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Talented youngsters let down by ‘two-tier’ education system, A-level results show
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TALENTED youngsters continue to be let down by the country’s “two-tier” education system, experts warned after today’s A-level results revealed widening regional divides.
Every region in England saw an increase in the top (A/A*) grades this summer as well as a higher proportion of them compared with the pre-pandemic year of 2019.
London and south-east England however were the only areas to see rates of A/A* grades above 30 per cent.
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