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The Latest Breaking News on GCSE and Higher results show worsening gap between richer and poorer pupils: pandemic assessment shows we should reconsider exams

OPINION - An A-level recalibration leaves today’s students better off

Boys have regained their A* lead with the return of exams, writes Professor Alan Smithers

Evening Standard

A ‘glide path’ to pre-Covid: why A-level grades are lower in England this year

Sharp drop is part of ministers’ plan to get grades back to 2019 levels, but disadvantaged pupils are likely to bear the brunt

The Guardian - UK

A-level grade boundaries 2024: Results day for AQA, OCR and Edexcel exam boards

Grade boundaries are released on the same day as students receive their results

The Independent UK

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A-level chaos as Ucas clearing website crashes after top grades plunge by biggest drop on record

Overall A-level pass rate at lowest level for 15 years as government backs decision to return to pre-pandemic grading

The Independent UK

Thousands fewer students in England awarded top A-level grades

Education secretary Gillian Keegan accused of ‘adding insult to injury’ for remarks about significance of exam results

The Guardian - UK

Top A-level grades fall in Northern Ireland but remain above pre-pandemic levels

More than 26,000 students across the region received their results on Thursday morning.

The Independent UK

A-level top grades fall but remain above pre-pandemic levels - old

Hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their results.

The Independent UK

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Fewer students accepted on UK degree courses than last year – Ucas

More than 19,000 British 18-year-olds have missed the conditions of their university offer and are now eligible for clearing.

The Independent UK

A Level results: Fall in number of students accepted on university courses amid warning over grades

Tens of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are finding out their A-level and VTQ exam results on Thursday

The Independent UK

How parents can support their children on GCSE and A-level results day

Hundreds of thousands of students across the country will be opening their A-level exam results this week

The Independent UK

Clearing was a nightmare for me. Here’s what I wish I’d known about A-level results

That sheet of paper seems to represent all your chances for future happiness and success. Believe me, it doesn’t, says journalist Dorothy Dunn

The Guardian - UK

A-level results 2023 LIVE: London students get highest A* rate in the country as attainment gap widens

In total, 30 per cent of exams taken in London were graded A* or A – which is just behind the South East at 30.3 per cent

Evening Standard

A-level students in England may miss out as stricter grading returns

Headteachers say pupils may be disheartened by their results as pre-pandemic marking process means fewer top grades likely to be awarded

The Guardian - UK

Students receive A-level results as ministers in England aim to restore pre-pandemic grades

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

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Students receive A-level results as ministers aim to return to pre-Covid grading

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

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