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This report looks at the provision of GCSE subjects in England in 2022. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England" service. The dataset consisted of Key Stage 4 (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, was also available. The report presents only the provision of GCSE subjects in schools with students taking GCSEs in 2022. Only GCSEs (9-1) full course (both single and double award) were counted for this report. Schools with at least 10 students taking GCSEs were included in the analysis. In this report, the level of provision is presented by the following school classifications: school type, school attainment, school deprivation level, school sex composition, and school size.

This report looks at the provision of A level subjects in England in 2022. Provision in a subject is defined as the number or percentage of schools with at least one student taking the subject. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England" service. The dataset consisted of Key Stage 5 (KS5) results of all subjects provided by each school and college in England. Other school information, such as schools' sex composition, admissions policy, and the number of disadvantaged pupils at the end of KS5, was also available. The level of provision is presented by the following school classifications: school type, school attainment, school deprivation level, school sex composition, and school size.

This report is focused on the uptake of A level subjects in England in 2022. Uptake in an A level subject is defined as the number or percentage of students at the end of Key Stage 5 (who have entered for at least one AS or A level) taking the subject. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England" service. The dataset consisted of Key Stage 5 (KS5) results of 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 KS5, was also available. Only schools that had at least one student who sat for at least one A level subject in the 2021/2022 academic year were included. In this report, schools and colleges were classified into ten different school types: Academy (non-selective in highly-selective area (HSA)), Academy (other non-selective), Academy (selective), Academy (sixth form), Further Education (FE) College, Independent school, Sixth form college, Non-selective in HSA, Other non-selective, and Selective.

This report looks at the provision of GCSE subjects in England in 2021. Provision in a GCSE subject is defined as the number or percentage of schools with at least one student taking the subject. This may not cover all of the actual 'provision' since schools might offer to provide a subject, but none of their students wants to study it. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England" service. The dataset consisted of Key Stage 4 (KS4) entry numbers for all GCSE subjects in each school in England. Other school information, such as schools' sex composition, school type, and admissions policy were also available. However, some data (available in previous years) was not available in the 2021 dataset, including GCSE grades achieved and the percentage of disadvantaged students in each school. The decision was made to use data (for these tables only) from the 2019 data set. The report presents only the provision of GCSE subjects in schools with students taking GCSEs in 2021. Only GCSEs (9-1) full course (both single and double award) were counted for this report. Schools with at least 10 students taking GCSEs were included in the analysis. In this report, the level of provision is presented by the following school classifications: school type, school attainment, school deprivation level, school sex composition, and school size. However, it should be noted that the analysis is at the simplest level and takes no account of interactions between these classifications.

This report is focused on the uptake of GCSE subjects in England in 2021. 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. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England" service. The data set consisted of KS4 entry numbers in all GCSE subjects in England. Other school information, such as schools' sex composition, school type, and admissions policy, was also available. However, some data (available in previous years) was not available in the 2021 dataset, including GCSE grades achieved and the percentage of disadvantaged students in each school. This data was not available because the DfE did not want schools to be held to account for their students' performance in 2021 due to the disruption in learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This meant that the authors were not able to produce the tables in this report with breakdowns by school level attainment or deprivation using 2021 data. Instead, the decision was made to use data (for these tables only) from the 2019 data set. It was assumed that for most schools, the average attainment and the percentage of disadvantaged students would not change significantly in two years and so the 2019 data would be a reasonable proxy for 2021. Only GCSEs (9-1) full course (both single and double award) were counted for this report. GCSE uptake is presented by the following school classifications: school type, school attainment, school deprivation level, and school sex composition.

This report is focused on the uptake of GCSE subjects in England in 2022. 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. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England" service. 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. In this report, GCSE uptake is presented by the following school classifications: school type, school attainment, school deprivation level, and school sex composition.

This report looks at the provision of A level subjects in England in 2021. Provision in a subject is defined as the number or percentage of schools with at least one student taking the subject. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England" service and the dataset consisted of Key Stage 5 (KS5) entry numbers for all subjects provided in each school and college in England. Provision of other qualifications (e.g., Pre-U, International Baccalaureate, Cambridge Technicals, BTECs, etc.) was not investigated. The level of provision is presented by the following school classifications: school type, school attainment, school deprivation level, school sex composition, and school size.

This report looks at the provision of A level subjects in England in 2019. Provision in a subject is defined as the number or percentage of schools with at least one student taking the subject. It could be argued that this may not cover all of the 'provision' since schools might offer to provide a subject, but none of their students wants to study it. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England" service. The dataset consisted of Key Stage 5 (KS5) results of all subjects provided by each school and college in England. Other school information, such as schools' sex composition, admissions policy, and the number of disadvantaged pupils at the end of KS5 were also available. The level of provision is presented by the following school classifications: school type, school attainment, school deprivation level, school sex composition, and school size. However, it should be noted that the analysis is at the simplest level and takes no account of interactions between these classifications. [For "Provision of GCE A Level Subjects in 2018. Statistics Report Series No. 130," see ED629482.]

This report looks at the provision of A level subjects in England in 2018. Provision in a subject is defined as the number or percentage of schools with at least one student taking the subject. It could be argued that this may not cover all of the 'provision' since schools might offer to provide a subject, but none of their students wants to study it. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England" service. The dataset consisted of Key Stage 5 (KS5) results of all subjects provided by each school and college in England. Other school information, such as schools' sex composition, admissions policy, and the number of disadvantaged pupils at the end of KS5 were also available. The level of provision is presented by the following school classifications: school type, school attainment, school deprivation level, school sex composition, and school size. However, it should be noted that the analysis is at the simplest level and takes no account of interactions between these classifications.