Overview

• The proportion of UK A-level entries achieving grades A* or A rose to 28.3%, the highest outside the pandemic years, with an overall pass rate of 97.5%.
• London outperformed the North East by 9.2 percentage points in A*-A outcomes, marking the widest regional gap on record.
• For the first time since 2018, boys narrowly led girls in top grades, with 28.4% of their entries scoring A* or A compared to 28.2%.
• UCAS signalled a likely record number of 18-year-olds securing first-choice university places and opened Clearing at 1pm with student support available from 8am.
• T-level entries in England jumped by 61.4% on last year, with 91.4% achieving at least a pass as the vocational qualification grows rapidly.