A-level results: proportion of As and A*s falls sharply
Top grades for exams taken in England, Wales and Northern Ireland down by 8.4 percentage points on last year’s teacher-assessed grades
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Top grades for exams taken in England, Wales and Northern Ireland down by 8.4 percentage points on last year’s teacher-assessed grades
University admissions have also fallen on last year, but are the second highest on record, according to Ucas figures.
After the disruption caused to education by the pandemic, this is the first year since 2019 in which school leavers have sat traditional A-level exams. Normally, 26 per cent of A-level students are marked A or higher: last year it jumped to 45 per cent after teacher-assessed grades were brought in. ...
University admissions have also fallen on last year, but are the second highest on record, according to Ucas figures.
University admissions have also fallen on last year, but are the second highest on record, according to Ucas figures.