Wellington: Other qualifications and government tables, 2013

1. What it counts: Alevel inc Applied Alevel excl General Studies Total Subject entries: 571 Where it’s from: Original publication Worth knowing: ISC published school return. Candidate populations are separate from subject entries; overlapping group totals are not added. A missing school return, or an optional qualification section filled with zeros, does not tell us whether the school offered the qualification. The exact source header defines qualification scope; Applied/International qualifications are not silently excluded. General Studies and AS groups remain separate. No A* grade is invented for AS or pre-2010 GCE A-level. How the source defines it: Alevel inc Applied Alevel excl General Studies Total

1. What it counts: ASlevel inc Applied ASlevel excl General Studies Total Subject entries: 183 Where it’s from: Original publication Worth knowing: ISC published school return. Candidate populations are separate from subject entries; overlapping group totals are not added. A missing school return, or an optional qualification section filled with zeros, does not tell us whether the school offered the qualification. The exact source header defines qualification scope; Applied/International qualifications are not silently excluded. General Studies and AS groups remain separate. No A* grade is invented for AS or pre-2010 GCE A-level. How the source defines it: ASlevel inc Applied ASlevel excl General Studies Total

1. What it counts: Separately printed candidate populations; qualification scope remains in each original field header Where it’s from: Original publication Worth knowing: ISC published school return. Candidate populations are separate from subject entries; overlapping group totals are not added. A missing school return, or an optional qualification section filled with zeros, does not tell us whether the school offered the qualification. Candidate populations overlap; do not sum or use a whole-sixth-form count as a denominator for a qualification-only result. How the source defines it: Separately printed candidate populations; qualification scope remains in each original field header

Every row: Qualification, as the source names it: GCE AS level. Where it’s from: Original publication How the source defines it: Published original government qualification-specific entry and grade counts.

1. Subject entries: 1 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort. Some printed grades are unavailable or suppressed; see “Cells withheld (small numbers) or unavailable, as printed”.
2. Subject entries: 13 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
3. Subject entries: 16 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
4. Subject entries: 15 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
5. Subject entries: 56 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
6. Subject entries: 23 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
7. Subject entries: 33 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
8. Subject entries: 4 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort. Some printed grades are unavailable or suppressed; see “Cells withheld (small numbers) or unavailable, as printed”.
9. Subject entries: 10 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
10. Subject entries: 92 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
11. Subject entries: 47 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
12. Subject entries: 3 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. GCSE accountability eligibility changes across these years; only qualifications retained by that year’s performance-table rules are represented. An absent IGCSE row does not mean the school did not offer it. Some printed grades are unavailable or suppressed; see “Cells withheld (small numbers) or unavailable, as printed”.
13. Subject entries: 17 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
14. Subject entries: 22 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
15. Subject entries: 1 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. GCSE accountability eligibility changes across these years; only qualifications retained by that year’s performance-table rules are represented. An absent IGCSE row does not mean the school did not offer it. Some printed grades are unavailable or suppressed; see “Cells withheld (small numbers) or unavailable, as printed”.
16. Subject entries: 41 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
17. Subject entries: 44 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
18. Subject entries: 14 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
19. Subject entries: 96 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
20. Subject entries: 5 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort. Some printed grades are unavailable or suppressed; see “Cells withheld (small numbers) or unavailable, as printed”.
21. Subject entries: 49 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
22. Subject entries: 39 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.
23. Subject entries: 19 Worth knowing: Original DfE accountability population, not automatically the school annual examination population. Entry counts are qualification/subject entries, not a school-wide pupil denominator. Suppression is retained; no small count reconstructed. No Result may include disqualification, absence, incomplete units or ungraded work and is not relabelled a fail. Source-era qualification names and each grade band remain separate. The cohort definition includes achievements in the two most recent academic years, not only examinations in the reporting year. AS includes earlier study of the pupils ending KS5, not the current Year 12 cohort.