having received teacher assets grades for their assessed grades for their gcses in the pandemic. it was quite tough. we were the final year to not do formal exams, so it was quite a push, really. there is a wider plan to bring grades back to pre pandemic levels after a spike of good results through 2020 and 2021. this year, the overall pass grade has dropped a percentage point from last year, standing atjust over 97%. but the drop in top grades is being felt more keenly in england, showing a disparity between the nations. top grades in england are only about 1% higher than before the pandemic. unlike in wales and northern ireland, where they are still 7 8% higher. but 0fqual has reassured students there is protection built into the grading process even if they didn t perform as well in their exams.
despite students having missed out on taking gcses because of the pandemic. you can t compare them to last year of the two years previous. we are comparing them to 2019. in terms of the level playing field for the cohort taking exams then, yes, definitely. exams are the fairest way, everybody sits on the same place, with the same content, with the same conditions, having to do the same conditions, having to do the same conditions, having to do the same exam. before we go into this, we have tojust the same exam. before we go into this, we have to just congratulate this, we have to just congratulate this cohort. they have been through such a lot. they have shown massive resilience and they have taken their exams, they have really stepped up to the plate, and they are going to do great, because they will have access to as many opportunities, if not more, than ever. let s talk to city of liverpool college students
we will bring you more tributes to michael parkinson in the coming hours. more now on a level results day. it s the moment thousands of teenagers in england, wales and northern ireland find out the results of their examinations. students results will determine whether they ll go to university, or an apprenticeship or training course. this year, the proportion of top a, or a grade results is down after a rise following the covid pandemic. earlier we heard from education sectretary, gillian keegan, who explained how this year s a levels have been graded fairly, despite students having missed out on taking gcses because of the pandemic. you can t compare them to last year all the two years previous. what we are comparing them to is 2019, because that is the same grading system. but in terms of a level playing field for all the cohort taking exams this year, then, yes, definitely. because exams are the fairest way, everybody sits in the same place, with the same content, with the same co
don t mind sharing with us, was it what you are hoping for?- don t mind sharing with us, was it what you are hoping for? yes. i got a distinction what you are hoping for? yes. i got a distinction in what you are hoping for? yes. i got a distinction in graphic what you are hoping for? yes. i got a distinction in graphic design - what you are hoping for? yes. i got a distinction in graphic design and i a distinction in graphic design and it is what a distinction in graphic design and it is what i a distinction in graphic design and it is what i was after. and a distinction in graphic design and it is what i was after. it is what i was after. and how we re feeling it is what i was after. and how we re feeling in it is what i was after. and how we re feeling in those - it is what i was after. and how. we re feeling in those moments before you are opening those envelopes? i remember, i m not going to tell many years ago, but i remember the nerves opening that envelope. did you
people have been opening them there and then. others, like i did in my day, disappearand and then. others, like i did in my day, disappear and opened them in private. but there have been celebrations. you wouldn t want to open your results live on television, so we haven t done that to any of the students but i am joined by three students who got their results. did you get any sleep last night? no. ok. their results. did you get any sleep last night? no their results. did you get any sleep last night? no. ok, you have done a levels, last night? no. ok, you have done a levels. what last night? no. ok, you have done a levels, what were last night? no. ok, you have done a levels, what were your last night? no. ok, you have done a levels, what were your subjects - last night? no. ok, you have done a levels, what were your subjects and | levels, what were your subjects and did you get the results you wanted? politics, history and sociology and yes, i got what i wanted, i exceeded it.