Thousands of students across Wales will be collecting their A-level exam results. For many it will mean going onto university or further education but increasing numbers are choosing to take a different route.
Thousands of students across Wales are awaiting their A-level results this morning.
Many will be going onto university or further education but the number of young people taking A-levels is falling and increasingly they are choosing a different route.
The overall A-level entry in Wales has fallen by 5.3 per cent to 33,640 compared with 35,525 in 2017.
Qualification Wales believe this is due to three factors: smaller population size in age group, students taking fewer subjects and increase in those taking vocational qualifications.
This year, the number of students taking modern foreign languages has also dropped since last year. The percentage fall can be seen next to the summer 2017 figures in brackets below.
Over the past five years, there has been an increase in unconditional offers for university places across the UK - from 2,985 in 2013, to 67,915 in 2018.
The Education Secretary, Kirsty Williams, will be visiting Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf this morning where students will go to pick up their results.
