The four bar charts compare the proportion of high-achieving male and female pupils (A and B) in five subjects at Parston School and the national average.
Overall, math had the highest percentage of high grades in all 4 charts, while arts observed the lowest proportion of high-achieving students in both Parston School and the national average. Additionally, while the category humanities subjects was reported to be the third-highest in students of both genders of Parston School and male students of the national average, it was the second-highest for the national average of female students.
Male pupils of Parston School had 45% of high achievers in math, compared to around 38% of female students. As for the national average, male students remained the highest achievers in math, with 32% of high-achieving students, as opposed to around 32% of female students. Similarly, around 42% of Parston school’s high achievers in science are boys, while girls accounted for around 38%. The figure for the national average was lower, with only around 34% of male students and 30% of female students achieved high grades in science.
Humanities subjects were observed to be more popular among girls, with around 39% of female high achievers of Parston school and around 31% of female pupils nationally, whereas boys only took up around 29% and 27% in the same order. A similar pattern was also witnessed in arts, with 30% of Parston school’s female high achievers and around 27% of the national average’s. The figure for male students was much lower, with around 22% of Parston school’s high-achieving male students and 20% of the national average. Regarding languages, it also reported higher levels of female high achievers, with around 32% of Parston school’s girls but only around 27% of boys, while the national average was 30% girls and 25% boys.