Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home A Level results day 2018: The stats A Level results day 2018: The stats Girls are narrowing the gender gap, Stem entries are up and languages are down – all the stats from A-level results day 16th August 2018, 11:06am Tes reporter Share A Level results day 2018: The stats https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/level-results-day-2018-stats Copy Link Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more New technical pathways in secondary schools by 2028, PM announces Tes reporter • 27th July 2026 Social media bullying linked to school absence, study finds Tes reporter • 23rd July 2026 Teacher pay scales 2026-27: what will your salary look like? Tes reporter • 1st July 2026 Badenoch calls Phillipson 'spiteful class warrior' over private school tax Tes reporter • 24th June 2026 Recent Most read Most shared New technical pathways in secondary schools by 2028, PM announces News 27 July 2026 Ethnicity excluded from new similar-schools measure amid legal fears News 27 July 2026 A better way to help pupils engage with global crises Leadership 27 July 2026 What Lucy Powell should do about Ofsted, staff wellbeing and pupil rolls Analysis 24 July 2026 Teacher pay scales 2026-27: what will your salary look like? Analysis 1 July 2026 How will prime minister Andy Burnham ‘change’ education? News 20 July 2026 ‘Compatible’ teaching of RE and science could boost interest in Stem News 27 July 2026 A better way to help pupils engage with global crises Leadership 27 July 2026 What Lucy Powell should do about Ofsted, staff wellbeing and pupil rolls Analysis 24 July 2026