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1. www.bbc.co.uk › news › education-51313438School league tables: Boys behind girls for three decades - BBC

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   Feb 6, 2020 · England's schoolboys have had worse exam results than girls for 30 years, secondary school league table data just published confirms.

2. committees.parliament.uk › committee › 203Why do boys lag behind girls at all ages of education? MPs to ...

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   Apr 19, 2024 · In 2022/23 the attainment gap at GCSE level between girls and boys tightened to its smallest difference for 14 years. But with 24.9% of girls achieving grade 7 or A compared with 19.1% of boys, there was still a significant variation of nearly 6%.

3. www.aqi.org.uk › blogs › the-attainment-gender-gapThe attainment Gender Gap: What role do O levels, GCSEs ... - AQi

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   Aug 31, 2023 · In 1989, the gender gap at the then highest grade A (A* was not introduced until 1994) was 1.5 percentage points in favour of girls. Some 24 years later it is 5.8pp at the equivalent grade 7 and above.

4. www.bbc.com › news › education-31751672Teachers 'give higher marks to girls' - BBC

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   Mar 5, 2015 · Education correspondent. Teachers are more lenient in their marking of girls' schoolwork, according to an international study. An OECD report on gender in education, across more than 60...

5. www.statista.com › statistics › 282484GCSE pass rate in UK by gender 2024 | Statista

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   Sep 3, 2024 · In 2024, 71 percent of female students and 64.2 percent of male students achieved a C/4 grade or higher at GCSE level in the United Kingdom.

6. www.bbc.com › news › education-58174253GCSE results 2021: Record passes and top grades - BBC

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   Aug 12, 2021 · Girls moved further ahead of boys - 33.4% of girls' results grade 7/A, 24.4% for boys; Northern Ireland had highest grades; In England, independent schools had biggest increase in top grades -...

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   Do girls get better grades in school?

   • An OECD report on gender in education, across more than 60 countries, found that girls receive higher marks compared with boys of the same ability. Researchers suggest girls are better behaved in class and this influences how teachers perceive their work. Differences in school results can sometimes "have little to do with ability", says the study.

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   Is there a difference between boys and girls?

   • One area where there is no significant difference between boys and girls is in rates of persistent absence from school. Education Committee Chair Robin Walker MP said: “Evidence has consistently shown that half the children in this country do worse at school than the other. What divides them is their gender.

   Why do boys lag behind girls at all ages of education? MPs to

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   Do girls outperform boys at GCSE?

   • DfE data shows that among children eligible for free school meals, girls outperform boys in all ethnic groups at GCSE, except for amongst children from Gypsy Roma and Irish Traveller backgrounds. One area where there is no significant difference between boys and girls is in rates of persistent absence from school.

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   Are girls more likely to pass GCSE than boys?

   • Girls are now 14% more likely to pass English and maths GCSE than boys, with 64% of girls doing so and 56% of boys. Yet there is little national focus on the difference in results or measures addressing why boys lag behind. And campaigners and academics accuse consecutive governments of ignoring the issue.

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   Are girls better than boys at a-level?

   • At A-Level and 16-18, girls do better than boys across all level-3 cohorts, however, the gender gap has decreased in comparison to previous years. This has also meant that men are less likely to progress to higher education – in 2021/22, 54% of women were in higher education by 19, compared to only 40% of men.

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   Are boys more likely to be suspended than girls?

   • According to (DfE) Department for Education data, in the autumn term boys were nearly twice as likely as girls to be suspended, and slightly more than twice as likely to be permanently excluded. DfE data also shows that by the end of primary schooling, 63% of girls met the expected standard in English reading and writing, compared with 56% of boys.

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8. gradecalculator.io › united-kingdomUnited Kingdom Grade Scale - Grade Calculator

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   The United Kingdom’s grading system for high secondary education (often referred to as GCSEs for ages 14-16, and A-Levels for ages 16-18) is distinct and widely recognized globally.