Performance
2022 GCSE Results
We are incredibly proud of all students in the Class of 2022. Their Key Stage 4 experience was regularly punctuated with significant challenges, whether it was restrictions on their education due to the pandemic, or a delayed start to Year 10 because of the fire at UCC. Staff and students throughout this period have been truly magnificent and we are delighted with the exceptional outcomes our students achieved.
We have always known that 2022 was a ‘transition year’ between 2021 (when assessment was done directly by schools and colleges) and 2019 (the last year exams took place). This does not mean that marking was more generous or harsher – expert examiners applied mark schemes as fairly as ever and grade boundaries were set by exam boards at a mid-point between these two years.
The national picture at GCSE is that most schools have higher outcomes than 2019 but lower than 2021. However, UCC results have bucked the national trend and are actually higher than our 2021 and 2020 results (Attainment 8 – the average grade for students across 8 subjects), as well as being higher than any results pre-pandemic. Therefore, the 2022 results below are the highest ever achieved by students at UCC.
N.A. = National Average
CAG = Centre Assessed Grades (used in 2020)
TAG = Teacher Assessed Grades (used in 2021)
Link to national website for school outcomes. Given the uneven impact of the pandemic on school and college performance data, the government has said you should not make direct comparisons between the performance data for one school or college and another, or to data from previous years.
Measure |
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 CAG |
2020-21 TAG |
2021-22 |
Attainment 8 |
5.2 (0.9 + N.A.) |
5.3 (0.7 + N.A.) |
5 (0.2 + N.A.) |
5.6 |
5.6 |
5.7 |
% students achieving a grade 5 or above in English and Maths |
58% (15% + N.A.) |
58% (15% + N.A.) |
51% (8% + N.A.) |
66% |
64% |
66% |
% students achieving a grade 4 or above in English and Maths |
82% (18% + N.A.) |
80% (16% + N.A.) |
75% (11% + N.A.) |
84% |
84% |
83% |
% of all grades that are 7 or above |
24.7% (4.9% + N.A.) |
22.4% (2.1% + N.A.) |
19.3% (1.6% - N.A) |
29.6% |
33% |
36% (10% + N.A.) |
Progress 8 |
0.12 |
0.2 |
0.18 |
N/A |
N/A |
0.42 |
English P8 |
0.15 |
0.45 |
0.29 |
N/A |
N/A |
0.53 |
Maths P8 |
0.14 |
0.16 |
0.23 |
N/A |
N/A |
0.31 |
Ebacc P8 |
0.49 |
0.25 |
0.18 |
N/A |
N/A |
0.48 |
Open P8 |
-0.23 |
0.0 |
0.04 |
N/A |
N/A |
0.35 |
EBacc Average Points Score (APS) |
4.59 |
4.59 |
4.31 |
4.87 |
4.78 |
5.01 |
% students entering the EBacc |
29.4% |
26.7% |
27.8% |
33% |
32.8% |
35% |
% students in education or employment after KS4 |
99% |
98% |
99% |
100% |
99% |
TBC |