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A-level gender bias worse in state sector
A report published in 2013 from the UK’s Institute of Physics looks at patterns of gender bias in six A-level subjects, all of which are taken by large numbers of students and all of which have a significant gender imbalance. The subjects considered are English, biology, and psychology (which are more popular with girls) and mathematics, physics, and economics (which are more popular with boys). The findings are based on data taken from the National Pupil Database on all coeducational schools in England between 2010 and 2012, providing they had at least ten pupils in Year 13.
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