PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Religion: GCSE (14 December 2022)

The Department does not hold information related to the number of pupils entering GCSE Religious Studies exams for the 2022/23 academic year. This will be available from Autumn 2023.

The closest available information is the percentage of pupils in each Local Authority entered for GCSE Religious Studies in the 2021/22 academic year. This can be found in the attached file.

In the 2021/22 academic year, the Local Authority with the highest percentage of pupils entering GCSE Religious Studies was the Isles of Scilly with 86.7%, but this is based on only 15 pupils at the end of Key Stage 4. The next highest percentage was for Tower Hamlets, with 81%. The Local Authorities with the lowest percentage were Wakefield and Somerset. Both entered 14.4% of pupils for GCSE Religious Studies.