Easiest A-Levels to achieve?

Biology is hard. Loads of content.

I’d pick Economics from your list as long as she doesn’t want to do an Economics degree (as pp have said most unis require Maths A level for that). Economics at A level has some maths but if she’s predicted an 8/9 in it at GCSE she will be fine. I know a few DC that have done this and got A* in Econ A level.

As pp said, there’s a nice overlap in Human Geography and Econ, which makes understanding some of the more in depth concepts such as globalisation easier.

I’ve had one DC do Psych A level and one do Econ and there doesn’t seem to be as much content to learn in Econ.

Unless she wants to go into something allied to medicine, I’d steer very clear of Biology. Hugely content heavy and all the A* chasing medics do it.

It's a-levels. There is a lot of learning in all the subject. And understanding around the subject. Not just what is taught in class.

I'd guess psychology. It was, at least it was a few years ago, a matter of learning standard essays. Much much simpler than chem or biol.
however I think you are looking at this the wrong way. You need to look at your daughter's schools stats, some school have some particularly strong departments and teachers and some have particularly weak ones.
My kids school psychology teacher was abysmal and the results showed that. (And yes it was after taking account of the type of students who sat that subject etc)
A guy called 'Loopa' used to sell standard essays for psychology which my son used. They were brilliant but not sure if they are still good as my son did it a few years ago.

Actually geography and chemistry can be really complimentary but only if you are interested in environmental studies type subjects. But in this case she would be expressing interest in sciences overall which she doesn't seem to be

On the humanities end of things English, History, Geography are a huge workload. MFLs are a lot less but an aptitude to languages is more than useful.

At DCs sixth form Sociology, Philosophy and Business seem to be regarded as less labour intensive than most.

PE/Sport A level seems popular. I’ve heard of this with Maths, Biology, Business, Geography.

As a standalone science Biology seems to work. Economics is mathsy and probably best done alongside Maths. It’s supposedly hard to do Physics without doing Maths but we do know some who have, likewise Chemistry.

Coming back to coursework and curriculum workload, as others have said, History might be the most overloaded in both respects. DC’s sixth form are meant be an outstanding school, but they only just fitted the history curriculum into a reasonable timescale. The coursework was a slog too.

EPQ is compulsory at DCs sixth form, in his year group there are 1200 students, about 400 defaulted. I don’t know of anyone who was formally excused the EPQ, I think some potential sports stars were excused extra curricular activities in Yr12 - ie those activities promoting socialising in Autumn and Easter terms.

You see I thought physics was a doddle because it's mostly just sums. Chemistry otoh required you to actually learn stuff.

Yes, it depends so much on the individual. For me or my DD the stem subjects would be least work, history or any of the other subjects much harder.

I wouldn't personally encourage a bright dc to just opt for the path of least resilience without really thinking through the implications. On the contrary, if would be emphasising that, sometimes, the things that we really want can often be worth working for.

This in spades. For many kids, acquiring good study habits and work ethic at this stage (if it's not already there) is invaluable. Perhaps the OPs DD already has some of this sort of characteristic well-developed through commitment to her sport.

If she is predicted 8s and 9s, she is bright and would probably be aiming for a RG uni, doing a fairly academic degree?
Some subjects are regarded by most RG unis as preferable, and some courses have definite requirements, so if she does want to go that route, then she needs to research which would appeal to her too.

If she is interested in getting into a business type career and would be considering an Economics degree, then Maths is essential to get onto most Economics degree courses.

It sounds like she goes to an academic school (possibly private given sixth form requirements) - surely they could assist in advising as they also know her capabilities?

has she considered an extended diploma at level 3 instead of A levels? My daughter did this in her chosen subject and it was a great alternative. The work was well paced and regular assessments rather than exams.
Dsughter got into a great uni with her level 3.
it’s the equivalent of 3 A levels.

You see I thought physics was a doddle because it's mostly just sums. Chemistry otoh required you to actually learn stuff.

Why not business if she wants to do marketing? It’s very widely accepted and is relatively straightforward

Economics isn't too hard if you're good at maths.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/187172/economics-the-users-guide-by-chang-ha-joon/9780718197032
is the book my DC were told to read at the beginning of their A level course. I'd suggest buying / borrowing it and giving it a try - if she really enjoys it (even just a couple of chapters over the weekend) then she'll probably thrive on the A level.

Looking at your DS choices physics is by far the hardest science and by picking history he did an a level completely different from the others and needing a different skill set

i agree with the overlap of topics and skills - pick arts or sciences and go with that as much as you can and align it with the skills she needs for her Uni course

The sciences and maths A levels are definitely a huge step up from GCSEs. They are hard, I’ve had four children do maths, further maths, chemistry, biology and physics in different combinations. If you’re not committed to a career needing them, or absolutely loving studying them, then I wouldn’t recommend

I’d go with psychology. A levels are hard and there is no getting around that.

Re: the EPQ, DD was given an offer by her current Uni (she’s in her first year) Red Brick- Offer was AAA; they offered BBB if she got an A in her EPQ. So very worth doing.

They are a big step up. With time management she should be ok except the final term. Dd1 dropped everything else from about Feb year 13 onwards.

Very true! Most schools seem to do either Edexcel or AQA but some do not have that coursework requirement.

I really enjoyed psychology a-level. Found it easy and super interesting. Got the top make. It's also a good one for a variety of careers - marketing, HR etc

Why doesn't she go to college and do a sports related course?

Geography and PE would usually have some element of coursework/practical which can be time consuming (but doable) alongside an EPQ but this doesn't make them easier tk achieve good grades.

You also need to consider which exam board. dS2 is doing geography and there was no NEA.

Quite a bit of cross over with geography (human side) and economics which helps a bit.

Geography is a big workload, lots of essays (12 and 20 markers) for homeworks + NEA which is self driven.

Lots of kids who get 8/9 easily struggle at A level as all of a sudden it's not easy to do well. They have to put in reading time of journal/other articles too for their essays to get top marks.

Geography and Economics make decent bedfellows, especially as there is stats in both. Geography A level includes statistical analysis like standard deviation, distribution, gini coefficient etc which links in and globalisation as a topic obviously links to economics closely.

No GCSEs are harder. It depends what she is good at and what she is interested in. For example, of the subjects you mentioned as having heavy workload, the workload for maths is not that bad for a natural mathematician who "gets" it. Whereas my DD only finished the History A Level syllabus when the school threw in a whole bunch of extra sessions to cover (though some of that was down to in-school issues) so had virtually no time to revise some of it.

Of your possible list I'd suggest not taking Chemistry or Economics without maths.

I'd also agree with PPs who suggest dropping the EPQ that can be a huge time sponge - is there really no option for this? If the aim is to reduce workload to focus on sport, then I would be trying to get out of this or considering somewhere that doesn't enforce it. Or is taking core maths a possibility instead? That might complement other choices well.

Geology!

DH is a geologist who didn't do geology A level (did physics, maths and geography I think) and he and his colleagues believe it is easy. DD agrees - went on a geology field trip at school even though she wasn't taking it because she was thinking about doing a degree. She returned, confirming she was able to answer the questions out in the field as easily as the other students even with zero knowledge of the curriculum. It was 'common sense' apparently. Now you could say she'd absorbed some random knowledge from her dad. But that only holds true to a certain extent.