More Than a Quarter of Pupils Get Top A-level Grades

Published on August 15, 2024

The proportion of candidates receiving top grades in their A-Level exams has increased on last year, with more than one-quarter getting As and A*s. Across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland on Thursday, hundreds of thousands of pupils received their exam results, with grades higher than before the COVID-19 lockdown era. Some 27.8 percent of students got an A or A*, up from 27.2 percent in 2023 and above the 25.4 percent seen in 2019. In terms of A*s alone, 9.3 percent received the top score, an increase on 2023 (8.9 percent) and higher than in 2019 (7.7 percent). A total of 4,135 people in England managed to score three A* grades—a considerable accomplishment, as the A* grade, introduced in 2010, requires a student to pass the subject with at least a score of 90 percent....

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