Girls have outperformed boys overall in their A-level results, with the proportion of girls who got A or higher this year at 27.5%, 0.6 percentage points higher than boys
A total of 27.2 per cent of entries were awarded either an A or A*, down from 36.4 per cent last year, with 73,000 fewer top grades than in 2022.
The overall pass rate – the proportion of entries graded A* to E – has fallen to 97.3 per cent this year, which is down from 98.4 per cent in 2022 and 97.6 per cent from 2019.
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