The finding has come from research launched alongside the new #PrettyCurious campaign, which aims to introduce teenage girls to STEM role-models with whom they can identify.
The study also found that 13 per cent of girls believe that companies which employ scientists would prefer to hire men.
The research involved more than 2,150 students, boys and girls, aged 11 to 16 and found that science was the third most popular subject for girls, with 28 per cent saying they enjoyed science the most. The most popular subjects for girls were art and design and English. Furthermore, almost 40 per cent of the girls said they had performed the best in science during the last year.
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