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The report compares provisional counts with summer 2022, highlighting changes across qualification types and examining GCSE entry growth by year group. It also provides breakdowns for GCSE EBacc and non-EBacc subjects and details percentage changes in key EBacc subject entries.","Cookies on GOV. UK  \nWe use some essential cookies to make this website work.  \nWe’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV. UK , remember your settings and improve government services .  \nWe also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services .  \nAccept additional cookies  \nReject additional cookies  \nView cookies  \nGOV.UK  \n Menu  \nHome  Education, training and skills  School curriculum  Secondary curriculum, key stage 3 and key stage 4 (GCSEs)  \n Key stage 3 and 4 exam marking , qualifications and results  \n Provisional entries for GCSE , AS and A level: summer 2023 exam series  \nOfficial Statistics  \nProvisional entries for GCSE, AS and A level: summer 2023 exam series  \nPublished 1 June 2023  \nApplies to England  \nContents  \n1. Summer 2023 series  \n2. Key headlines  \n3. GCSE entries  \n4. AS and A level entries  \n5. Entries by centre type  \n6. Background information  \n7. User feedback  \n Print this page  \n1 . Summer 2023 series  \nThis report presents provisional figures for the number of entries for GCSEs , AS and A levels submitted by schools and colleges in England to exam boards by 20 April 2023 for qualifications which are to be awarded in summer 2023.  \nThese figures reflect the information submitted to exam boards at that time but numbers for final entries are always expected to vary to some degree .  \n2 . Key headlines  \nGCSE entries in summer 2023  \n5 , 543, 840  \nincreased by 3.6% from summer 2022  \nA level entries in summer 2023  \n806,410  \nincreased by 2.3% from summer 2022  \nAS entries in summer 2023  \n62, 785  \ndecreased by 2.0% from summer 2022  \nThe key headlines in provisional entries for GCSEs , AS and A levels for the summer 2023 series are:  \n GCSE entries have increased by 3.6% from 5 ,349 ,250 in summer 2022 to 5 ,543 ,840 in summer 2023  \n The proportion of entries by tier in tiered GCSE subjects are broadly similar in summer 2023 compared to summer 2022  \n A level entries have increased by 2.3% from 788 , 125 in summer 2022 to 806 ,410 in summer 2023  \n AS entries have decreased by 2.0% from 64 ,080 in summer 2022 to 62 ,785 in summer 2023  \n3 . GCSE entries  \nThe overall entry for GCSEs has increased by 3.6% from 5 ,349 ,250 in summer 2022 to 5 ,543 ,840 in summer 2023. The overall entries for GCSEs have been slowly but steadily increasing for the past five years .  \nTable 1. GCSE entries from summer 2019 to summer 2023  \nYear group Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer  \n2019 2020 2021 2022 2023  \n\n| Year 10 and below | 127 ,240 | 124 ,310 | 95 ,580 | 107 ,400 | 99 ,780 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Year 11 | 4 ,657 , 115 | 4 ,756 , 135 | 4 ,847 , 140 | 4 ,928 ,640 | 5 ,090 , 115 |\n| Year 12 and above | 401 ,480 | 401 ,300 | 358 ,350 | 313 ,210 | 353 ,940 |\n| All year\u003Cbr>groups | 5 , 185 ,840 | 5 ,281 ,745 | 5 ,301 ,075 | 5 ,349 ,250 | 5 ,543 ,840 |\n\nThe majority of GCSE entries are from year 11 students . Entries from year 11 students are higher than at any time in the past 5 years . This can be partly due to a 10.4 % increase in the size of the population of those aged 16 over the last five years , from 613 ,025 in 2019 to 676 ,773 in 2023 according to ONS population estimates .  \nThe increase of 3.6% for GCSE entries in summer 2023 is reflected in a rise in entries for both  EBacc subjects and non-EBacc subjects .  \n\n| | | |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\nTable 2. GCSE entries for EBacc and non-EBacc subjects from summer 2019 to summer 2023  \nSubject grouping Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer  \n2019 2020 2021 2022 2023  \n\n| EBacc entries | 4 ,206 ,700 | 4 ,297 , 100 | 4 ,337 ,685 | 4 ,378 , 110 | 4 ,554 ,415 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Non-EBacc entries | 979 , 140 | 984 ,645 | 963 ,390 | 971 , 140 | 989 ,430 |\n| Percent EBaccentries | 81.1 % | 81.4 % | 81.8% | 81.8% | 82.2 % |\n| Percent nonEBacc entries | 18.9% | 18.6% | 18.2 % | 18.2 % | 17.8% |\n\n3 . 1 Change from previous year in GCSE entries for EBacc subjects  \nThe overall e","cbCaij6kJepUn5wn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij6kJepUn5wn","pdf",2272938,1,20,"English","en",105,"# Summer 2023 series\n## Key headlines\n# GCSE entries\n## Change from previous year in GCSE entries for EBacc subjects\n# AS and A level entries\n# Entries by centre type\n# Background information\n# User feedback","[{\"question\":\"What does the report cover for the summer 2023 exam 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