Results show first rise in top A-level grades in six years

Students from the King Edward VI high school for girls in Edgbaston, Birmingham share their results.The proportion of top marks awarded at A-level has risen overall for the first time in six years and boys did better than girls at gaining A and A* grades.The published national results of 2017’s exams show that in the bulk of subjects the proportion of A and A* grades awarded went up to 26.3%, a rise of half a percentage point compared with 2016.