There have been more than 18,000 entries for this month’s extra GCSE exams, official data published today reveals.
But the Ofqual figures for the special autumn series of exams do not include English language and maths, which have a later entry deadline.
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Outside those subjects, there have been a total of 18,450 entries. Science is the most popular subject with 3,950 entries, followed by English literature with 2,805 entries and then biology with 1,250.
The entries are also broken down by school type. State comprehensives account for 60.5 per cent of the entries, grammars 2.5 per cent, independent schools 5 per cent and FE and sixth form colleges 2.5 per cent.
The extra autumn exams are being held next month to give those unhappy with this summer’s teacher assessed grades another chance to improve their results.
The full list of entries are as follows:
Art & design subjects
110
Biology
1,250
Business studies
565
Chemistry
1,085
Citizenship studies
90
Classical subjects
110
Computing
505
Design & technology
225
Drama
95
Economics
115
Engineering
10
English literature
2,805
Food preparation & nutrition
60
French
305
Geography
655
German
155
History
785
Media / film / TV studies
80
Music
70
Performing / expressive arts
45
Physical education
235
Physics
780
Religious studies
960
Science: Double Award
3,950
Social science subjects
285
Spanish
415
Statistics
500
Other modern languages
2,105
Other sciences
90
Total
18,450
