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• Thousands fewer students in England awarded top A-level grades

  17-08-2023 20:21
  
  Education secretary Gillian Keegan accused of ‘adding insult to injury’ for remarks about significance of exam resultsThousands of students in England have missed out on top marks in their A-levels as results plummeted across the board after the government enforced a reversal of pandemic-era grade inflation.The sharp fall in As and A*s came as the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, was accused of “adding insult to injury” for suggesting no one would be interested in pup
  
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• The Guardian view on England’s class of ’23: failed by the government | Editorial

  17-08-2023 19:30
  
  The Whitehall decision to return to pre-pandemic grading was premature, and unfair on a cohort whose education was defined by CovidThe students who this week collected their A-level results overcame a formidable set of challenges. The class of 2023 were plunged into their first formal examinations only this summer, having been awarded their GCSEs by teacher assessment due to the pandemic. They belong to a cohort that is still emerging from the huge social and psychological disruptions caused by
  
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• ‘Everyone got lower than they thought’: mixed feelings over A-level grades in Surrey

  17-08-2023 18:42
  
  There was some disappointment among pupils at Richard Challoner school but many were celebratingChristian Limatola had been predicted to get three A*s and an A in his A-levels but found out on Thursday morning that he had been awarded ABBB in maths, further maths, physics and chemistry. “When I told my mum, she was as shocked as I was,” he said.“I feel like the general consensus is that everyone got lower than they thought they would. People are telling me they either just made
  
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• Six takeaways from A-level and other Level 3 results

  17-08-2023 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This year was about "getting back to normal" - but it's clear we're not quite there yet.
  
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• Art out, business in and boys closing the gap: what’s changed in this year’s A-levels

  17-08-2023 17:52
  
  The fall in grades in England was the one of a number of trends to emerge in 2023’s A-level results A-level results – latest updatesThose sitting A-levels in England this year were probably prepared for the fact that grades would fall closer to pre-pandemic levels.What few saw coming was a sharp increase in E grades (the lowest pass grade) and in incomplete entries, which together made up more than one in 10 entries in England for the first time since at least 2010. Continue reading.
  
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• I felt lost after school exam results, now I run my own business

  17-08-2023 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two entrepreneurs and a fashion writer share advice on what they did after struggling at school.
  
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• I felt lost after school exam results, now I run a £5m firm

  17-08-2023 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two entrepreneurs and a fashion writer share advice on what they did after struggling at school.
  
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• A-levels: Wellingborough students react to results of first formal exams

  17-08-2023 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Students at Wrenn School in Wellingborough receive their A-level results.
  
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• Yes, Covid played a big part in this year’s fall in A-level grades – but so did poverty | Nadeine Asbali

  17-08-2023 15:44
  
  Teaching in some of the most deprived areas of the country, I’ve seen how austerity has affected the chances of young peopleAfter the exam fiascos of the past few years, many A-level students today will have opened their results to crushing, if somewhat predictable, disappointment. It has been the biggest drop in grades in England on record, as a result of the government’s policy to return to pre-pandemic grading.The proportion of A*-A grades fell from 35.9% in 2022 to 26.5%. The dro
  
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• A ‘glide path’ to pre-Covid: why A-level grades are lower in England this year

  17-08-2023 14:54
  
  Sharp drop is part of ministers’ plan to get grades back to 2019 levels, but disadvantaged pupils are likely to bear the bruntA-level results – latest updatesThe sharp drop in grades in A-level results in England this year has little to do with this particular cohort’s ability. It is, instead, the result of a government strategy to get A-level results back to pre-pandemic levels, after the soaring grade inflation of the Covid years. Continue reading...
  
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• Top A-levels fall, with steepest drop in England

  17-08-2023 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Overall top grades are nearly back to 2019 levels, but most university applicants get their first choice.
  
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• A-level results reflect inequalities across England after challenging years

  17-08-2023 14:11
  
  Grades reveal return to pre-pandemic results and uneven impacts of disruptions in schoolsStudents have today been awarded their A-level and level 3 technical or vocational qualification results, and grades are now beginning to resemble their pre-pandemic status. In 2023, 26.5% of A-level entries in England were awarded top grades, compared with 25.2% in 2019, and down from 35.9% in 2022. About three-quarters of A-level entries were awarded grade C or above in 2019 and 2023, compared with 82% las
  
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• Press release: Thousands of pupils secure place at their first-choice university

  17-08-2023 13:52 via gov.uk
  
  University acceptances are up on 2019, with 79% getting their first-choice as results return to pre-pandemic levels in an important step back to normal.
  
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• The rise of the virtual teacher: the remote trend that some US parents aren’t even aware of

  17-08-2023 12:30
  
  Schools are increasingly utilizing remote-teaching companies to supplement their staff amid a country-wide teacher shortageLast fall, Arkeria Wright wanted to check up on her son’s progress in math after a particularly difficult seventh grade year. So she contacted the person she thought was his teacher.The response shocked her. Continue reading...
  
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• Transparency data: T Level results: academic year 2022 to 2023 (provisional)

  17-08-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Provisional T level outcomes achieved in the academic year 2022 to 2023 for students starting in September 2021.
  
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• National Statistics: Admission appeals in England: academic year 2022 to 2023

  17-08-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  The number, rate and result of appeals submitted in relation to starting at a new school at the start of the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
  
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• Press release: Government praises students as grading system returns to normal

  17-08-2023 10:17 via gov.uk
  
  Grades this summer are expected to be lower than last year due to the way they were assessed.
  
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• Clearing was a nightmare for me. Here’s what I wish I’d known about A-level results | Dorothy Dunn

  17-08-2023 08:00
  
  That sheet of paper seems to represent all your chances for future happiness and success. Believe me, it doesn’t
  Today, hundreds of thousands of students will open envelopes containing their A-level results and be disappointed by what they find inside. Indeed, because of grade deflation, up to 50,000 students will miss out on the A and A* grades that they would have received last year.A decade ago, I was that student feeling disheartened by their results. Having received lower grades than
  
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• A-level students in England may miss out as stricter grading returns

  17-08-2023 06:00
  
  Headteachers say return to pre-pandemic marking process means fewer top grades will be awardedStudents in England opening their A-level results on Thursday morning should be braced for disappointment – especially as many will be those who enjoyed a bumper set of GCSE results two years ago.The bulk of this year’s school-leavers receiving their results are those whose GCSE grades were awarded by teacher assessment after exams were cancelled in 2021, with a record-breaking 30% of those
  
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