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regional differences. in london, more than a third of results were top grades. while in yorkshire and the humber, for example, it was more like a quarter. from leeds, our education editor branwenjeffreys reports. a calm results day at this leeds comprehensive. grades were slightly up overall. for some, like sophie, complete delight. oh, i m so happy. i ve done way better than i thought i did. i ve got english literature, i got a nine. english language i got a nine, drama, i gota nine. girls got two thirds of the top grade nines in england. they also edged ahead for the first time in maths. with teacher assessed grades, top grades remained higher than before the pandemic. it made it a lot more nerve racking than probably normal gcses would be. yeah, i got more than i hoped for. i m just really proud of myself. they kept learning through lockdowns and self isolating, knowing it was harderfor some in theiryear group.
i ve got english literature, i got a nine. english language i got a nine, drama, i got a nine. girls got two thirds of the top grade nines in england. they also edged ahead for the first time in maths. with teacher assessed grades, top grades remained higher than before the pandemic. it made it a lot more nerve racking than probably normal gcses would be. yeah, i got more than i hoped for. i m just really proud of myself. they kept learning through lockdowns and self isolating, knowing it was harderfor some in theiryear group. i do know some people who have struggled with online learning because they don t have. they have bad internet connection, or they might not have the proper newest laptops that work fast. so i think it is fair to say that there is a disadvantage in the north. at this school, the gap between better off and disadvantaged prove slightly wider. but the starkest difference
to touch upon one of the stories - to touch upon one of the stories on the daily telegraph, we won t discuss it because there s so little known about it at the moment and we ve onlyjust been speculating, but the headline there is multiple fatalities in plymouth gun attack. this was the story we broke earlier this evening, i think it was around 8:15pm we got the first notification of it from the southwestern ambulance service in devon and cornwall police, a very big incident and crisis had been declared in plymouth, and we understand that there were shots fired and there have been a number of fatalities and other casualties still receiving treatment. people are asked to stay inside their homes for their own safety. let s look at the guardian again. this time, gcses they were over levels when we took them,
year. but next year, with the return of exams, there are big questions. already, thoughts are turning to how they need to be modified. many of they need to be modified. many of the students who will be facing gcses and a levels, national, hires in scotland next year, will also have missed substantial amounts. and exams are going to have to take account of that. and the pandemic has revealed so many divides about how children are growing up in our society. divides that we are seeing into day s exam results. the children who have a bedroom, a desk, a laptop, somewhere to study, and those who don t. and the difference it makes to their life chances. that is a debate, as we continue to think about how children can make up for what they have lost, that is going to become increasingly politically intense. mi to become increasingly politically intense. , .