A-level results day 2017 explained in four charts
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. With a whopping 39.2 per cent decline in entrants when compared to 2016, General Studies has been the most unpopular subject for A-level students this year. Also unpopular in 2016 was Communication Studies, ICT and English Language & literature, which all observed a percentage difference of over -11 per cent between last year and now. While still popular, humanities subjects such as History, English Literature and English Language all also noticed a drop in students Boys vs Girls Year on year the trend has been that girls academically outperform boys. Though this is a 4 per cent improvement on last year’s student cohort, 5.2 per cent more students achieve A and A* grades in Northern Ireland.
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