Analysis Of 2021 GCSE Core STEM Entrants

Record STEM GCSE grades for girls although numbers opting for non-core STEM subjects fell considerably. Girls achieved record top grades in STEM GCSEs with 55% of girls achieving A*-A *(grades […]
Analysis Of 2021 A-Level Core STEM Entrants

Gap between girls and boys awarded A* in Core-STEM subjects widens Girls continued to outperform in Core STEM A-levels this year with 52.2% awarded A or A* across all subjects […]
Annual Core-STEM Stats Round Up: 2019-20

There are two lessons which can be drawn from what’s happened in the last year in core-STEM, based on statistics for education, the workforce and boardrooms. Firstly, incremental progress, although […]
Analysis Of 2020 A-Level Core STEM Entrants – Number Of Core STEM* A-Levels Completed By Girls Rises Again

Each of the Core STEM* subjects are showing progress in the right direction with increasing proportions of females taking each of the subjects. An extra 632 Core STEM* A-Levels have […]
2019 Workforce Statistics – One million women in STEM in the UK

Summary Introduction For the first time ever, there are over one million women working in core-STEM roles in the UK. With the target for 2020 hit, we are looking […]
Women on Boards 2019

Overall, when it comes to getting women into the boardroom the trends for FTSE 100 companies are positive, with more women overall, more women in executive roles and more companies […]
Core STEM Graduates 2019

Introduction The number of core-STEM female higher education qualification achievements (Levels 4-6 – henceforth referred to as ‘graduates’ for simplicity) increased between 2018 and 2019, continuing the trend of recent […]
Analysis of 2019 A Level Core STEM Entrants and Results

1,930 more core STEM* A Levels have been awarded to girls in 2019 than in 2018, while the number awarded to boys has dropped by a similar amount (1,792). Girls […]
Analysis of 2019 A Level Core STEM Entrants and Results

1,930 more core STEM* A Levels have been awarded to girls in 2019 than in 2018, while the number awarded to boys has dropped by a similar amount (1,792). Girls […]
Women In STEM Apprenticeships 2018/19

The percentage of core STEM apprenticeships started by females has, once again, increased, so that in the 2018-9 academic year one in ten core-STEM apprenticeships were started by females. The […]