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\nAuthor contact details:  \nTim Gill  \nAssessment Research and Development Research Division  \nShaftesbury Road  \nCambridge CB2 8EA UK  \n[gill.tim@cambridge.org](gill.tim@cambridge.org)[ ](gill.tim@cambridge.org)[https://www.cambridge.org](https://www.cambridge.org)  \nAs a department of the university, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is respected and trusted worldwide, managing three world-class examination boards, and maintaining the highest standards in educational assessment and learning. We are a not-for-profit organisation.  \nCambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to making our documents accessible in accordance with the WCAG 2 . 1 Standard. We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of our documents. If you find any problems or you think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact our team: Research Division  \nIf you need this document in a different format contact us telling us your name, email address and requirements and we will respond within 15 working days.  \nHow to cite this publication  \nGill, T. (2025) . Uptake of GCSE subjects 2024 . Statistics Report Series No. 145. Cambridge University Press & Assessment.  \nIntroduction  \nThis report is focused on the uptake of GCSE subjects in England in 2024 . Uptake in a GCSE subject is defined as the number or percentage of students at the end of Key Stage 4 (KS4) taking the subject.  \nThis report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education’s (DfE)“Find and compare schools in England” service 1 . The dataset consisted of KS4 results in all subjects provided by each school in England. Other school information, such as schools’ sex composition, admissions policy, and the number of disadvantaged pupils at the end of KS4 were also available. Only GCSEs (9-1) full course (both single and double award) were counted for this report.  \nIn this report, GCSE uptake is presented by the following school classifications: school type, school attainment, school deprivation level, and school sex composition.  \nResults  \nTables 1 to 4 present the distribution of schools within each of the different school classifications. The total number of schools is not identical in each table, due to small amounts of missing or suppressed data within each classification. In certain circumstances, DfE suppressed some school data values to protect confidentiality and minimise identification risks. This usually happens when the measure covers only five or fewer students2 .  \nSchool type  \nGCSE qualifications are taught at several different types of school. Schools were assigned a school type based on their admissions policy and institution type as recorded in the dataset.  \nIn this report, schools were classified into seven different school types: Academy (nonselective in highly selective area (HSA)), Academy (other non-selective), Academy (selective), Independent school, Non-selective in highly selective area, Other non-selective, and Selective. Other non-maintained schools, such as special schools, were excluded.  \nTable 1 presents the number and percentage of students and schools in each school type.  \n1 This can be accessed here: [https://www.find-school-performance-data.service.gov.uk/](https://www.find-school-performance-data.service.gov.uk/)  \n2 The applied suppression rule was explained in the “abbreviations” file that accompanied the dataset. As stated in the file, different measures might have different rules applied.  \nTable 1 . GCSE students and schools, by school type.  \n\n| School type | N students | % students | N schools | % schools |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Academy (non-selective in HSA) | 33681 | 5.1 | 186 | 4.6 |\n| Academy (other non-selective) | 435224 | 65.8 | 2333 | 57.2 |\n| Academy (selective) | 23450 | 3.5 | 143 | 3.5 |\n| Independent | 53175 | 8.0 | 811 | 19.9 |\n| Non-selective in HSA | 4915 | 0.7 | 27 | 0.7","cbCaivwNGUH8y1gF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivwNGUH8y1gF","pdf",520661,13,"English","# Introduction\n## Data source and definitions\n## Results\n### School type\n### School attainment\n### School deprivation level","[{\"question\":\"How is GCSE subject uptake defined in this report?\",\"answer\":\"Uptake is defined as the number or percentage of students at the end of Key Stage 4 (KS4) taking the subject.\"},{\"question\":\"What data source is used to produce the report?\",\"answer\":\"The report is produced using publicly available Department for Education data from the “Find and compare schools in England” service, based on KS4 results by subject and available school information.\"},{\"question\":\"Which GCSE qualifications are counted?\",\"answer\":\"Only GCSE (9-1) full course qualifications are counted, including both single and double awards.\"}]","Uptake of GCSE subjects 2024 - Statistics Report Series No. 145 | PDF",1792046186,33]