As highlighted in paragraphs 8 and 9, we are seeing an improvement in female representation in STEM subjects at A level, though there is still more to do to achieve parity. There has been a noticeable increase in the number of young women entering STEM subjects at a post-16 level: • Girls made up 44% of all STEM entries at A level in 2022 and 51% of all science entries at A level in 2022; • Since 2010, there has been a 35% increase in the number of STEM A level entries from girls in England; • Girls now make up half of science A level entries (in biology, chemistry and physics) with an increase of around 44% in the number of science A level entries taken by girls in England between 2010 and 2022; • In 2022, there were approximately 31,000 more female entries to STEM subjects than in 2010. But there is still progress to be made. For example, girls continue to make up a relatively small proportion of entries to mathematics (37%), physics (23%) and computing (15%). These continuing imbalances are not reflected in attainment. For example, research published in January 2023 by FFT Education Datalab, found that the difference in the average grades for female and male pupils across pupils’ Attainment 8 score was largest in physics and computer science, with girls achieving higher.