More than 630,000 students in 140 countries have received their Cambridge International GCSE, O- level, AS- and A- level exam results today.
Cambridge International said the number of students receiving results from the June 2024 exam series had risen by 11 per cent year-on-year to 631,248, in what the exam board says is its “largest-ever exam series”.
This meant that the exam board received almost 1.6 million exam entries overall - a 9 per cent increase year-on-year.
Of these entries, 631,405 were to its AS- and A-level qualifications, taken by a total of 316,008 students in 3,143 schools across 128 countries.
Meanwhile, 956,100 entries were for its IGCSEs and O levels, sat by 295,972 students in 4,581 schools across 140 countries.
Growth in exam entries around the world
The countries with the highest entries were the US, China and Pakistan, with entries rising 21 per cent, 17 per cent and 7 per cent respectively. In total, 58,000 entries were received from UK schools.
This year, IGCSE, O-level, and AS- and A-level results will all be released on the same day for the first time in several years, following feedback from schools.
Rod Smith, group managing director for international education at Cambridge, said that the growth underlined the desire for international education and congratulated those receiving exam results and the “dedicated teachers” who had helped them in their journey.
While Cambridge revealed that core subjects such as the sciences, maths and English continue to be the most popular globally, it also shed light on some of the fastest-growing subjects being taken - suggesting that schools are broadening their curricula.
Environmental management entries were up 36 per cent year-on-year at IGCSE and O level and up 30 per cent at AS level. IGCSE and O-level global perspective entries rose by 15 per cent, while AS- and A-level entries in the subject climbed by 17 per cent.
Marine science entries increased by 26 per cent at AS and A level, while computer science entries rose by 14 per cent at IGCSE and O level and 19 per cent at AS and A level.
In England, A-level students are set to receive their results on Thursday 15 August, while GCSE results will be released on Thursday 22 August.
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