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 SEND reforms fail to address transport concerns, MPs warn Tes reporter • 6th March 2026 Schools to provide life‑saving allergy pens under new rules Tes reporter • 4th March 2026 Ofqual calls for tougher action on phones and AI cheating Tes reporter • 3rd March 2026 Teacher strike ballot opens over pay and workload Tes reporter • 28th February 2026 Recent Most read Most shared Social media must be banned until 16 to tackle in-school misogyny Analysis 8 March 2026 On-screen exams could widen disadvantage gap, EEF warns News 6 March 2026 Ofsted rejects 1 in 5 inspection deferral requests News 6 March 2026 Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum Teaching & Learning 4 March 2026 How can school leaders boost staff wellbeing? Leadership 3 March 2026 Average school needs no extra teachers until 2029, says DfE News 4 March 2026 School support staff leaving in record numbers News 5 March 2026 Schools to provide life‑saving allergy pens under new rules News 4 March 2026 Why making maths ‘more relevant’ misses the point Analysis 5 March 2026