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TEACHING unions congratulated pupils celebrating their A-level results today but warned that poorer students were hit harder by Covid-19 disruption.
Almost 36 per cent of candidates gained A and A* grades in England, down from about 44 per cent in 2021 when grades were awarded based on teacher assessments for the second year running.
Exam regulator Ofqual said that a comparison with 2019 — the last time exams were sat prior to this spring — is more appropriate, following Tory government plans to return results back to pre-pandemic levels.
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