These students were overjoyed after collecting their A-level results at Parrs Wood High School in ManchesterPhotograph: /Christopher ThomondThe national trend was for year-on-year improvements and record resultsPhotograph: Christopher ThomondFour students at Parrs Wood High School in Manchester got 4 A grades, 28 others got 3 A grades. Overall 84% of their students gained A-C grades, while nine have Oxbridge offersPhotograph: Christopher Thomond
Students happily consider their futures after collecting their resultsPhotograph: Christopher ThomondSome people prefer to be alone when they get big news. A girl reads her results at Withington Girls School in Manchester Photograph: Darren Staples/ReutersA distraught pupil from Hayesfield Sixth Form in Bath is comforted by a teacherPhotograph: Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesA pupil studies his A-level results at Brighton College. Universities reported recieving calls on clearing phonelines as early as 7.50amPhotograph: Gareth Fuller/PAStudents from Withington Girls School in Manchester compare results Photograph: Dave Thompson/PAJessica King and her mother Julia, react to her A-level results at Latymer Upper School in London. Jessica got five A gradesPhotograph: Luke Macgregor/ReutersKay Durham from Hayesfield Sixth Form in Bath reacts as she opens her A-level resultsPhotograph: Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesA student celebrates getting four A grades at Latymer Upper School in London Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters
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