How old are GCSE candidates?

04 October 2010

Correction: The Sunday Times reports that "nearly a quarter of all GCSE candidates now take their exams before 16". This is not what the figures say - these show that, of all candidates taking at least one GCSE in 2009 nearly a quarter were under 16, but most of these took only one or two GCSEs. To say "now take their exams" is misleading. Only 6% of entries were by under 16s.

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