Although A-level grades received by UK students are down on the past two years, they remain higher than pre-pandemic levels.Hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland got results on Thursday, having sat exams for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak.

Although A-level grades received by UK students are down on the past two years, they remain higher than pre-pandemic levels.Hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland got results on Thursday, having sat exams for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak.