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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Ellie Ng

Pupils should be able to make A-level choices not based on stereotypes: minister

Skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith meeting students at Bury College (Gary Oakley/PA) - (PA Wire)

Young people should be able to make decisions about what to study at A-level that are not based on stereotypes, an education minister has said amid a gender gap in the uptake of maths.

It comes as the proportion of A-level entries awarded top grades rose for the third year in a row, likely driven by the popularity of maths and students scoring highly in it.

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