A near-record number of students have been accepted into their preferred or second-choice university on A-level results day, according to Ucas.
A total of 425,830 pupils received the grades they needed for their firm or insurance choice university - the second-highest figure to date.
This was down 2 per cent from the all-time high in 2021, when exams had been cancelled due to the Covid pandemic.
But A-level exams returned this year, with students sitting them for the first time since 2019.
Around 16,000 more pupils were accepted into their first or second choice university compared to the last year exams were taken.
