Of those entered, 18,930 (7%) were entered for 2 or more languages. For these pupils, we find their highest scoring language for use in the following analysis. In the case of ties, we select the subject entered first (based on examination date).
In the following table, we show the number australia rcs data of entries in each language. The table distinguishes those included in the VA measure and those who weren’t. This latter group is made up of pupils without a measure of prior attainment as a result of being educated outside England or in the independent sector at the time they would have been taken.
The typical modern foreign languages of French, Spanish and, to a lesser extent, German occupy the top 3 spaces, accounting for 242,830 entries (almost 90% of all entries in languages).
The relationship with prior attainment
Next, let’s see how attainment in GCSE languages varies with respect to prior attainment.
The broken line indicates how GCSE attainment increases with prior attainment for all languages combined. This line defines a notional expectation against which pupils’ actual results are compared to calculate the VA measure. For example, the expectation for a pupil with a KS2 score of 112.5 or 113 would be 5.83 points. If they achieved a grade 7 they would contribute a score of 1.13 towards their school’s VA score.