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 NEU: Reform would make education ‘hostile place’ for many children Tes reporter • 20th March 2026 Teachers worried about impact of screen time on reading Tes reporter • 18th March 2026 Ofsted chief will ‘not downplay’ disadvantaged schools’ outcomes Tes reporter • 13th March 2026 Social media ban for under-16s rejected by MPs Tes reporter • 10th March 2026 Recent Most read Most shared International group grows in Greece with EYFS-primary plans News 20 March 2026 Disadvantaged schools more likely to be graded down on achievement News 20 March 2026 This story of exam results mistakes should make all schools think Analysis 20 March 2026 Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum Teaching & Learning 4 March 2026 How a new approach to vocabulary has transformed our reading scores Teaching & Learning 19 March 2026 6.5% teacher pay rise ‘risks reversing’ recruitment gains News 19 March 2026 Scrap smart uniforms, say nearly half of secondary teachers News 19 March 2026 Disadvantaged schools more likely to be graded down on achievement News 20 March 2026 6.5% teacher pay rise ‘risks reversing’ recruitment gains News 19 March 2026