The proportion of boys' entries awarded A or A* this year was 28.4 per cent, 0.2 percentage points higher than the equivalent figure for girls' entries (28.2%).

The proportion of boys' entries awarded A or A* this year was 28.4 per cent, 0.2 percentage points higher than the equivalent figure for girls' entries (28.2%).

Boys outperform girls as the number of pupils achieving A* and As rise for another year

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’