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After AS levels: which subjects should students drop?

5 Sep 2014:
Picking their final subjects for A-level is not simply a matter of what they've done best in
British Library gives teachers tools to inspire

31 Aug 2014:
Anna Baddeley: The Discovering Literature website is an important cultural resource that can be enjoyed by all ages
School uniforms: free children and families from this tyranny

24 Aug 2014: The big issue: This rigid system of quasi-military uniforms is expensive for families and a constant source of problems for teachers
Engineers are the lifeblood of a country – and the UK doesn’t have enough

16 Aug 2014: James Dyson: Yes, more students are taking science and maths at A-level, but it’s a high-tech revolution that our future depends on
Record number of students off to university after undergrad cap raised

15 Aug 2014: Higher proportion of sixth formers go into further education, including more women and students from deprived areas
A-level achievements in context

15 Aug 2014: Letters: The obsession with students with cricket scores of A-levels does a disservice to state-educated pupils who could not be funded for so many subjects
Number of women and students from deprived areas off to university hit high

15 Aug 2014: Ucas figures show total number of people going to university could top half a million for first time, despite shrinking demographic
The Guardian view on universities: growing bigger

14 Aug 2014: Editorial: This year, an extra 30,000 university places will be added to the overall total. A radical higher education experiment that does not promise an era of settled certainty
A-level results at first free school sixth form college are envy of top schools

14 Aug 2014: London Academy of Excellence, in deprived Stratford, was set up 2012 with aim of getting local teenagers into top universities
It is still early days for the effects of Michael Gove's changes

14 Aug 2014: From 2015 there will be much deeper changes to secondary education, writes professor Alan Smithers, an education researcher at the University of Buckingham
A-level results 2014: key numbers in Vines

14 Aug 2014: Want to see the A-level 2014 results summarised in mere seconds? Take a look at the key numbers from the results in these animated clips
A-levels results day and university clearing – as it happened

14 Aug 2014: Overall A* to E pass rate drops marginally, by 0.1%, while A* rate rises slightly
What teachers don’t tell you – A-level results won’t determine your future

14 Aug 2014: John Crace: A-level grades have dipped. So what? They’ve fallen because the system has been changed, and in any case exams should never define who you are
A-Levels results day – in pictures

14 Aug 2014: Students pick up their A-level results on an emotional day at schools across Britain
A-level maths overtakes English for first time as students opt for harder subjects

14 Aug 2014: Number who sat maths rose by 0.9% while entries for English fell 4.6%, with move attributed to preferences of highly selective universities