The proportion of top A-level grades achieved by pupils in England has dropped 19 per cent after the first summer exams in three years, but remains much higher than in 2019.
Today’s data shows 35.9 per cent of grades handed out this year were A* or A grades, down from 44.3 per cent in 2021 and 38.1 per cent in 2020 – when teachers decided grades.
But top grades are still up on 2019 results (25.2 per cent) – the last year summer exams were held.
The Joint Council for Qualifications has published the results from the first summer A-level exams since the pandemic began. Pupils were awarded centre-assessed grades in 2020 and teacher-assessed grades in 2021 because of Covid disruption.
