A Level results have been released on Thursday, August 18, with GCSE results issued on Thursday, August 25.

Grades had been expected to drop back from 2021 levels – when pupils were assessed by their teachers – as part of a transition year which saw marks aiming to reflect a midway point between last year and 2019.

The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) said the overall pass rate – the proportion of entries graded A* to E – fell by 1.1 percentage points from 99.5% in 2021 to 98.4% this year.

Girls continued to outperform boys overall, with A* to E grades at 98.7% for the former, compared with 98.1% for the latter.

The number of A-level students in England who took three A-levels and achieved all A* grades is nearly three times what it was in 2019, rising to 8,570 compared with 2,785.

The most popular subject this year was maths, while psychology remained the second most popular.

English literature saw the biggest drop in candidates for a single subject, falling out of the top 10 most popular subjects for the first time.

We will be running blogs on both days giving updates on school results and also sharing pictures of pupils.

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Schools can get in touch with details on results and pictures by emailing isabella.perrin@newsquest.co.uk.

We’re also inviting parents and students to share their pictures with us.

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We’ll upload the pictures to a gallery and include them in our online coverage.