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Uptake of GCE A Level Subjects 2024. Statistics Report Series No. 147

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Title: Uptake of GCE A Level Subjects 2024. Statistics Report Series No. 147
Language: English
Authors: Tim Gill, Cambridge University Press and Assessment (United Kingdom)
Source: Cambridge University Press & Assessment. 2025.
Availability: Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Shaftesbury Road Cambridge CB2 8EA. Tel: 44-1223-553311; e-mail: directcs@cambridge.org; Web site: https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Exit Examinations, Academic Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Courses, Institutional Characteristics, Disadvantaged Schools, School Demography, Single Sex Schools, Statistical Data, Disadvantaged Youth
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)
Abstract: This report is focused on the uptake of A level subjects in England in 2024. Uptake in an A level subject is defined as the number or percentage of students at the end of Key Stage 5 (who have entered for at least one AS or A level) taking the subject. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England" service. The dataset consisted of Key Stage 5 (KS5) results of all subjects provided by each school in England. Other school information, such as schools' sex composition, admissions policy, and the number of disadvantaged pupils at the end of KS5, was also available. Only schools that had at least one student who sat for at least one A level subject in the 2023/2024 academic year were included. In this report, A level uptake is presented by the following school classifications: school type, school attainment, school deprivation level, and school sex composition.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: ED678088
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This report is focused on the uptake of A level subjects in England in 2024. Uptake in an A level subject is defined as the number or percentage of students at the end of Key Stage 5 (who have entered for at least one AS or A level) taking the subject. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England" service. The dataset consisted of Key Stage 5 (KS5) results of all subjects provided by each school in England. Other school information, such as schools' sex composition, admissions policy, and the number of disadvantaged pupils at the end of KS5, was also available. Only schools that had at least one student who sat for at least one A level subject in the 2023/2024 academic year were included. In this report, A level uptake is presented by the following school classifications: school type, school attainment, school deprivation level, and school sex composition.