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Top A-Level Grades Rise for Third Year in a Row as Celebrations Underway in York
Top A-level grades rose for a third straight year, with 28.5% of entries earning A or A* and London again leading regional results.
- On Thursday, hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received A-level exam results, with the proportion of top A* grades rising to 9.6 per cent, the highest outside pandemic years.
- Maths remained the most popular subject for the 13th consecutive year, with exams regulator Ofqual noting the "sheer size" of maths impacts overall data. Sir Ian Bauckham told the Press Association that students increasingly select subjects linked to higher earning potential.
- The total number of A-level entries topped 900,000 for the first time, while boys extended their lead over girls in top grades with 28.9 per cent scoring A* or A versus 28.0 per cent for girls.
- London recorded the highest proportion of top grades at 37.2 per cent, while the North East and East Midlands saw the joint lowest at 23.1 per cent, marking the largest regional gap since 2010.
- Economics has seen a leap in popularity, becoming the fifth most popular subject after climbing from 10th in 2025 with more than 47,000 entries as students prioritize vocational subjects for career prospects.
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