A-level results have declined compared to the last two years, but are still higher than pre-Covid

UK A-level performance is lower than in the last two years, but still above pre-pandemic levels.

Hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Irelandcollected their results todayone week earlier than his GCSE students.

It was the first time they had taken the exam since the COVID-19 pandemic, and they expected to face tough competition to get into college this year.

Approximately 40% of students were expected to use the clearing system. This is used by universities and colleges to fill remaining courses when applicants cannot secure their first choice.

Claire Merchant, Chief Executive Officer of the Universities and College Admissions Service (UCAS), said today that it is not "painless" for everyone and that this year's offer development is "more conservative." I warned you that

The performance was expected to decline from her 2020 and 2021 levels where the student was assessed by the teacher.

This year's results aim to reflect the midpoint between last year's record surge and 2019's pre-pandemic results.

To compensate for the disruption COVID-19 has caused to students' learning, examiners were asked to grade papers more leniently than before.

Despite these challenges, a near-record number of students are getting into their first or second-choice colleges, according to UCAS.

A total of 425,830 students achieved the grades required for one of the offers. This is down 2% from the 2021 all-time high.

Still, about 19% more students passed compared to last year.

However, according to DataHE's analysis, the number of students without college offers on the eve of the results was 28,000, an increase of 16,000 compared to 2019.

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According to the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ), the overall pass rate (percentage of entries rated A* to E) will increase from 99.5% in 2021 to 98.4% this year. decreased slightly.

However, this is up from her pre-pandemic 97.6% in 2019. A total of 36.4% of entries were awarded either an A or A*, down from 44.8% in 2021 but up from 25.4% in 2021. 2019. About one-seventh (14.6%) of the

entries received an A*. This is down from her almost one in five (19.1%) in 2021, but higher than 7.7% in 2019.

The percentage of entries rated A to C has decreased from 88.5% in 2021 to 82.6% this year, but is still up from 75.9% in 2019.

According to JCQ, there were a total of 848,910 A-level entries, a year-on-year increase of 2.9%, and a 2.4% increase in the 18-year-old population.

Girls continued to outperform boys overall, with the former scoring 98.7% of her A* to E grades and the latter scoring 98.1% of her.

The number of A-level students in England who earned three A-levels and achieved all A* grades almost tripled in 2019, up from 2,785 to her 8,570 Did.

JCQ interim chief executive Cass Thomas said the result "represents a major milestone" in the country's recovery from the pandemic.

Blessing her students, she said, “This is not only the culmination of two years of hard work, but these students have taken their first formal summer exam in three years, so we should all celebrate this accomplishment.

“Examinations are the fairest way to assess students, because they give everyone the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge.

"Intent As noted, these results are higher than the last set of summer exams in 2019, but lower than last year.Teacher-assessed grades.

It reflects the special arrangements that have been put in place to help students, schools and colleges through a difficult year.”

“These overall results are almost the same from 2021 to 2019. It is something in between and represents the gradual posts on that journey.”

Scottish students received their high school exam results last week.