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1. Summary

1.1 This report presents GCSE results in religious education in 2004-5

1.2 This paper supports Aim 1 of the Corporate Strategy (maximising life opportunities) through the improvement of curriculum provision in religious education and the raising of standards

2 Background

2.1 Candidates for Long Course GCSE have increased by over 500 compared to 2004 and this represents an increase in both boy and girl candidates but especially in boys.

2.2 Candidates for Short Course GCSE have decreased by just under 500 compared to 2004. There is still parity of boys and girls entered, whether entered under RS (the large majority of candidates, 4455 in total) or RE (a small minority of candidates, 25 in total).

2.3 Long Course performance indicates that both boys' and girls' A*-C results have improved significantly, both by approximately 10%, as has the overall result of 76.8%. Girls outperform boys.

2.4 Short Course performance is divided into RS syllabi (the large majority of candidates) and RE (a minor number of candidates). There is no special significance to be attached to the title of the course. Results indicate that in RS a marginal improvement has occurred in A*-C passes, compared to 2003-4, for both boys and girls. Girls still outperform boys by an increased margin of over 17%. In RE boys outperformed girls in 2005 with a 92.3% pass rate A*-C, against 72.7% for girls. Overall the pass rate was 83.3%.

2.5 Residuals for the Long Course indicate that there was a significant improvement both for boys and girls in Hampshire that was greater than a national improvement for girls and contrasted with a national decline in boy's performance. This resulted in a significant positive residual.

2.6 Residuals for the Short Course are presented for the first time. They indicate very high positive residuals in Hampshire against national residuals for the subject in RE but more modest improvement for the large majority of candidates in RS with girls performing better than boys against the national subject residual.

Appendix 1 GCSE 2005 results Religious Education Hampshire

Recommendation

That SACRE notes the report.

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