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Rachelle Abbott

The Leader podcast: Record A-level results, but why did girls do better than boys?

Students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are celebrating record-breaking success in this year’s A-Levels, with London doing the best in the country.

Our Education Editor Anna Davis tells us why the Capital’s performed so well, and also looks at the mystery of why girls have done better than boys this year?

She also discusses the dilemma facing universities with a record 435,430 people having a confirmed place, but also more people entering clearing and fewer courses available than last year.

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