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Hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are receiving grades this morning to help them progress on to university, work or training.

Results, reactions and pictures as region’s students learn their fate

Results, reactions and pictures as region’s students learn their fate

A-level results, awarded to pupils in the first cohort to return to standard grading after the pandemic, signal a “growing disparity” in academic achievement between pupils from poorer families and their more well off peers, experts say.

The attainment gap for the top grades between the north and south of England continues to be larger than it was before the pandemic, figures show.

The proportion of top A-level grades is down on last year but still remains above pre-pandemic levels. It comes as England returns to 2019 marking methodology. Listen to the Daily podcast, asking whether this cohort is the unluckiest set of students ever, while you scroll.

This year was about "getting back to normal" - but it's clear we're not quite there yet.

With 55,000 missing predicted grades, universities looking to fill places via clearing hope to convince those who missed out to recalibrate 

This cohort could face greater disappointment as their inflated GCSE results could leave them with higher expectations, sector leaders say,

The opportunity for youngsters to earn while they learn may become more attractive this year, the admissions chief said.