The number of students sitting A level psychology has fallen for the first time.
November 16th, 2007 
Has the number of students sitting A level psychology reached a plateaux or are we going to see a decline?
According to data from the J.C.Q. the number of students sitting A level psychology has fallen for the first time.
In June 2007 52,048 candidates sat A level psychology whereas in June 2006 the number was 52,621. Both figures however still represent approximately 6.5% of the total number of students sitting A levels.
A level psychology is currently the fifth biggest A level and the third biggest AS level.
Psychology has until this year been growing at an incredible pace when, for example, one notes that only as far back as 2001 31,740 candidates sat A level psychology. The initial examination entry in 1972 was 272 candidates and by 1997 the number of candidates had grown to 28,ooo.
Below are the data for the past seven years
Number of A level Psychology candidates sitting the exams in June
2007
52048 which is 6.5% of total students sitting the June exams. 13176 were male and 38872 were female
2006
52621 which is 6.5% of total students sitting the June exams. 13485 were male and 39176 were female
2005
50035 which is 6.4% of total students sitting the June exams. 12798 were male and 37237 were female
2004
46933 which is 6.1% of total students sitting the June exams. 11875 were male and 35058 female
2003
41949 which is 5.6% of total students sitting the June exams. 10193 were male and 31756 were female
2002
34611 which is 4.9% of total students sitting the June exams. 8038 were male and were 26573 female
2001
31740 which is 4.2% of total students sitting the June exams. 7188 were male and 24552 female
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