Schools that had thirty or fewer KS4 pupils in 2021 will be excluded. When looking at breakdowns by gender, I include all schools that had at least 30 KS4 pupils of that gender.
Sciences
Seeing as this post was inspired by the canada rcs data Institute of Physics, it seems only fair to start with the sciences. Let’s take a look at the proportion of schools that sent none of their 2021 KS4 pupils on to study science at A-Level in 2023.
Virtually all schools (99.7%) sent at least one pupil on to study a science subject at A-Level, and the vast majority sent someone on to study biology, chemistry and physics. Schools were rather less likely to send pupils on to study computer science.
Schools were much more likely to send no girls on to take physics or computer science than to send no boys on. Nearly a third of schools with at least 30 girls at KS4 sent none of them on to A-Level physics, and more than half sent none on to computer science. On the other hand, schools were less likely to send no girls on to biology or chemistry than to send no boys on.