Results in England show record numbers sat maths and further maths, and percentage of top grades rose England may finally be shaking off the perception of being “bad at maths” after record numbers of ...

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In 2025, more young people than ever have opened their A-level results to find out how they did in their maths exam. Once again, maths has been the most popular A-level subject, with 112,138 entries ...

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Stem subjects most popular among this year’s students, who secured higher proportion of A*s than pre-Covid years Another year, another cohort of A-level students in England experiencing the unique, ...

The school that topped the Times newspaper’s A-Level rankings in 2024 only permits students to sit A-levels in three subjects: maths, further maths and physics. At King’s College London Mathematics ...

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Mathematics at A-level is going from strength to strength. Maths is the most popular subject choice, and further maths, which is a separate A-level course, has seen the most growth in uptake. Despite ...

Entries for A-level maths exceeded 100,000 this summer – the first time this milestone has been reached. The subject remained the most popular A-level this year, with a 10.9% increase in entries ...