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12 April 2026

Tag: A-level results day

A-level results 2021: English Literature

Here are the trends in English literature A-level for 2021. The proportion of A* grades increased by almost a quarter as one in five pupils taking the subject earned the top grade this year.

A-level results 2021: Economics

Here are the trends in economics A-level for 2021. The proportion of A* and A grades increased in 2021 while there were slight decreases between grades B and D.

A-level results 2021: Psychology

Here are the trends in psychology A-level for 2021. The proportion of A grades and above shot up while B grades decreased slightly.

A-level results 2021: Which subjects saw the biggest rise in top grades?

This year’s record-breaking A-level results has seen the proportion of top grades issued to pupils increase to more than 44 per cent. However, the rise in top grades has not been uniform across all subjects – with some subjects seeing triple the proportion of extra pupils earning top marks. Overall the proportion of A* and […]

A-level results 2021: What’s behind the north-south divide?

London schools had the biggest jump in the number of top A-level grades awarded this year of any region, with more than twice the increase seen in the north-east. A lobby group of northern business and political leaders claimed the gap underlined Covid’s “disproportionate impact” on northern regions. But more long-standing regional divides and statistical […]

Ahead of results, let’s remember how hard everyone’s worked

Both the workload and the level of responsibility staff have shouldered in providing accurate results need to be duly recognised, writes Julie McCulloch With A-level and other results imminent, let’s just remind ourselves how we got here. Because this is, of course, a results day like no other. The global pandemic and the educational disruption […]