | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | All % | All Pupils | Asian % | Asian Pupils | Black % | Black Pupils | Chinese % | Chinese Pupils | Mixed % | Mixed Pupils | White % | White Pupils |
| All - England | 49.9 | 561,994 | 58.3 | 61,023 | 46.0 | 32,935 | 79.6 | 1,959 | 50.2 | 29,481 | 49.1 | 416,504 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 47.2 | 2,525 | 63.6 | 555 | 49.8 | 733 | 80.0 | 10 | 34.6 | 211 | 38.7 | 936 |
| Barnet | 67.9 | 4,010 | 84.3 | 560 | 56.1 | 513 | 95.2 | 42 | 68.6 | 405 | 67.8 | 1,951 |
| Barnsley | 48.0 | 2,303 | 77.8 | 9 | 25.0 | 16 | 50.0 | 2 | 54.9 | 51 | 50.9 | 2,082 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 54.2 | 2,166 | 66.7 | 30 | 41.7 | 24 | 100.0 | 4 | 46.4 | 112 | 55.2 | 1,845 |
| Bedford | 43.4 | 1,943 | 41.6 | 286 | 40.4 | 136 | 75.0 | 4 | 37.5 | 160 | 44.3 | 1,308 |
| Bexley | 55.9 | 3,150 | 75.9 | 266 | 62.5 | 662 | 90.3 | 31 | 59.1 | 208 | 49.5 | 1,888 |
| Birmingham | 47.5 | 13,973 | 51.1 | 5,440 | 40.0 | 1,888 | 81.1 | 53 | 44.5 | 1,079 | 47.6 | 4,464 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 50.1 | 1,968 | 60.8 | 905 | 33.3 | 18 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1 | 39.6 | 53 | 40.6 | 951 |
| Blackpool | 32.5 | 1,271 | 51.7 | 29 | 0.0 | 5 | 75.0 | 4 | 30.2 | 53 | 32.1 | 1,173 |
| Bolton | 46.9 | 3,549 | 54.6 | 875 | 37.3 | 204 | 87.5 | 8 | 38.3 | 141 | 45.3 | 2,262 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 59.2 | 3,572 | 76.5 | 98 | 55.0 | 20 | 83.3 | 18 | 60.3 | 146 | 59.4 | 3,124 |
| Bracknell Forest | 48.8 | 1,219 | 68.3 | 60 | 38.5 | 39 | 60.0 | 5 | 40.0 | 55 | 48.4 | 1,053 |
| Bradford | 41.9 | 6,391 | 44.4 | 2,853 | 29.6 | 135 | 100.0 | 5 | 38.4 | 281 | 40.4 | 2,928 |
| Brent | 56.5 | 3,078 | 61.4 | 927 | 46.1 | 687 | 50.0 | 4 | 56.8 | 220 | 49.9 | 547 |
| Brighton and Hove | 53.0 | 2,275 | 51.3 | 78 | 31.7 | 41 | 72.7 | 11 | 56.9 | 216 | 52.8 | 1,839 |
| Bristol, City of | 46.1 | 3,481 | 52.4 | 313 | 34.1 | 408 | 83.3 | 12 | 42.9 | 280 | 47.9 | 2,361 |
| Bromley | 56.9 | 3,411 | 79.9 | 254 | 56.4 | 362 | 92.5 | 40 | 53.7 | 341 | 54.7 | 2,314 |
| Buckinghamshire | 64.9 | 5,981 | 69.2 | 1,229 | 58.1 | 186 | 90.0 | 30 | 59.7 | 360 | 64.2 | 4,080 |
| Bury | 44.8 | 2,174 | 46.6 | 322 | 34.8 | 66 | 62.5 | 8 | 43.9 | 107 | 44.7 | 1,629 |
| Calderdale | 53.8 | 2,634 | 54.5 | 455 | 56.5 | 23 | 100.0 | 4 | 56.1 | 114 | 53.3 | 2,010 |
| Cambridgeshire | 51.2 | 5,826 | 64.2 | 190 | 51.7 | 87 | 89.7 | 29 | 56.4 | 287 | 50.3 | 5,072 |
| Camden | 53.5 | 1,573 | 47.4 | 304 | 47.9 | 353 | 75.0 | 4 | 57.5 | 181 | 59.8 | 567 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 47.7 | 2,732 | 60.7 | 61 | 40.6 | 64 | 77.8 | 9 | 55.7 | 140 | 47.1 | 2,370 |
| Cheshire East | 53.2 | 3,803 | 67.6 | 68 | 50.0 | 16 | 71.4 | 14 | 43.8 | 105 | 53.4 | 3,541 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 50.4 | 3,551 | 63.8 | 47 | 58.3 | 12 | 84.6 | 13 | 51.4 | 72 | 50.0 | 3,380 |
| Cornwall | 44.9 | 5,233 | 55.6 | 9 | 33.3 | 9 | 77.8 | 9 | 43.0 | 107 | 44.9 | 5,023 |
| County Durham | 47.4 | 5,017 | 71.0 | 31 | 41.7 | 12 | 90.0 | 10 | 61.2 | 67 | 48.0 | 4,758 |
| Coventry | 44.8 | 3,766 | 56.3 | 789 | 42.2 | 427 | 66.7 | 9 | 41.7 | 192 | 41.6 | 2,255 |
| Croydon | 48.9 | 3,755 | 67.0 | 488 | 40.6 | 1,173 | 82.4 | 17 | 48.7 | 638 | 49.9 | 1,269 |
| Cumbria | 48.5 | 5,109 | 65.6 | 32 | 45.5 | 11 | 61.5 | 13 | 46.2 | 78 | 48.6 | 4,771 |
| Darlington | 51.2 | 1,170 | 64.3 | 28 | 50.0 | 6 | 60.0 | 5 | 40.6 | 32 | 50.8 | 1,074 |
| Derby | 42.8 | 2,979 | 47.6 | 548 | 34.2 | 114 | 87.5 | 8 | 39.3 | 206 | 42.3 | 2,030 |
| Derbyshire | 50.2 | 7,282 | 55.8 | 86 | 63.9 | 36 | 76.5 | 17 | 49.2 | 177 | 50.1 | 6,919 |
| Devon | 48.7 | 6,895 | 74.3 | 35 | 47.1 | 17 | 73.3 | 15 | 50.7 | 138 | 48.6 | 6,446 |
| Doncaster | 45.8 | 3,055 | 53.9 | 89 | 45.7 | 46 | 50.0 | 6 | 40.7 | 91 | 45.8 | 2,773 |
| Dorset | 48.6 | 3,559 | 52.2 | 23 | 20.0 | 10 | 50.0 | 2 | 57.7 | 71 | 48.6 | 3,409 |
| Dudley | 43.8 | 3,309 | 43.2 | 317 | 34.9 | 106 | 75.0 | 4 | 44.8 | 203 | 44.5 | 2,586 |
| Ealing | 58.1 | 3,043 | 58.7 | 940 | 53.2 | 528 | 86.7 | 15 | 60.6 | 221 | 62.4 | 812 |
| East Midlands | 48.2 | 48,542 | 56.1 | 4,326 | 42.5 | 1,619 | 83.3 | 120 | 44.9 | 2,288 | 47.9 | 39,187 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 50.5 | 3,227 | 75.0 | 12 | 60.0 | 5 | N/A* | 0 | 46.1 | 76 | 50.7 | 3,086 |
| East Sussex | 47.4 | 4,815 | 66.7 | 78 | 23.5 | 34 | 57.1 | 7 | 48.3 | 232 | 47.3 | 4,376 |
| East of England | 50.1 | 63,682 | 60.7 | 4,309 | 52.9 | 2,354 | 83.8 | 235 | 52.1 | 3,334 | 48.9 | 51,830 |
| Enfield | 49.6 | 3,767 | 72.2 | 316 | 44.9 | 963 | 54.5 | 11 | 56.8 | 336 | 46.9 | 1,798 |
| Essex | 47.8 | 15,188 | 79.8 | 425 | 55.8 | 565 | 83.9 | 62 | 52.2 | 657 | 45.9 | 13,102 |
| Gateshead | 48.4 | 1,935 | 71.7 | 53 | 44.8 | 29 | 88.9 | 9 | 55.9 | 34 | 47.4 | 1,781 |
| Gloucestershire | 54.9 | 6,359 | 77.6 | 196 | 49.4 | 87 | 70.6 | 17 | 53.2 | 265 | 54.3 | 5,650 |
| Greenwich | 50.7 | 2,448 | 62.3 | 191 | 51.7 | 799 | 85.7 | 21 | 48.5 | 237 | 47.4 | 1,114 |
| Hackney | 53.8 | 2,286 | 61.8 | 283 | 42.2 | 869 | 68.8 | 16 | 60.7 | 206 | 61.2 | 743 |
| Halton | 41.8 | 1,448 | 80.0 | 5 | 50.0 | 2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1 | 59.4 | 32 | 40.4 | 1,373 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 62.0 | 1,458 | 65.6 | 128 | 50.8 | 315 | 66.7 | 9 | 50.3 | 183 | 70.8 | 612 |
| Hampshire | 51.1 | 12,987 | 62.1 | 322 | 47.5 | 122 | 94.3 | 35 | 53.9 | 427 | 50.8 | 11,875 |
| Haringey | 50.9 | 2,484 | 66.5 | 173 | 41.7 | 617 | 58.3 | 12 | 52.3 | 283 | 54.0 | 1,136 |
| Harrow | 55.7 | 2,334 | 66.4 | 1,068 | 39.2 | 296 | 66.7 | 12 | 53.6 | 181 | 48.8 | 627 |
| Hartlepool | 45.1 | 1,041 | 39.4 | 33 | 33.3 | 6 | 80.0 | 5 | 38.5 | 13 | 45.4 | 976 |
| Havering | 54.6 | 2,842 | 63.6 | 154 | 52.7 | 368 | 92.3 | 13 | 55.5 | 146 | 54.4 | 2,094 |
| Herefordshire, County of | 50.7 | 1,773 | 100.0 | 7 | 66.7 | 3 | N/A* | 0 | 60.0 | 35 | 50.3 | 1,709 |
| Hertfordshire | 58.5 | 13,200 | 72.7 | 1,107 | 51.9 | 611 | 87.1 | 62 | 58.6 | 899 | 57.2 | 10,277 |
| Hillingdon | 55.1 | 3,301 | 65.5 | 870 | 51.0 | 398 | 71.4 | 7 | 51.7 | 352 | 49.6 | 1,374 |
| Hounslow | 55.0 | 2,916 | 65.1 | 883 | 47.1 | 365 | 100.0 | 6 | 52.7 | 262 | 54.1 | 958 |
| Inner London | 53.4 | 28,132 | 60.5 | 5,998 | 45.7 | 8,158 | 73.4 | 173 | 53.7 | 2,927 | 56.5 | 7,912 |
| Isle of Wight | 41.2 | 1,187 | 50.0 | 6 | 50.0 | 2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1 | 43.6 | 39 | 40.9 | 1,126 |
| Isles of Scilly | withheld to protect confidentiality | 18 | N/A* | 0 | N/A* | 0 | N/A* | 0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 16 |
| Islington | 50.5 | 1,471 | 62.8 | 164 | 45.5 | 404 | 83.3 | 6 | 49.3 | 213 | 50.0 | 546 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 64.3 | 899 | 73.2 | 41 | 50.3 | 161 | 100.0 | 4 | 60.3 | 141 | 69.4 | 359 |
| Kent | 52.1 | 16,378 | 78.0 | 714 | 67.4 | 549 | 85.7 | 63 | 60.2 | 825 | 49.8 | 13,827 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 39.9 | 2,681 | 64.0 | 25 | 40.9 | 44 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1 | 56.6 | 76 | 41.3 | 2,289 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 65.2 | 1,767 | 79.1 | 417 | 43.2 | 81 | 93.8 | 16 | 69.8 | 182 | 59.7 | 936 |
| Kirklees | 48.1 | 4,963 | 49.9 | 1,343 | 28.6 | 84 | 83.3 | 6 | 43.2 | 285 | 48.5 | 3,157 |
| Knowsley | 26.5 | 1,051 | 70.0 | 10 | 25.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 2 | 26.7 | 15 | 26.0 | 1,002 |
| Lambeth | 47.3 | 2,250 | 64.0 | 111 | 44.7 | 1,079 | 66.7 | 15 | 48.0 | 273 | 49.5 | 568 |
| Lancashire | 49.0 | 12,640 | 50.0 | 1,431 | 47.9 | 48 | 77.8 | 36 | 44.6 | 325 | 49.0 | 10,599 |
| Leeds | 46.7 | 8,219 | 47.4 | 1,002 | 37.7 | 607 | 74.2 | 31 | 41.5 | 453 | 49.3 | 5,717 |
| Leicester | 42.3 | 3,898 | 50.4 | 1,834 | 41.8 | 462 | 100.0 | 6 | 37.1 | 256 | 31.3 | 1,204 |
| Leicestershire | 50.9 | 7,413 | 70.3 | 609 | 51.2 | 84 | 73.3 | 15 | 53.6 | 317 | 48.8 | 6,294 |
| Lewisham | 45.7 | 2,305 | 50.8 | 130 | 40.7 | 998 | 70.4 | 27 | 50.2 | 313 | 50.1 | 674 |
| Lincolnshire | 49.4 | 7,710 | 85.3 | 143 | 70.0 | 30 | 70.4 | 27 | 55.8 | 208 | 48.8 | 7,090 |
| Liverpool | 44.1 | 4,848 | 67.5 | 160 | 41.2 | 177 | 79.2 | 48 | 46.6 | 277 | 43.1 | 3,953 |
| London | 55.4 | 83,129 | 65.7 | 17,721 | 47.5 | 17,847 | 81.9 | 518 | 54.2 | 8,088 | 54.6 | 31,819 |
| Luton | 43.4 | 2,754 | 48.6 | 1,274 | 47.3 | 311 | 100.0 | 4 | 35.7 | 207 | 36.4 | 879 |
| Manchester | 43.0 | 5,483 | 49.8 | 1,323 | 43.7 | 993 | 65.7 | 35 | 39.6 | 512 | 39.4 | 2,194 |
| Medway | 49.0 | 3,091 | 77.5 | 178 | 69.5 | 223 | 75.0 | 8 | 56.4 | 181 | 44.6 | 2,457 |
| Merton | 54.5 | 1,555 | 63.6 | 275 | 43.1 | 276 | 57.1 | 7 | 46.7 | 210 | 57.6 | 728 |
| Middlesbrough | 42.0 | 1,532 | 48.4 | 188 | 31.8 | 22 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1 | 46.9 | 64 | 40.8 | 1,198 |
| Milton Keynes | 42.5 | 3,128 | 55.8 | 351 | 37.5 | 491 | 61.5 | 13 | 41.5 | 224 | 41.6 | 1,992 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 46.4 | 2,548 | 46.5 | 288 | 36.9 | 111 | 60.0 | 15 | 62.8 | 94 | 46.4 | 1,943 |
| Newham | 54.0 | 4,079 | 61.6 | 1,941 | 47.7 | 948 | 71.4 | 14 | 49.6 | 242 | 44.4 | 662 |
| Norfolk | 48.1 | 7,974 | 64.4 | 118 | 56.5 | 69 | 55.0 | 20 | 51.3 | 228 | 47.6 | 7,368 |
| North East | 47.3 | 26,395 | 53.3 | 989 | 41.7 | 252 | 73.2 | 71 | 55.1 | 563 | 47.2 | 23,956 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 38.5 | 1,742 | 38.5 | 13 | 33.3 | 6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1 | 41.4 | 29 | 45.1 | 1,357 |
| North Lincolnshire | 48.7 | 1,925 | 57.1 | 77 | 40.0 | 5 | 66.7 | 3 | 44.0 | 25 | 48.3 | 1,718 |
| North Somerset | 49.9 | 2,200 | 61.1 | 36 | 50.0 | 20 | 75.0 | 8 | 47.5 | 59 | 49.9 | 2,058 |
| North Tyneside | 46.9 | 1,945 | 41.5 | 41 | 40.0 | 15 | 63.6 | 11 | 50.9 | 53 | 47.0 | 1,792 |
| North West | 47.4 | 77,572 | 52.7 | 8,034 | 43.5 | 2,194 | 76.8 | 306 | 45.4 | 2,984 | 47.1 | 61,944 |
| North Yorkshire | 53.8 | 6,174 | 66.7 | 147 | 30.8 | 26 | 76.9 | 13 | 59.9 | 142 | 53.5 | 5,739 |
| Northamptonshire | 46.7 | 7,773 | 63.1 | 374 | 43.7 | 410 | 92.0 | 25 | 43.9 | 424 | 46.1 | 6,423 |
| Northumberland | 48.9 | 3,138 | 56.5 | 46 | 50.0 | 2 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 4 | 56.1 | 41 | 48.7 | 3,017 |
| Nottingham | 39.2 | 2,896 | 49.8 | 520 | 36.9 | 358 | 85.7 | 7 | 32.0 | 347 | 37.4 | 1,521 |
| Nottinghamshire | 51.2 | 8,094 | 70.6 | 211 | 46.2 | 119 | 100.0 | 14 | 50.9 | 340 | 50.9 | 7,236 |
| Oldham | 38.8 | 3,128 | 36.3 | 992 | 36.5 | 96 | 25.0 | 4 | 35.6 | 118 | 41.0 | 1,825 |
| Outer London | 56.5 | 54,997 | 68.3 | 11,723 | 49.0 | 9,689 | 86.1 | 345 | 54.5 | 5,161 | 54.0 | 23,907 |
| Oxfordshire | 52.0 | 6,316 | 49.1 | 340 | 42.0 | 157 | 56.3 | 16 | 48.4 | 382 | 53.1 | 5,212 |
| Peterborough | 40.4 | 2,549 | 43.1 | 443 | 41.0 | 83 | 100.0 | 9 | 37.3 | 153 | 40.0 | 1,801 |
| Plymouth | 47.1 | 2,623 | 66.7 | 24 | 30.4 | 23 | 45.5 | 11 | 55.6 | 72 | 47.2 | 2,425 |
| Portsmouth | 43.3 | 1,839 | 69.7 | 109 | 39.6 | 48 | 71.4 | 7 | 48.7 | 78 | 41.4 | 1,536 |
| Reading | 54.3 | 1,360 | 71.1 | 304 | 35.8 | 120 | 77.8 | 9 | 48.5 | 136 | 51.0 | 734 |
| Redbridge | 62.0 | 3,815 | 70.0 | 2,015 | 46.7 | 497 | 85.7 | 21 | 55.2 | 306 | 54.6 | 889 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 50.0 | 1,600 | 69.6 | 23 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 47.8 | 23 | 50.0 | 1,529 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 63.5 | 1,667 | 69.6 | 125 | 38.0 | 79 | 100.0 | 14 | 57.8 | 161 | 65.0 | 1,220 |
| Rochdale | 42.0 | 2,519 | 46.2 | 624 | 41.8 | 110 | N/A* | 0 | 41.9 | 136 | 40.7 | 1,598 |
| Rotherham | 45.3 | 3,193 | 46.0 | 252 | 41.8 | 55 | 100.0 | 5 | 46.3 | 80 | 45.3 | 2,776 |
| Rutland | 64.8 | 497 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1 | 50.0 | 6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1 | 61.5 | 13 | 65.3 | 470 |
| Salford | 37.3 | 2,292 | 66.0 | 50 | 45.5 | 132 | 25.0 | 4 | 38.4 | 138 | 35.7 | 1,880 |
| Sandwell | 38.0 | 3,773 | 45.9 | 1,044 | 31.5 | 371 | 71.4 | 7 | 36.9 | 290 | 35.3 | 1,880 |
| Sefton | 44.7 | 2,945 | 67.7 | 31 | 35.7 | 14 | 83.3 | 6 | 42.3 | 71 | 46.2 | 2,682 |
| Sheffield | 46.4 | 5,567 | 46.8 | 645 | 42.0 | 283 | 60.0 | 25 | 36.7 | 357 | 47.8 | 3,987 |
| Shropshire | 47.5 | 2,910 | 43.8 | 16 | 30.0 | 10 | 66.7 | 6 | 42.2 | 64 | 47.9 | 2,774 |
| Slough | 60.6 | 1,958 | 70.8 | 989 | 51.6 | 159 | 100.0 | 6 | 57.0 | 172 | 44.8 | 522 |
| Solihull | 51.6 | 3,029 | 60.4 | 361 | 35.6 | 104 | 37.5 | 8 | 46.2 | 223 | 51.4 | 2,265 |
| Somerset | 45.2 | 4,950 | 64.3 | 70 | 28.6 | 21 | 57.1 | 7 | 44.1 | 118 | 45.1 | 4,680 |
| South East | 52.4 | 88,737 | 66.6 | 6,440 | 50.8 | 2,703 | 82.5 | 285 | 54.3 | 4,742 | 51.0 | 72,525 |
| South Gloucestershire | 49.0 | 2,553 | 48.6 | 74 | 38.5 | 52 | 71.4 | 7 | 45.3 | 117 | 49.7 | 2,248 |
| South Tyneside | 42.5 | 1,639 | 55.7 | 61 | 33.3 | 6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1 | 48.0 | 25 | 43.9 | 1,455 |
| South West | 49.9 | 52,331 | 60.3 | 1,237 | 37.0 | 819 | 74.2 | 132 | 50.2 | 1,811 | 50.0 | 46,820 |
| Southampton | 40.7 | 2,154 | 52.4 | 229 | 48.1 | 77 | 87.5 | 8 | 37.1 | 124 | 38.5 | 1,671 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 60.0 | 2,239 | 80.7 | 218 | 77.7 | 175 | 90.5 | 21 | 64.6 | 127 | 57.6 | 1,576 |
| Southwark | 53.4 | 2,659 | 60.2 | 128 | 49.1 | 1,197 | 79.3 | 29 | 56.8 | 322 | 56.7 | 704 |
| St. Helens | 44.2 | 1,889 | 50.0 | 12 | 36.4 | 11 | 75.0 | 4 | 32.4 | 34 | 45.9 | 1,750 |
| Staffordshire | 46.3 | 8,864 | 49.6 | 345 | 35.1 | 57 | 72.0 | 25 | 44.7 | 253 | 46.2 | 8,076 |
| Stockport | 54.0 | 2,808 | 60.9 | 184 | 43.2 | 37 | 61.5 | 13 | 56.1 | 132 | 53.5 | 2,387 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 52.0 | 2,032 | 66.7 | 90 | 70.8 | 24 | 50.0 | 4 | 63.4 | 71 | 50.6 | 1,823 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 41.9 | 2,578 | 45.3 | 373 | 32.6 | 89 | 71.4 | 7 | 32.7 | 110 | 42.1 | 1,948 |
| Suffolk | 46.8 | 7,413 | 66.7 | 114 | 42.3 | 71 | 66.7 | 6 | 48.1 | 339 | 46.8 | 6,674 |
| Sunderland | 45.4 | 2,798 | 54.2 | 107 | 44.4 | 18 | 100.0 | 4 | 54.3 | 46 | 44.7 | 2,610 |
| Surrey | 57.7 | 10,734 | 66.9 | 706 | 55.2 | 210 | 87.9 | 33 | 61.5 | 598 | 56.6 | 8,905 |
| Sutton | 67.2 | 2,920 | 88.7 | 697 | 62.7 | 271 | 88.9 | 45 | 65.3 | 277 | 57.7 | 1,531 |
| Swindon | 48.4 | 2,184 | 45.5 | 233 | 40.0 | 65 | 100.0 | 4 | 59.6 | 109 | 48.4 | 1,709 |
| Tameside | 47.1 | 2,668 | 51.8 | 313 | 38.3 | 60 | 50.0 | 2 | 40.7 | 113 | 46.9 | 2,137 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 45.9 | 2,051 | 54.5 | 145 | 41.8 | 67 | 83.3 | 12 | 48.4 | 95 | 45.0 | 1,719 |
| Thurrock | 48.3 | 1,864 | 74.0 | 73 | 55.5 | 182 | 88.9 | 9 | 53.3 | 137 | 45.3 | 1,403 |
| Torbay | 55.1 | 1,617 | 80.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 3 | 83.3 | 6 | 56.5 | 46 | 57.9 | 1,389 |
| Tower Hamlets | 51.3 | 3,082 | 57.9 | 2,025 | 45.2 | 325 | 66.7 | 9 | 46.4 | 140 | 37.8 | 307 |
| Trafford | 68.4 | 3,029 | 79.4 | 432 | 67.8 | 121 | 94.5 | 55 | 68.9 | 222 | 65.4 | 2,116 |
| Wakefield | 49.5 | 3,715 | 52.3 | 153 | 39.2 | 51 | 76.9 | 13 | 55.6 | 108 | 49.4 | 3,363 |
| Walsall | 40.9 | 3,382 | 54.8 | 721 | 41.5 | 188 | 75.0 | 12 | 35.1 | 185 | 36.8 | 2,184 |
| Waltham Forest | 49.5 | 2,693 | 56.2 | 722 | 44.4 | 638 | 69.2 | 13 | 42.7 | 267 | 50.7 | 921 |
| Wandsworth | 56.2 | 1,865 | 68.0 | 353 | 44.0 | 500 | 88.9 | 9 | 53.5 | 230 | 62.9 | 630 |
| Warrington | 54.3 | 2,418 | 63.3 | 49 | 33.3 | 12 | 100.0 | 10 | 47.9 | 71 | 54.6 | 2,218 |
| Warwickshire | 55.6 | 5,990 | 76.4 | 318 | 56.6 | 76 | 86.7 | 15 | 55.5 | 247 | 54.5 | 5,238 |
| West Berkshire | 53.1 | 1,856 | 56.8 | 44 | 33.3 | 30 | 88.9 | 9 | 46.1 | 89 | 53.9 | 1,638 |
| West Midlands | 46.7 | 64,062 | 52.2 | 10,857 | 39.1 | 3,750 | 75.9 | 170 | 43.6 | 3,461 | 46.4 | 43,800 |
| West Sussex | 49.5 | 8,199 | 61.3 | 357 | 36.2 | 127 | 78.9 | 19 | 50.6 | 352 | 49.1 | 7,194 |
| Westminster | 63.1 | 1,721 | 72.4 | 217 | 55.4 | 392 | 78.9 | 19 | 67.5 | 200 | 70.0 | 404 |
| Wigan | 48.0 | 3,482 | 46.2 | 39 | 45.5 | 33 | 60.0 | 5 | 52.2 | 69 | 48.0 | 3,296 |
| Wiltshire | 50.8 | 4,921 | 67.9 | 81 | 30.0 | 60 | 75.0 | 12 | 51.2 | 170 | 51.1 | 4,437 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 54.3 | 1,585 | 54.9 | 184 | 50.0 | 26 | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1 | 51.8 | 137 | 55.1 | 1,202 |
| Wirral | 50.5 | 3,499 | 77.2 | 101 | 66.7 | 12 | 70.0 | 20 | 57.3 | 110 | 49.1 | 3,227 |
| Wokingham | 60.4 | 1,675 | 71.6 | 162 | 46.8 | 62 | 100.0 | 4 | 65.2 | 115 | 58.8 | 1,286 |
| Wolverhampton | 44.5 | 3,023 | 55.6 | 775 | 38.0 | 332 | 66.7 | 6 | 35.4 | 297 | 42.3 | 1,543 |
| Worcestershire | 48.0 | 5,641 | 52.9 | 206 | 37.5 | 32 | 100.0 | 6 | 52.7 | 188 | 47.6 | 5,159 |
| York | 56.4 | 1,755 | 62.9 | 35 | 45.5 | 11 | 71.4 | 7 | 73.8 | 42 | 55.9 | 1,641 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 47.5 | 57,544 | 47.9 | 7,110 | 38.0 | 1,397 | 73.8 | 122 | 44.9 | 2,210 | 48.6 | 44,623 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity and local authority’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity and local authority’ (CSV)
Summary of GCSE English and maths results By ethnicity and local authority Summary
The data only includes figures based on high enough pupil numbers to make reliable generalisations.
The data shows that:
- Trafford had the highest percentage of pupils getting a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (68.4%)
- Knowsley had the lowest percentage of pupils getting a grade 5 or above (26.5%)
- Hammersmith and Fulham had the highest percentage of White pupils getting a grade 5 or above (70.8%) – Knowsley had the lowest percentage (26.0%)
8. Data sources
Source
Key stage 4 performance: academic year 2019/20
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
GCSE English and maths - National data - 2019/20
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GCSE English and maths - local authority data - 2019/20
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