| A level subject |
Number sitting 1999
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Year/year +/-
|
Number sitting 1998
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| Art & design
(combinations) |
37,385 |
1% |
37,119 |
| Biology |
56,036 |
-4% |
58,437 |
| Business studies |
37,926 |
2% |
37,008 |
| Chemistry |
41,727 |
-3% |
43,030 |
| Classical subjects
(combinations) |
5,917 |
-10% |
6,610 |
| Communication studies |
4,093 |
-17% |
4,911 |
| Computing |
17,145 |
17% |
14,643 |
| Economics |
18,377 |
-2% |
18,670 |
| English (combinations) |
90,340 |
-4% |
94,099 |
| Expressive arts |
11,405 |
0% |
11,403 |
| French |
21,072 |
-11% |
23,633 |
| General studies |
85,338 |
6% |
80,750 |
| Geography |
42,181 |
-6% |
44,881 |
| German |
9,551 |
-6% |
10,192 |
| History |
38,842 |
-4% |
40,495 |
| Home economics |
2,384 |
-1% |
2,418 |
| Law |
10,703 |
-2% |
10,885 |
| Mathematics |
69,645 |
-1% |
70,554 |
| Media/film/TV studies
(combinations) |
14,222 |
7% |
13,345 |
| Music |
6,875 |
-2% |
7,012 |
| Other modern languages (all except French,
German, Spanish, Welsh) |
4,973 |
-4% |
5,157 |
| Physics |
33,880 |
-1% |
34,244 |
| Political studies |
9,840 |
-2% |
10,051 |
| Psychology |
28,537 |
-4% |
29,796 |
| Religious studies |
8,997 |
-2% |
9,138 |
| Science (all except biology, chemistry,
physics) |
5,033 |
-4% |
5,246 |
| Sociology |
24,749 |
-6% |
26,242 |
| Spanish |
5,782 |
2% |
5,653 |
| Sport/PE studies |
15,788 |
8% |
14,628 |
| Technology subjects |
13,727 |
3% |
13,316 |
| All other subjects |
10,125 |
4% |
9,703 |
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