Department for Education has released the latest figures - and it makes for stark reading
A-level students performed worse this year than they did during the pandemic in Yorkshire and The Humber.
The data also reveals that 83 per cent of students in Yorkshire and The Humber achieved two or more A-levels this year, mirroring the results from 2019-20. Below are all the results for every area in Yorkshire. "There is a broader issue too, however. A-levels, with their high stakes final exams and crammed curriculum, do not adequately prepare young people for either further study or the world of work.
Kevin Gilmartin, post-16 specialist at the Association of School and College Leaders, said: "Our biggest concern is the gap between disadvantaged students and their peers. It is not just that they record lower results on average but that far fewer of them take A-levels in the first place. "This inequity will become even more serious if other post-16 qualifications such as BTECs and other applied general qualifications, are scrapped in line with the previous Government's plans."
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