Exam results 2024
These briefings cover entries and attainment for STEM subjects at A level and Scottish Advanced Highers, and engineering and technology-related T levels for the for the 2024 exam series. This is the first year where all UK nations have returned completely to pre-pandemic conditions, with Scotland now back to including full coursework assessment.
A level
- Maths remains the most common A level, surpassing 100,000 entries for the first time.
- The proportion of entries for maths, further maths, computing, and physics have all increased since 2023.
- Female students remain underrepresented in maths (37%), D&T (32%), further maths (27%), physics (23%), and computing (17%).
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T levels
- T levels continue to grow in popularity with the introduction of new courses, with numbers more than doubling to 7,380 across all T levels, and 3,598 across engineering and tech-related courses.
- Just under half of all young people who completed their T Level course studied an engineering and tech-related course.
- Only 9% of those completing engineering and tech-related courses were female.
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GCSE
- Computing GCSE continues to grow, up 5.8% since 2023, with much of this driven by a 10.3% increase in female entries.
- Male students continue to be more likely than female students to take optional STEM subjects at GCSE.
- Although entries for female students in Computing, D&T, Construction, and Engineering are lower than male students, their attainment levels are higher.
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