When it comes to end-of-high-school exams, most of the attention is placed on students’ performance in the core subjects of English, Mathematics and Science.
However, Cayman Islands students have a wide variety of exam possibilities, in terms of subjects but also test providers.
The Education Data Report 2020 contains information on how Year 11 and 12 public school students performed on every exam, ranging from ‘Accounts’ and ‘Media Studies’ to ‘Physics’ and ‘Textiles’. Test formats include CSEC, CAPE, BTEC, and GCSE.
In terms of the percentage of students earning top marks (i.e. A*/A/I), Cayman students excelled in Physical Education, Electronic Document Preparation & Management, Spanish and Statistics, where more than half of students got the highest grades.
This is the sixth in a series of stories analysing the Data Report.
We have reproduced the information from the report in a sortable, searchable table, which you can explore here:
| Year Group | Subject | Entries | % of Year Group | % Top Grades, A*/A/I | % Level 2 | % Level 1/2 | % Ungraded | % Absent/No Result | % Results Pending | # Top Grades, A*/A/I | # Level 2 | # Level 1/2 | # Ungraded | # Absent/No Result | # Results Pending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 11 | Accounts (CSEC) | 48 | 13% | 40% | 88% | 96% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 19 | 42 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Additional Mathematics (CSEC) | 14 | 4% | 0% | 29% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Art (GCSE) | 19 | 5% | 47% | 89% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Biology (CSEC) | 86 | 24% | 44% | 94% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 38 | 81 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Building Technology (CSEC) | 18 | 5% | 44% | 89% | 94% | 0% | 6% | 0% | 8 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Business (BTEC) Certificate | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Business (BTEC) Extended Certificate | 11 | 3% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Business (CSEC) | 149 | 41% | 41% | 92% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 61 | 137 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | C&G English Skills Stage1 | 23 | 6% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Year 11 | C&G: Math Skills Stage 2 | 9 | 2% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Chemistry (CSEC) | 48 | 13% | 17% | 73% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 8 | 35 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Chemistry (iGCSE) | 4 | 1% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Construction BTEC Certificate | 6 | 2% | 17% | 83% | 83% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Year 11 | Creative Media Production BTEC Certificate | 19 | 5% | 26% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Design & Technology (GCSE) | 12 | 3% | 8% | 67% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Digital Media (CAPE) | 11 | 3% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | EAL (English as an Additional Language) (iGCSE) | 7 | 2% | 0% | 57% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Electronic Document Preparation & Management (CSEC) | 355 | 97% | 65% | 95% | 98% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 232 | 338 | 349 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Year 11 | English (CCSLC) | 43 | 12% | 0% | 86% | 86% | 0% | 14% | 0% | 0 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Year 11 | English Language (CSEC) | 364 | 100% | 26% | 84% | 99% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 96 | 305 | 361 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Year 11 | English Literature (CSEC) | 128 | 35% | 34% | 95% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 43 | 122 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Family Resource Management (CSEC) | 19 | 5% | 21% | 95% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Food & Nutrition (CSEC) | 78 | 21% | 10% | 87% | 99% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 8 | 68 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Geography (CSEC) | 26 | 7% | 15% | 62% | 96% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 4 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | History (CSEC) | 35 | 10% | 3% | 63% | 97% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 1 | 22 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Human & Social Biology (CSEC) | 156 | 43% | 35% | 62% | 97% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 54 | 97 | 152 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Industrial Technology: Electrical (CSEC) | 33 | 9% | 6% | 91% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2 | 30 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Industrial Technology: Building (CSEC) | 19 | 5% | 21% | 84% | 95% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Information Technology (CSEC) | 78 | 21% | 37% | 99% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 29 | 77 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Integrated Science (CSEC) | 202 | 55% | 15% | 78% | 97% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 30 | 157 | 195 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Mathematics (CSEC) | 335 | 92% | 16% | 62% | 99% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 52 | 209 | 331 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Mathematics iGCSE | 16 | 4% | 0% | 44% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Media Studies (GCSE) | 10 | 3% | 40% | 80% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Motor Vehicle Award | 50 | 14% | 0% | 0% | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Year 11 | Motor Vehicle Certificate | 5 | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 80% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Year 11 | Music (GCSE) | 5 | 1% | 20% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Music (iGCSE) | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Music Technology BTEC Certificate | 20 | 5% | 15% | 30% | 30% | 0% | 0% | 70% | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Year 11 | Music Technology BTEC Extended Certificate | 18 | 5% | 11% | 72% | 72% | 0% | 11% | 17% | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Year 11 | Office Administration (CSEC) | 60 | 16% | 35% | 95% | 98% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 21 | 57 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Performing Arts BTEC Extended Certificate | 13 | 4% | 23% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Physical Education (CAPE) | 3 | 1% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Physical Education & Sport (CSEC) | 96 | 26% | 67% | 99% | 99% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 64 | 95 | 95 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Physics (CSEC) | 53 | 15% | 19% | 83% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10 | 44 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Religious Education (CSEC) | 15 | 4% | 13% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Religious Education (GCSE) | 7 | 2% | 43% | 86% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Social Studies (CSEC) | 91 | 25% | 7% | 75% | 99% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 6 | 68 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Spanish (CSEC) | 51 | 14% | 61% | 88% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 31 | 45 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Spanish (GCSE) | 9 | 2% | 67% | 89% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Statistics (GCSE) | 59 | 16% | 53% | 93% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 31 | 55 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Technical Drawing (CSEC) | 39 | 11% | 28% | 87% | 95% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 11 | 34 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Texiles (CSEC) | 9 | 2% | 0% | 89% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Theatre Arts (CSEC) | 16 | 4% | 13% | 94% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 11 | Visual Arts (CSEC) | 28 | 8% | 0% | 61% | 75% | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Art (GCSE) | 38 | 11% | 0% | 26% | 89% | 11% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 10 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Art & Design BTEC Ext Certificate | 5 | 1% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Biology (CSEC) | 73 | 21% | 25% | 88% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 18 | 64 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Building Technology (CSEC) | 20 | 6% | 20% | 90% | 95% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 4 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Business BTEC Certificate | 53 | 16% | 0% | 60% | 60% | 15% | 0% | 25% | 0 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| Year 12 | C&G English Skil ls Stage2 | 17 | 5% | 0% | 76% | 76% | 18% | 6% | 0% | 0 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Year 12 | C&G English Skil ls Stage3 | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | C&G Math Skil ls Stage1 Re | 3 | 1% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | C&G Math Skil ls Stage2 Re | 20 | 6% | 0% | 35% | 35% | 45% | 20% | 0% | 0 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Caribbean Studies CXC CAP | 14 | 4% | 29% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Chemistry (CSEC) Result | 32 | 9% | 19% | 69% | 94% | 6% | 0% | 0% | 6 | 22 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Communication Studies (CAPE) | 19 | 6% | 0% | 89% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Construction BTEC Certificate | 25 | 7% | 0% | 68% | 68% | 32% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | CoPE L1/L2 (ASDAN) | 45 | 13% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Creative Media Production BTEC Certificate | 16 | 5% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Creative Media Production BTEC Ext Certificate | 12 | 4% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Design & Technology (GCSE) | 18 | 5% | 6% | 56% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Drama (GCSE) Result | 15 | 4% | 0% | 47% | 93% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | EAL (En. Add. Lang) iGCSE | 5 | 1% | 0% | 40% | 80% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Electrical CXC Result | 33 | 10% | 6% | 79% | 97% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 2 | 26 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Electronic Document Preparation & Management (CSEC) | 329 | 97% | 32% | 93% | 97% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 105 | 305 | 318 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Year 12 | English (CSEC) | 322 | 95% | 21% | 91% | 99% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 69 | 293 | 319 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | English Best Result equiv | 330 | 97% | 21% | 89% | 98% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 69 | 293 | 325 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | English Literature (CSEC) | 109 | 32% | 5% | 66% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5 | 72 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Food & Nutrition (CSEC) | 56 | 16% | 11% | 71% | 93% | 5% | 2% | 0% | 6 | 40 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Geography (CSEC) | 29 | 9% | 10% | 76% | 97% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 3 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Health & Social Care BTEC Ext Certificate | 10 | 3% | 0% | 80% | 80% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Year 12 | History (CSEC) | 23 | 7% | 0% | 43% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Home Economics Management (CSEC) | 10 | 3% | 10% | 90% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Hospitality BTEC Certificate | 50 | 15% | 0% | 66% | 66% | 20% | 14% | 0% | 0 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Human & Social Biology | 228 | 67% | 21% | 68% | 94% | 2% | 4% | 0% | 49 | 155 | 214 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Information Technology (CSEC) | 59 | 17% | 37% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Information Technology BTEC Certificate | 25 | 7% | 0% | 92% | 92% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Information Technology BTEC Ext Certificate | 15 | 4% | 0% | 60% | 60% | 40% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Integrated Science (CSEC) | 154 | 45% | 8% | 72% | 99% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 12 | 111 | 152 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Leisure & Tourism (GCSE) | 4 | 1% | 0% | 75% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Mathematics (CSEC) | 333 | 98% | 5% | 56% | 99% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 16 | 186 | 329 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Maths Best Result (equiv) | 336 | 99% | 5% | 55% | 99% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 16 | 186 | 331 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Media Studies (GCSE) | 15 | 4% | 0% | 33% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Motor Vehicle Award | 57 | 17% | 0% | 0% | 96% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Year 12 | Motor Vehicle Cert Res1 | 6 | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Year 12 | Music (GCSE) | 5 | 1% | 20% | 60% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Music Technology BTEC Certificate | 7 | 2% | 0% | 86% | 86% | 0% | 14% | 0% | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Music Technology BTEC Ext Certificate | 27 | 8% | 0% | 93% | 93% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Office Administration (CSEC) | 47 | 14% | 4% | 74% | 96% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 2 | 35 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Performimg Arts BTEC Ext Certificate | 15 | 4% | 0% | 87% | 87% | 7% | 0% | 7% | 0 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Year 12 | Physical Education (CSEC) | 77 | 23% | 44% | 95% | 95% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 34 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Physics (CSEC) | 33 | 10% | 27% | 79% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9 | 26 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Principles of Accounts (CSEC) | 40 | 12% | 28% | 80% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11 | 32 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Principles of Business (CSEC) | 108 | 32% | 26% | 81% | 97% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 28 | 88 | 105 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Year 12 | RE SA (GCSE) | 13 | 4% | 38% | 77% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | RE SC (GCSE) | 13 | 4% | 38% | 77% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Social Studies (CSEC) | 69 | 20% | 1% | 61% | 99% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1 | 42 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Spanish (CSEC) | 34 | 10% | 32% | 68% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11 | 23 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Spanish (GCSE) | 15 | 4% | 53% | 80% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 8 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Sport & Leisure BTEC Certificate | 32 | 9% | 0% | 81% | 81% | 0% | 0% | 19% | 0 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Year 12 | Sport & Leisure BTEC Ext Certificate | 12 | 4% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Statistics (GCSE) | 49 | 14% | 4% | 69% | 82% | 16% | 2% | 0% | 2 | 34 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Textiles Clothing & Fashion (CSEC) | 39 | 11% | 23% | 87% | 92% | 3% | 5% | 0% | 9 | 34 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Vocational Studies L1 | 6 | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 83% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Year 12 | Workskil ls L1 BTEC Certificate | 13 | 4% | 0% | 0% | 92% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Year 12 | Workskil ls L2 BTEC Certificate | 34 | 10% | 0% | 88% | 88% | 0% | 0% | 12% | 0 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 |