Greater Manchester students pull through incredible odds to achieve amazing A Level results

Pupils will received their final grades today15:15, 13 Aug 2026There were emotional scenes across schools in Greater Manchester as students who battled through hospital visits and house fires received their A Level results.‌This year's cohort is among the tens of thousands of students who found out how they did in thei

Boys pull ahead of girls in record year for A-level results  The Times

Patrick Foy dusted himself down from the site to pick up two A grades

32.7% of pupils collecting their grades in London were allocated A*- A classifications – a 0.6% increase compared to 2025

While some famous faces excelled at school, earning top grades and places at their first-choice universities, others didn't fare quite so well, but still went on to achieve extraordinary success

Proportion of boys' grades that were A* or A was 28.9 per cent, ahead of the 28.0 per cent achieved by girls