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Examinations 2009
GCSE and GCSE Short Course
Results in 2009 continued a ten year trend with an increase in the number of students taking the full subject, set against a three year decrease in the number of all GCSEs taken. 73.4% of students taking the full course Religious Studies achieved A-C grades.
Religious Studies remains the most popular Short Course GCSE. 56.3% of all students took the subject in 2009 with 54.3% achieving A-C grades.
A recent 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, numbers taking A Level rose by 4.7% and those taking AS Level increased by 5.5%. At A Level 81% achieved grades A-C with 67.9% achieving the same grade band at AS Level.
More detailed information on examination results for GCSE Full and Short Courses is at:
news.reonline.org.uk/re_news.php?290
and for A/AS Level results at:
news.reonline.org.uk/re_news.php?289