June 2024 compared with June 2023 (source JCQ)
A level
- A level Mathematics numbers are up from 89,855 to 100,052, an increase of 11.3%.
- A level Further Mathematics numbers are up from 14,279 to 17,140, an increase of 20.0%.
- Total entries for A levels increased from 797,352 to 816,948, an increase of 2.5%.
- A level Mathematics entries as a proportion of the total A level entries increased from 11.3% to 12.2%.
- A level Further Mathematics entries as a proportion of the total A level entries increased from 1.8% to 2.1%.
AS level
- AS level Mathematics numbers have decreased slightly from 8,084 to 8,040, a decrease of -0.5%.
- AS level Further Mathematics numbers are up from 4,544 to 4,926, an increase of 8.4%.
- Total entries for AS levels decreased from 60,530 to 57,294, a decrease of -5.3%.
- AS level Mathematics entries as a proportion of the total AS level entries increased from 13.4% to 14.0%.
- AS level Further Mathematics entries as a proportion of the total AS level entries increased from 7.5% to 8.6%.
AS/A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics entrants by gender
| AS Mathematics | A level Mathematics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total entries | % entries (female) | % entries (male) | Total entries | % entries (female) | % entries (male) | |
| 2019 | 16,731 | 39.2 | 60.8 | 84,965 | 38.5 | 61.5 |
| 2020 | 9,114 | 39.8 | 60.2 | 87,164 | 39.2 | 60.8 |
| 2021 | 6,626 | 39.5 | 60.5 | 90,047 | 38.6 | 61.4 |
| 2022 | 8,309 | 37.0 | 63.0 | 88,316 | 37.4 | 62.6 |
| 2023 | 8,084 | 39.5 | 60.5 | 89,855 | 37.4 | 62.6 |
| 2024 | 8,040 | 37.3 | 62.7 | 100,052 | 37.0 | 63.0 |
| AS Further Mathematics | A level Further Mathematics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total entries | % entries (female) | % entries (male) | Total entries | % entries (female) | % entries (male) | |
| 2019 | 5,158 | 33.0 | 67.0 | 13,730 | 28.4 | 71.6 |
| 2020 | 4,467 | 32.7 | 67.3 | 14,125 | 29.1 | 70.9 |
| 2021 | 4,098 | 34.4 | 65.6 | 14,811 | 28.8 | 71.2 |
| 2022 | 3,595 | 33.2 | 66.8 | 14,284 | 28.2 | 71.8 |
| 2023 | 4,544 | 33.2 | 66.8 | 14,279 | 28.0 | 72.0 |
| 2024 | 4,926 | 31.3 | 68.7 | 17,140 | 27.1 | 72.9 |
- Percentage of A level Mathematics entrants who were female decreased slightly from 37.4% to 37.0%.
- Percentage of A level Further Mathematics entrants who were female decreased from 28.0% to 27.1%.
- For A level Mathematics, in 2024, 42.1% of male entrants and 40.6% of female entrants achieved grades A*-A, compared to 41.9% and 39.7% respectively in 2023, 47.1% and 47.3% respectively in 2022, and 41.8% and 38.5% respectively in 2019.
- For A level Further Mathematics, in 2024, 58.7% of male entrants and 57.0% of female entrants achieved grades A*-A, compared to 59.4% and 54.9% respectively in 2023, 68.2% and 64.7% respectively in 2022, and 54.1% and 50.5% respectively in 2019.
