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Rise in number of top grades awarded in A-levels in Northern Ireland

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Rise in number of top grades awarded in A-levels in Northern Ireland
Irish Times
Irish Times16 mins ago
Rise in share of students in Northern Ireland getting top grades in A Levels
More than 26,000 students in Northern Ireland got the results of AS and A-level exams on Thursday morning
Rise in number of top grades awarded in A-levels in Northern Ireland
The provisional figures show that 30.7% of students received a grade A or above, compared with 30.3% in 2025.
A-level: Results in full as top grades rise for a third year
Teenagers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their exam results on Thursday
Wales Online
Wales Online1 hrs ago
Top grades at A level rise in Wales in 2026 as boys outperform - the results in full
Results have a returned to a more consistent pattern following the end of the pandemic
Irish News
Irish News🏁 first to report1 hrs ago
A-level top grades rise for third year in a row, likely driven by maths scores
The total number of A-level entries topped 900,000 for the first time.
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