2019 entries in EBacc subjects have increased overall by 4% on 2018 according to Ofqual’s provisional entry statistics. Entries in non-EBacc subjects decreased overall by 9% compared with the previous year.

Other key points from the Ofqual data on the number of provisional entries for GCSEs, AS and A Levels in England include:

GCSE

• GCSE entries increased by just under 1% (5.2m in total).
• Most EBacc subjects increased particularly Combined Science, English Language and Maths
• Modern foreign language entries increased overall by 4%. French was up by 4% and Spanish up by 10%.
• In all tiered subjects, entries for the foundation tier increased.

AS Level

• Entries fell by almost 60% from 2018 (down to 117,595).

A Level

• A Level entries dropped slightly by 2% (0.75m in total).
• Increases in entries were seen in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Sociology, Geography, History, Computing and Political Studies.
• Decreases were seen in English and Maths, although Maths remains the most popular A Level subject by far (86,185 entries).
• The next most popular A Level subjects remain the same as last year – Biology (64,460), Psychology (62,685) and Chemistry (55,615).