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Public Examinations in Religious Studies
Examinations 2011
GCSE and GCSE Short Course
Results in 2011 continued a twelve year trend with an increase in the number of students taking the full course, up 17%, although numbers for the short course fell by 8.1%. 73.3% of students taking the full course Religious Studies achieved A*-C grades.
Religious Studies remains the most popular Short Course GCSE with 54.6% achieving A*-C grades.
A 2008 study conducted by the University of Durham, Relative Difficulty of Examinations in Different Subjects, found Religious Studies to be in the middle of the 'hard-soft' scale, similar to English Literature and History.
See: news.reonline.org.uk/article.php?27 for more information.
A/AS Level
In Religious Studies there is continued growth in student interest. For A Level there were 1,092 more candidates than the previous year and a remarkable 6,173 more for AS Level.
At A Level 81.2% achieved grades A*-C with 6% achieving the new A* grade.
At AS Level 67.6% achieved the same grade band.
More Information
More detailed information on examination results for GCSE Full and Short Courses can be found at: news.reonline.org.uk/re_news.php?321
and for A/AS Level results at: news.reonline.org.uk/re_news.php?320