gender + achievement

Question 1

facts

Answer 1

• girls do better than boys in every level of the education in every subject except maths
• boys are starting to catch up but not in GCSE English
• 70% of girls get A*-C grades, 54% of boys get this
• more girls stay on post-18

Question 2

2019

Answer 2

• more girls have chosen computing
• boys have done better in English literature but still being outperformed by girls

Question 3

feminist issues

Answer 3

• 15,00 girls leave school with no qualifications at all
• girls and the issue of subject choice still remains
• girls tend to slip back at A-level where they were high performers at GCSE
• post-education employment trends demonstrate clearly that women do better-

Question 4

1975

Answer 4

under O=level and final A-level system boys perform significantly better than girls

Question 5

1988

Answer 5

O-levels scrapped, GCSE’S and coursework introduced

Question 6

1990

Answer 6

girls now outperform boys at every level of the primary and secondary education system

Question 7

2006

Answer 7

48% of females went on to higher education
38% of males went on to higher education
numbers achieving - 1:1, 2:1, 2:2 classifications at undergraduate level
7% gap between males and females

Question 8

2015

Answer 8

coursework abolished across almost all areas. de-linearization of KS4 & 5 education

Question 9

subject choices - uni

Answer 9

far more boys study maths, science and technology at higher education
girls are mor likely to study psychology, history, social sciences or employment related degrees
60% of women are clustered into 10% of professions