The table below gives the provisional GCSE results for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

There was an increase of 21,656 in the number of papers sat this year as opposed to last.

The results show increases in entries for design and technology, English literature, information technology, physical education and religious studies.

The numbers of entries in physics, chemistry and biology have also gone up.

The biggest fall in entries were in art, business studies, geography and home economics.

The table below shows a breakdown of grades and entries for each subject.

After the name of each subject is the number of entries. The next line shows the proportions awarded pass grades A* to G, and grade U (fail). The figures in brackets are the equivalent provisional statistics from last year.

A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U
Art 199,208 (206,781)
7.5	14.3	19.6	24.6	15.4	10.1	5.7	2.1	0.7
(6.8)	(13.3)	(19.2)	(24.2)	(15.9)	(10.7)	(6.4)	(2.8)	(0.7)
Business Studies 98,787 (103,262)
2.6	9.2	15.2	26.5	18.2	12.5	8.0	4.6	3.2
(2.6)	(8.6)	(14.6)	(26.2)	(18.9)	(13.0)	(8.3)	(4.6)	(3.2)
Classical Civilisation 3,260 (3,529)
6.5	24.5	26.3	20.4	11.5	4.8	2.4	1.8	1.8
(7.0)	(22.8)	(26.2)	(21.7)	(12.7)	(4.6)	(2.2)	(1.3)	(1.5)
Design Technology 407,348 (385 057)
2.4	10.2	15.0	23.5	20.0	13.7	8.5	4.2	2.5
(2.3)	(9.7)	(14.3)	(23.4)	(19.4)	(14.4)	(9.1)	(4.6)	(2.8)
Drama 81,718 (83,090)
4.3	15.7	25.2	24.1	15.5	9.0	4.3	1.5	0.4
(3.9)	(16.1)	(25.7)	(23.6)	(15.3)	(9.1)	(4.1)	(1.7)	(0.5)
Economics 6,584 (7,430)
3.9	13.9	23.5	24.8	17.2	7.0	4.2	2.9	2.6
(3.8)	(13.1)	(22.0)	(24.6)	(17.5)	(8.3)	(4.6)	(2.9)	(3.2)
A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U
English 638,018 (637,748)
2.5	9.7	18.9	26.6	21.5	12.1	5.8	2.0	0.9
(2.4)	(9.1)	(17.9)	(27.1)	(21.5)	(12.4)	(6.4)	(2.2)	(1.0)
English Literature 501,951 (490,845)
3.6	11.5	21.8	26.3	17.2	10.7	5.5	2.2	1.2
(3.6)	(10.6)	(19.7)	(27.8)	(18.2)	(11.3)	(5.3)	(2.2)	(1.3)
French 335,816 (335,698)
6.4	11.7	14.4	19.9	18.7	14.5	9.5	4.3	0.6
(6.3)	(11.9)	(13.9)	(18.6)	(19.2)	(15.2)	(9.6)	(4.6)	(0.7)
Geography 257,294 (265,573)
4.8	12.6	16.7	23.3	17.7	11.7	7.4	3.6	2.2
(4.6)	(12.2)	(16.6)	(22.8)	(18.1)	(12.4)	(7.7)	(3.6)	(2.0)
German 135,158 (133,683)
6.6	12.5	16.0	21.7	17.9	12.4	8.3	4.0	0.6
(7.0)	(13.0)	(16.0)	(20.2)	(18.1)	(13.2)	(8.2)	(3.7)	(0.6)
Greek 928 (980)
48.7	25.3	12.2	8.8	3.4	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.1
(50.3)	(27.0)	(12.7)	(6.0)	(2.7)	(0.8)	(0.0)	(0.1)	(0.4)
A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U
History 210,113 (209,789)
5.6	15.1	20.7	19.3	13.8	11.0	7.6	4.4	2.5
(5.2)	(14.4)	(20.5)	(19.3)	(14.1)	(11.2)	(8.0)	(4.8)	(2.5)
Home Economics 48,391 (52,855)
2.1	7.3	13.7	25.1	20.1	14.5	9.5	4.8	2.9
(1.9)	(7.0)	(12.3)	(23.6)	(20.3)	(16.1)	(10.2)	(5.1)	(3.5)
Humanities 20,492 (23,267)
2.0	7.0	14.0	19.3	18.7	16.0	11.8	7.3	3.9
(2.0)	(7.0)	(13.6)	(19.0)	(18.3)	(16.8)	(12.2)	(7.1)	(4.0)
Information Technology 83,291 (77,440)
4.5	10.9	15.9	25.2	18.2	11.4	6.9	3.7	3.3
(3.7)	(10.6)	(16.2)	(26.1)	(18.1)	(11.9)	(7.0)	(3.4)	(3.0)
Latin 10,427 (10,945)
29.5	31.0	18.7	11.7	5.1	1.7	0.5	0.2	1.6
(25.6)	(32.2)	(20.1)	(12.8)	(5.5)	(1.7)	(0.5)	(0.2)	(1.4)
Mathematics 672,950 (670,141)
2.4	8.1	16.2	21.3	18.2	15.3	9.4	5.0	4.1
(2.1)	(7.8)	(15.6)	(21.4)	(17.3)	(16.3)	(9.2)	(5.1)	(5.2)
A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U
Music 43,002 (42 069)
9.9	18.6	22.3	19.2	11.5	8.0	5.4	3.1	2.0
(8.4)	(19.5)	(22.6)	(19.3)	(12.1)	(8.3)	(5.5)	(3.0)	(1.3)
Physical Education 96,310 (90,734)
4.1	10.7	17.7	19.5	25.1	14.6	6.2	1.6	0.5
(3.7)	(10.1)	(17.5)	(20.0)	(24.3)	(15.3)	(6.6)	(1.9)	(0.6)
Religious Studies 115,679 (113,381)
6.6	13.1	18.2	20.3	14.3	11.0	8.0	4.9	3.6
(5.5)	(12.6)	(18.5)	(19.9)	(14.2)	(11.4)	(8.4)	(5.4)	(4.1)
Science: Biology 47,957 (47,523)
13.5	25.0	27.3	20.7	8.8	2.9	0.8	0.3	0.7
(11.1)	(26.1)	(26.8)	(21.3)	(9.2)	(3.5)	(1.0)	(0.2)	(0.8)
Science: Chemistry 46,968 (46,025)
15.2	25.9	25.8	20.8	8.2	2.6	0.8	0.1	0.6
(13.5)	(26.5)	(27.1)	(20.6)	(7.7)	(2.8)	(0.8)	(0.3)	(0.7)
Science: Physics 46,685 (45,319)
18.1	24.4	24.3	20.7	8.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	0.7
(15.8)	(24.6)	(25.2)	(21.1)	(8.6)	(2.8)	(0.8)	(0.3)	(0.8)
Science: Double Award (see note 1 at end) 474,405 (468,191)
3.9	7.8	12.8	26.3	21.8	14.9	8.2	2.9	1.4
(3.5)	(8.1)	(13.3)	(25.8)	(21.4)	(14.9)	(8.1)	(2.9)	(2.0)
A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U
Science: Single Award 68,670 (69,769)
0.4	1.2	2.6	16.9	22.4	23.0	28.4	9.3	5.8
(0.5)	(1.3)	(3.3)	(16.7)	(22.0)	(22.6)	(17.4)	(9.7)	(6.5)
Social Science 2,856 (3,327)
1.2	5.4	14.1	21.9	20.4	15.4	11.5	6.0	3.9
(1.1)	(4.5)	(12.5)	(21.7)	(19.0)	(17.2)	(12.0)	(7.4)	(4.6)
Spanish 47,969 (47,269)
10.2	15.8	16.0	17.3	15.0	11.1	8.4	5.0	1.2
(10.7)	(15.4)	(15.2)	(16.8)	(14.9)	(12.4)	(9.0)	(4.8)	(0.8)
Welsh First Language 4,007 (3,904)
3.4	11.3	20.7	31.0	22.6	9.0	1.7	0.1	0.2
(3.4)	(10.5)	(19.6)	(31.3)	(22.1)	(9.5)	(2.7)	(0.7)	(0.2)
Welsh Second Language 7,877 (8,128)
11.4	18.9	13.6	23.2	17.0	8.4	4.2	2.1	1.2
(11.6)	(18.2)	(13.3)	(21.3)	(16.0)	(10.0)	(5.1)	(2.6)	(1.9)
Welsh Literature 3,169 (3,031)
6.6	13.4	20.6	27.8	18.9	8.4	3.5	0.5	0.3
(5.8)	(13.3)	(18.6)	(29.2)	(18.6)	(9.9)	(3.2)	(1.0)	(0.4)
A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U
Combined Subjects 13,383 (14,480)
1.2	7.8	13.9	22.1	22.7	14.6	9.6	4.8	3.3
(0.9)	(6.9)	(13.4)	(21.0)	(23.8)	(16.5)	(10.4)	(4.4)	(2.7)
Other Modern Languages 26,775 (27,035)
20.1	25.5	17.8	13.9	9.9	6.7	4.0	1.7	0.4
(20.0)	(26.0)	(17.6)	(12.8)	(9.9)	(7.1)	(4.7)	(1.5)	(0.4)
Other Sciences 17,641 (20,003)
3.6	8.8	12.9	25.9	21.2	11.7	5.2	2.8	7.9
(3.5)	(7.6)	(13.0)	(24.6)	(20.6)	(12.0)	(5.7)	(3.0)	(10.0)
Other Social Sciences 31,524 (34,407)
2.7	9.2	17.7	28.0	19.1	9.7	4.5	2.1	7.0
(2.5)	(9.8)	(18.0)	(28.5)	(19.0)	(9.0)	(4.3)	(2.1)	(6.8)
Other Technology 1,548 (7,125)
1.7	10.1	14.9	15.5	14.7	14.2	11.6	7.2	10.1
(2.8)	(8.0)	(17.9)	(24.1)	(14.6)	(11.8)	(8.4)	(4.9)	(7.5)
All Other Subjects 92,187 (95,071)
3.2	10.8	17.6	26.4	19.8	11.0	5.6	2.6	3.0
(2.5)	(11.5)	(19.5)	(24.7)	(18.4)	(11.7)	(6.8)	(3.2)	(2.2)
A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U
Totals 5,374,751 (5,353,095)
4.4	10.8	16.9	23.7	18.7	12.7	7.5	3.3	2.0
(4.1)	(10.6)	(16.5)	(23.5)	(18.7)	(13.2)	(7.6)	(3.5)	(2.3)

Note 1: Science: Double Award counts as two GCSE entries and therefore the overall total for all subjects includes those candidates counted twice

Source: Joint Council for General Qualifications.