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Summary of AS/A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics entries and results August 2022 (UK) 

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June 2022 compared with June 2021 (source JCQ)

A level

  • A level Mathematics numbers are down from 97,690 to 95,635, a decrease of 2.1%.  
  • A level Further Mathematics numbers are down from 15,748 to 15,146, a decrease of 3.8%.  
  • Total entries for A levels increased from 824,718 to 848,910, an increase of 2.9%.  
  • A level Mathematics entries as a proportion of the total A level entries decreased from 11.8% to 11.3%.   
  • A level Further Mathematics entries as a proportion of the total A level entries decreased from 1.9% to 1.8%.  

AS level  

  • AS level Mathematics numbers are up from 14,466 to 15,489, an increase of 7.1%.  
  • AS level Further Mathematics numbers are down from 4,707 to 4,056, a decrease of 13.8%.  
  • Total entries for AS levels decreased from 135,589 to 135,397, a decrease of 0.1%.  
  • AS level Mathematics entries as a proportion of the total AS level entries increased from 10.7% to 11.4%.   
  • AS level Further Mathematics entries as a proportion of the total AS level entries decreased from 3.5% to 3.0%.   

AS/A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics entrants by gender (UK) 

AS Mathematics A level Mathematics
Total entries % entries (female) % entries (male) Total
entries
% entries (female) % entries (male)
2018 81,051 38.9 61.1 97,627 39.3 60.7
2019 25,923 40.9 59.1 91,895 38.8 61.2
2020 18,363 41.6 58.4 94,264 39.4 60.6
2021 14,466 41.5 58.5 97,690 38.9 61.1
2022 15,489 39.9 60.1 95,635 37.7 62.3
AS Further Mathematics A level Further Mathematics
Total entries % entries (female) % entries (male) Total
entries
% entries (female) % entries (male)
2018 18,426 29.9 70.1 16,157 28.4 71.6
2019 5,898 32.7 67.3 14,527 28.6 71.4
2020 5,344 32.0 68.0 14,979 29.0 71.0
2021 4,707 33.4 66.6 15,748 28.8 71.2
2022 4,056 33.1 66.9 15,146 28.1 71.9
  • Percentage of A level Mathematics entrants who were female decreased from 38.9% to 37.7%. 
  • Percentage of A level Further Mathematics entrants who were female decreased from 28.8% to 28.1%. 
  • For A level Mathematics, in 2022, 48.0% of male entrants and 48.5% of female entrants achieved grades A*-A, compared to 53.5% and 57.8% respectively in 2021.  
  • For A level Further Mathematics, in 2022, 68.7% of male entrants and 65.4% of female entrants achieved grades A*-A, compared to 74.7% and 77.5% respectively in 2021.  

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