Thirty per cent of entries gain grades 7 and above – equivalent to A and A* – but rise is well below that in A-levels
Record numbers of top GCSE grades were awarded to pupils in England but the rise was well below that recorded for the highest A-level grades earlier this week.
Thirty per cent of entries gained grades 7 and above – equivalent to A and A* – compared with 27.5% in 2020 and 22% in 2019, the last year formal exams were held before the Covid pandemic.