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Urgent action is needed to “stop the spiral of decline” in the popularity of English literature at A-level, a headteachers’ union has warned. It should be a “living, breathing subject which inspires ...

The slow decline of the English literature A-level continues. In 2017, when exams were first sat for the current course, there were 46,411 entries. In 2022 there were 35,791 – a fall of 23%. This year ...

A headteachers’ union has expressed severe concern about the continuing decline in English entries at A-level (Ryan Phillips/PA) Urgent action is needed to “stop the spiral of decline” in the ...

The number of teenagers taking English literature A-levels has dropped dramatically because Government reforms have made the subject a “grind”, a schools leader has warned. Students are being put off ...