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With a vast array of exam data published for A-level results day, we’ve picked through the key information to share the most interesting and unexpected insights

Responding to today’s A-level results, Sir Ian Bauckham says the exam system can ‘reveal disparities’ that need to be addressed

Top grades broadly increased in most subjects, though results are very slightly down from last year in English literature and English language

Today’s A-level results also show a widening in regional gaps and in the gap between state and private schools for students achieving top grades

Education Policy Institute’s Emily Hunt outlines attainment data that shows how gaps between boys and girls fluctuate over time – and the pandemic’s impact on this

As secondary schools wait for clarity on the future of assessment and the senior phase more generally, it appears that change will be less bold than many had hoped

Boys’ GCSE grades are improving and girls’ attainment is faltering – but why? Experts point to mental health struggles, absence, misogyny and exclusions

The arts and humanities are suffering, and students are more likely to choose A levels from the same subject group, a report finds

This year, just two-thirds of students attained an A-C pass for Higher history – with the SQA blaming ‘a drop in performance’ in the exam

More than 630,000 students have received their international GCSE, O-level and AS- and A-level results after ‘biggest-ever exam series’

Ahead of A-level results day, the education secretary has pledged to tackle disadvantage gaps that the head of Ofqual has branded a ‘scandal’

Although Spanish bucks the overall trend, the number of students taking Highers in languages has been dropping for generations