Gender gap in achievement

Question 1

According to official stats what gender differences are there in the stage of starting school?

Answer 1

-2013 teacher assessment results show girls ahead of boys in all subjects by 7 - 17 points.
- dfe studies found boys in state primary were 2.5 times more likely then girls to have special educational needs

Question 2

According to official stats what gender differences are there in ks1-ks3 students?

Answer 2

• in english, its shown that the gender gap widens with age with boys consistently doing worse then girls.
• although smaller gap, its shown girls do better at science and maths then boys

Question 3

According to official stats what gender differences are there in the stage of GCSE?

Answer 3

Its shown that girls outperform boys by 10% on marks.

Question 4

According to official stats what gender differences are there in the stage of AS and A - level

Answer 4

• although the gap is smaller then gcse, girls still tend to sit, pass and get higher grades then boys
  -e.g 46.8% of girls gained A and B whereass, only 42.2% of boys get those grades.

Question 5

According to official stats what gender differences are there in the stage of doing voctional courses?

Answer 5

A larger proportion of girls achieve distinctions and even on subjects that have small minorities of girls such as engineering.