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Education analysts say it is effectively punishing ambitious students, who are urging a rethink of how exams are set in a bid to motivate more students study higher level maths.

Aside from compulsory English, there was one common subject among the elite group.

A Herald analysis of HSC band 5 and 6 data over 10 years reveals better results for advanced English students – but the news isn’t so good for extension maths and modern history.

Girls did significantly better than boys in almost 20 HSC subjects last year as new data also reveals performance by location and socio-economic background.

Girls did significantly better than boys in almost 20 HSC subjects last year as new data also reveals performance by location and socio-economic background.

More students are studying subjects such as PDHPE while fewer are studying physics due to pressure from schools, analysts say.

New data shows girls out-perform boys in most HSC subjects and are catching up in other historically male strongholds.

HSC results: boys falling behind girls

HSC results: boys falling behind girls