GCE A-level — Written Question

Question

Ian Sollom

Liberal Democrat — St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state school students took four A levels including maths, further maths, and at least one subject qualifying for the high value course premium in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those students were female.

Answer

Josh MacAlister

The data requested is below.

Time Period	Sex	Number of Students	Proportion (%)
2023/24	Male	5,119	74.8
2023/24	Female	1,722	25.2
2022/23	Male	4,121	74.2
2022/23	Female	1,430	25.8
2021/22	Male	3,800	73.9
2021/22	Female	1,345	26.1
2020/21	Male	4,328	73.9
2020/21	Female	1,528	26.1
2019/20	Male	3,702	73.9
2019/20	Female	1,305	26.1

Notes about the data:

Includes state-funded students who ended 16-18 study in the reported year (for example, 2023/24).

Includes students who entered for at least four A levels, one being A level mathematics, one being A level further mathematics and at least one other A level being eligible for the high value courses premium.

Discounting rules apply (in other words, where students have multiple entries in the same subject, the best result is included).