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two A*s or higher, with a sudden ascent in 2020 and 2021. The 2021 A-level results revealed 13,000 pupils achieved three A*s, the highest grades possible – up from 7,700 in 2020. The percentage of pupils awarded good A-level passes (grades A* to C) was also up. So – no surprise – was the number with a confirmed university place. It wouldn’t be so obvious, but for the fact that the rise in top grades has been so polarised. In some schools, there have been more top grades, but the change – though noticeable – hasn’t been revolutionary. But in others, it
the original teacher-assessed estimates provided by schools, were issued instead. There was less of an obvious uprising in 2021, when power was handed back to the schools from the start. While there have been fewer complaints of unfairness, the result has been a huge rise in top exam results, with an upward trajectory steeper than one of Elon Musk’s passenger-carrying spaceships at take-off. Graphs plotting statistics over the past few years show a flatline representing the more-or-less consistent proportion of pupils applying to university between 2010 to 2019 and achieving AAB or higher, or
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