{"title":"GCSE Resit Statistics 2026: English and Maths Pass Rates","question":"How many students pass a GCSE English or maths resit?","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/gcse-resit-statistics","answer":"In summer 2026, 15.3% of GCSE maths entries and 19.8% of English language entries from students aged 17 and over in England achieved grade 4 or above, down from 17.1% and 20.9% in 2025 (Aripsy calculation from JCQ data). Results are higher in the November series: in November 2025, 26.1% of 17-year-olds resitting maths and 41.0% resitting English language got grade 4 or above.","edition":"2026 edition","dataCoverage":"Data: summer 2025 and 2026 GCSE results, November 2024 and 2025 resit results and entries, and 2024/25 16 to 18 results, England.","published":"2026-10-21","updated":"2026-10-21","nextUpdate":{"date":"2026-11-26","expected":false,"release":"Ofqual, Provisional November 2026 exam entries: GCSE English language and mathematics (provisional date, 9:30am)"},"citeAs":"Aripsy (2026). GCSE Resit Statistics 2026: English and Maths Pass Rates. https://aripsy.com/en/research/gcse-resit-statistics","note":"Cite the original publisher for each figure. Aripsy re-checks every figure against its source on the verified date shown.","keyFindings":[{"value":"15.3%","claim":"of the 219,135 GCSE maths entries from students aged 17 and over in England achieved grade 4 or above in summer 2026, down from 17.1% (Aripsy calculation from JCQ's figures by age).","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/gcse-resit-statistics#maths-resit-grade-4","source":{"publisher":"JCQ","title":"GCSE results June 2026, Table 5: Post-16 GCSE results for English and mathematics by age and sex, England","url":"https://www.jcq.org.uk/examination-results/","published":"2026-08-20","locator":"Table 5","tier":"official","licence":"Figures quoted with attribution; the publisher's tables and charts are not reproduced."}},{"value":"19.8%","claim":"of the 187,558 GCSE English language entries from students aged 17 and over achieved grade 4 or above in summer 2026, down from 20.9% (Aripsy calculation).","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/gcse-resit-statistics#english-resit-grade-4","source":{"publisher":"JCQ","title":"GCSE results June 2026, Table 5: Post-16 GCSE results for English and mathematics by age and sex, England","url":"https://www.jcq.org.uk/examination-results/","published":"2026-08-20","locator":"Table 5","tier":"official","licence":"Figures quoted with attribution; the publisher's tables and charts are not reproduced."}},{"value":"26.1%","claim":"of 17-year-olds who sat GCSE maths in the November 2025 series achieved grade 4 or above, against 16.4% of 17-year-olds in summer 2026.","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/gcse-resit-statistics#november-maths-17","source":{"publisher":"JCQ","title":"GCSE results November 2025, Table 2: GCSE November English language and mathematics post-16 results by main grades and sex, England","url":"https://www.jcq.org.uk/examination-results/","published":"2026-01-08","locator":"Table 2","tier":"official","licence":"Figures quoted with attribution; the publisher's tables and charts are not reproduced."}},{"value":"265,825","claim":"students in England received results for just one GCSE in summer 2026, up from 232,255 in 2024. Only 9,085 of them were 16.","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/gcse-resit-statistics#one-gcse-students-2026","source":{"publisher":"Ofqual","title":"Qualification results in England: summer 2026","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/qualification-results-in-england-summer-2026/qualification-results-in-england-summer-2026","published":"2026-08-20","locator":"Data tables, Table 16","tier":"official","licence":"Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0."}},{"value":"161,480","claim":"GCSE English language and maths entries in the November 2025 resit series, up 5.8% on November 2024.","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/gcse-resit-statistics#november-entries-2025","source":{"publisher":"Ofqual","title":"Provisional November 2025 exam entries: GCSE English language and mathematics","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-november-2025-exam-entries-gcse-english-language-and-mathematics/provisional-november-2025-exam-entries-gcse-english-language-and-mathematics","published":"2025-11-27","locator":"Table 1","tier":"official","licence":"Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0."}}],"tables":[{"caption":"Students receiving results for one or two GCSEs, England, summer 2024 to 2026","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/gcse-resit-statistics#one-and-two-gcse-students","columns":["Measure","2024","2025","2026"],"rows":[["Students taking 1 GCSE (all ages)","232,255","253,205","265,825"],["of whom aged 16","8,660","8,895","9,085"],["Students taking 2 GCSEs (all ages)","100,160","114,525","124,780"],["of whom aged 16","13,780","14,535","15,440"]],"note":null,"source":{"publisher":"Ofqual","title":"Qualification results in England: summer 2026","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/qualification-results-in-england-summer-2026/qualification-results-in-england-summer-2026","published":"2026-08-20","locator":"Data tables, Table 16","tier":"official","licence":"Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0."}},{"caption":"November GCSE entries by subject, 2024 and 2025, England","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/gcse-resit-statistics#november-entries-by-subject","columns":["Subject","November 2024","November 2025","Change"],"rows":[["English language","77,005","82,900","+7.7%"],["Mathematics","75,605","78,580","+3.9%"],["Total","152,610","161,480","+5.8%"]],"note":null,"source":{"publisher":"Ofqual","title":"Provisional November 2025 exam entries: GCSE English language and 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