Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Neke atu i te 20,000 ngā ākonga i eke ki ngā whakamātautau GCSEs tekau neke atu rānei me te tohu A, A* rānei i waenganui i te 2009 me te 2013, e whakaatu ana ngā tatauranga a te Tari Mātauranga. Ko te tokomaha o ngā taiohi e whiwhi tika ana i te GCSE kua piki ake i te tuatoru i roto i ngā tau e rima noa iho, e ai ki ngā tatauranga hou. Neke atu i te 20,000 ngā tamariki i eke ki te tekau mā rua neke atu rānei me te tohu A, A* rānei, e ai ki ngā tatauranga a te Tari Mātauranga. Engari e kī ana ngā kaiwhakawā i te nui haere o ngā kaitākaro nui, kāore i nui te mahi hei aukati i te tino ngāwari o ngā tohu. E whakaatu ana ngā tatauranga hou, kotahi i roto i te 30 ngā ākonga i noho ki ngā whakamātautau, i mutu me te iti rawa i te tekau ngā tohu A. I te tau 2009, ko te maha o nga akonga i kaha ki te tiki tika A ko 15,791. I piki ake tenei ki te 16,983 i te 2010, 18,468 i te 2011 me te 18,829 i te 2012. I te tau 2013, ko te tau whakamutunga e wātea ana nga tatauranga, 20,307 i whiwhi A puta noa i te papa. E ai ki ngā tatauranga, kei te piki haere ngā tohu o ngā ākonga tino pūmanawa o Ingarangi i roto i ngā kaupapa katoa. Ka whakamahia ngā tohu GCSE e ngā whare wānanga hei whakatau ko wai ka whakaaetia ki ngā akoranga, me ngā kōrero whaiaro me ngā tohutoro. Heoi anō, i te mea he nui ake te ōwehenga o ngā ākonga e whakarōpūtia ana hei tino pai, he uaua ake mō ngā whare wānanga nui pērā i Oxford me Cambridge ki te tautuhi i ngā rangatahi tino motuhake. Ahakoa kei te pai ake nga hua o Ingarangi mo etahi akonga, kei te heke haere te whenua ki muri i etahi atu whenua ka whangangahia ma te whakamahi i nga whakamatautau o te ao. Ko ngā hua i whakaputaina i te tau kua hipa ake nei i whakaatu mai i ngā taiohi o Ingarangi i heke atu i ngā tūranga 20 tuatahi i roto i te pāngarau, te pūtaiao me te pānui mō te wā tuatahi. Ko ngā whakamātautau i runga i ngā ākonga neke atu i te hawhe miriona puta noa i te ao, i kitea he pai ake te mana o ngā kaupapa matua i te hunga i Vietnam, i Shanghai me Poland. Ko nga tamariki i te taone nui o Haina o Shanghai e toru tau i mua atu i o raatau hoa Pakeha e 15. I te katoa, ko te UK te 26 o nga whenua me nga rohe ohaoha 65 i roto i te ripoata a te Whakahaere mo te Whakahaere Economic me te Whakawhanake. Ko Christopher McGovern, te tumuaki o te Campaign for Real Education, i mea: <unk>Kei te pouri, kua whakahekehia e te pikinga o nga tohu GCSEs ki taua...
Neke atu i te 20,000 i eke ki ngā whakamātautau GCSEs tekau neke atu rānei me A, A* rānei i roto i ngā tau e rima kua hipa. Kotahi i roto i te 30 ngā tamariki i eke ki ngā whakamātautau ka mutu ki te tekau ngā tohu A. E ai ki ngā tatauranga kei te piki haere ngā tohu o ngā ākonga tino pūkenga o te UK.