Boys outperform girls as the number of pupils achieving A* and As rise for another year
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Boys outperform girls as the number of pupils achieving A* and As rise for another year
Boys outperform girls as the number of pupils achieving A* and As rise for another year
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Boys lead girls in top A-level grades for first time in seven years

A-level results day 2025: Map and charts

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A-level results: Record number of UK students accepted onto university courses

In charts: UK private schools lose ground to state rivals in A-level results race

More than a quarter of A-level students expected to secure top grades.

Jeremy Clarkson recycles his annual A-Level results tweet

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Grade inflation is expected to worsen this year in the lead-up to results week, says exam forecaster Professor Alan Smithers

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The proportion of boys' entries awarded A or A* this year was 28.4 per cent, 0.2 percentage points higher than the equivalent…

Gender gap swings in favour of male candidates for the first time since 2018

Professor Alan Smithers said the ‘under-performance of boys in education should be treated as a major issue’

The paper, Buckingham University, suggests the proportion getting top grades could remain above pre-pandemic levels.