lol stupid telegraph
i read it thinking i was missing something
then came back here and found the year old thread lol
probably had some Board of Studies representative bribe them or something
2 units of any english is ALWAYS counted (this is why english is compulsary)
best 8 units of category A subjects are then counted (not sure bout cat B subjects)
theres this
http://www.boredofstudies.org/scaledmeans.php
but thats only for 2001-2003
scaling changes every year, so you never know what's gonna be "better"