But female students performed slightly higher than average than males overall

The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre has revealed 7% of students in the state are failing numeracy, as the latest Atar results indicate a series of Victorian Certificate of Education leaks made little impact on overall scores.

A record 47,461 VCE students will receive their Atars on Thursday morning – 4.7% more than 2023, when 45,239 students were scored an Atar.

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