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A-level top grades rise for third year in a row, likely driven by maths scores

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The total number of A-level entries topped 900,000 for the first time.

More than 26,000 students in Northern Ireland got the results of AS and A-level exams on Thursday morning

The provisional figures show that 30.7% of students received a grade A or above, compared with 30.3% in 2025.

Teenagers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their exam results on Thursday

Results have a returned to a more consistent pattern following the end of the pandemic

Daily Mail🏁 first to report15 hrs ago

As hundreds of thousands of sixth formers pick up their A-level results tomorrow, almost one in three entries will get at least an A grade.