AS-level entries continued to plummet this year, continuing a trend triggered by reforms which mean AS-levels no longer count towards pupils final grades.
AS entries fell by 60 per cent compared to 2017, having fallen by 42 per cent between 2016 and 2017 – the first year where new reformed subjects no longer counted.
A-level entries also decreased in 2018 by three per cent compared to last year, from 785,450 in 2017 to 759,670 in 2018.
Most subjects saw a drop, but the largest percentage decreases were in small entry subjects and those available for the last time this year, including engineering, science, leisure and general studies.
In contrast, entries for A-level computing saw a dramatic jump this year from 7,710 to 9,685.
The sciences, economics and maths also saw numbers rise.
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