What are the national trends in GCSE exam entries for languages?
There are two sources of exam entry data. Data covering school pupils in KS4 only which is released by the DFE annually in October and data covering all candidates which is released by the Joint Council for Qualifications immediately as the results come out in August. Both of these sources can be accessed below. All data (schools, colleges and adult entries in England, Wales & Northern Ireland): • National trends in GCSE entries 1995 to 2010, across all languages, all candidates, including school, college and adult entries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (xls, 29kb) (Joint Council for Qualifications, JCQ, data). • Separate data for England, Wales and Northern Ireland can be accessed in the downloadable pdf documents on the JCQ website. Scotland: Standard Grade entries in Scotland 2000 to 2010 (Scottish Qualifications Authority data, all entries, available from Scottish CILT) School pupil data: Key Stage 4 entries in England – NEW: CILT analysis of DCSF data: GCSE language entrie
