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A-level results 2018: Spanish

These are the trend tables for A-level Spanish, 2014-2018. For other subjects, visit our main subject tables page. A-level Spanish results: England A-level Spanish entrties: England

A-level results 2018: English language

These are the trend tables for A-level English language, 2014-2018. For other subjects, visit our main subject tables page. *Comparable data is not available before 2017. Before this point, English was recorded as a single subject, covering English language, English literature, and English language and literature. A-level English language results: England A-level English literature entries: […]

A-level results 2018: English literature

These are the trend tables for A-level English literature, 2014-2018. For other subjects, visit our main subject tables page. *Comparable data is not available before 2017. Before this point, English was recorded as a single subject, covering English language, English literature, and English language and literature. A-level English literature results: England A-level English literature entries: […]

A-level results 2018: Further maths

These are the trend tables for A-level maths, 2014-2018. For other subjects, visit our main subject tables page. A-level further maths results: England A-level further maths entries: England

A-level results 2018: Maths

These are the trend tables for A-level maths, 2014-2018. For other subjects, visit our main subject tables page. A-level maths results: England A-level maths entries: England

A-level results 2018: 5 key trends in England’s data

A-level results are out! Here’s what we know… 1. Overall performance in England* The proportion of A* and A grades has stayed the same this year at 26.2 per cent. Last year, it rose by 0.4 percentage points which was the first hike since 2011. On the other hand, A*s are down a little, from […]

A-level results 2018: subject tables

To see how your students have done in their A-levels compared to other students nationwide, Education Datalab has produced a handy set of graphs with accompanying analysis. You can explore trends in national entry and attainment data between 2014 and 2018, for each subject, and overall. Here are the tables for all subjects combined. You […]

Memorable profile interviews of 2017-18 (Or, ‘Why would any school leader invite in a journalist?’)

Schools Week’s features editor Cath Murray looks back on some of the memorable profile interviews from this year Why would any school leader invite a journalist into their school? I would posit four main motivations, co-existing in varying proportions. First, there’s the desire to get the school on the map. Some might be contemplating forming […]

A camera in EVERY classroom: would you do it?

I’m in an engineering lab at a UTC in central Birmingham and it’s all feeling a bit Black Mirror. The popular sci-fi series has an episode called The Entire History of You, where a lawyer plays back his work appraisal for his wife and they analyse every gesture of the panel. In this fictional future, […]