AQA (A) still the clear league leader
November 23rd, 2007 | by Mark Holah | 
The AQA (A) specification is still the clear leader in terms of number of students sitting the different specifications.
Last June (2007) 60.6% of students sitting A level psychology followed the AQA (A) specifications and 60.4% of students sitting AS psychology followed the AQA (A) route.
Below are figures taken from the various awarding bodies’ websites.
Percentage of students sitting A level psychology June 2007
AQA (A) 60.6%
OCR 19.9%
AQA (B) 10.2%
Edexcel 9.2%
Percentage of students sitting AS level psychology June 2007
AQA (A) 60.4%
OCR 19.2%
AQA (B) 10.1%
Edexcel 8.6%
WJEC 1.8%
Below are the percentages of students sitting A level psychology June 2006
AQA (A) 60.3%
OCR 18.5%
AQA (B) 11.0%
Edexcel 10.2%
The percentages are all rounded up to 1 decimal point.