The proportion of males and females aged 17 and over passing English has risen by 2.8 per cent compared to 2020.
This year, 42.3 per cent received a grade 4 (equivalent to a C) or higher; whereas in 2020, it was 39.5 per cent.
Men continued to perform worse than women with 38.6 per cent receiving a 4 or higher, compared to 35.2 per cent in 2020.
47.4 per cent of women achieved grade 4 or higher this year, compared to 45.5 per cent last year.
In maths, 38.6 per cent of England’s males and females aged 17 and over passed with at least a grade 4.
This is almost six per cent higher than in 2020 – where 32.9 per cent passed.
As in English, women have performed better than men: 36.8 per cent of the latter passed their maths resit this summer, compared to 30.1 per cent last summer.
Whereas, 40.1 per cent of women passed this summer, compared to 35.4 per cent last year.
The overall number of students taking English and maths resits this year in England dropped by 13 per cent, with 133,982 of those aged 17 and over retaking English, and 165,150 retaking maths. Last year, 164,545 students resat English and 180,782 student resat maths.