Boys break through 60 per cent A*- C barrier

21 Aug 2008
The 2008 GCSE results, released today, show the overall A*-C pass rate has increased by 2.4 percentage points to 65.7 per cent and English has risen 0.7 percentage points and maths 1.1 percentage points compared to last year.

Boys are showing signs of closing the attainment gap in the core subjects. This year the pass rate at A*-C for boys in English was up 0.9 percentage points, whereas for girls it was up 0.4 percentage points. In maths the improvement for boys was 1.2 percentage points as opposed to 1.0 percentage points for girls.

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