The number of entries for GCSEs this autumn amounts to just 0.5% of the summer 2020 series. 18,450 entries were made for the GCSE exam series in England across all awarding organisations.

The autumn series is part of the exceptional arrangements for awarding qualifications in 2020 put in place following the cancellation of the exams in the summer. This additional exam series is providing students who would like to improve their grade or who were unable to receive a grade in the summer, with the chance to take an exam.

These entry figures do not include English language or maths, which are routinely available in a November series and had a later entry deadline to other subjects. English and maths GCSE entry figures are expected on 26 November.

The largest GCSE entries for the autumn are in the science double award (3,950 entries) followed by English literature (2,805) and modern languages other than French, German and Spanish (2,105). Biology and chemistry are the only other GCSEs to have more than 1000 entries.

The majority of entries came from secondary schools.

Autumn entry figures for A Levels were published earlier in October.