Boys continued to earn more A* grades for the fourth year running, with 8.7% achieving a top mark compared with 7.8% of girls.
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Overall, Keele has experienced similar numbers of applications this year.
Stamford Endowed Schools are once again celebrating strong results. Pupils may have felt under pressure to do hard subjects which they may not otherwise have taken’. The Level 3 threshold performance measure takes into account all qualifications, including A and AS Level, vocational and skills qualifications.
Cash bursaries, scholarships and unconditional offers are being used by universities in Birmingham to woo students as new government rules are allowing an unlimited expansion of campuses this autumn.
“I did Maths, Physics and Economics – I do think there is a lot of pressure”. It was hoped this would curb the practice of re-sitting bite-size A-level modules, which had been pushing up grades. “I’m really excited about going to university as it feels real now”.
Bristol, Durham, Nottingham, Manchester, Warwick and York are among those expecting to have places still available.
Daniel will study Maths at Imperial College London and Andrew Computer Science at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Students at King Edward VI Grammar School, in Broomfield Road delighted headteacher Tom Carter with their results, with 89 per cent of grades in the main subjects at A* to B grades and most of the students have been accepted into their first choice universities, including 22 Oxbridge places throughout.
For students who are disappointed, as well as those trying to enter university a year earlier than planned, before the student maintenance grant is scrapped in 2016, the Ucas clearing system will be the next port of call.
Decisions made by Queen’s, the Ulster University and Stranmillis University College are posted on a website hosted by Queen’s and updated twice a day. They, along with their families and schools, can be very proud of their achievements.
For those who narrowly missed out on their chosen place, staff were on hand to provide support through the Ucas Clearing system.
“The days following A-level results day can be stressful and anxious time for those students who have not yet finalised their plans”, she said.
The pupils at the sixth form topped last year’s score and 85% of students achieved an A* to C grade.
So, how have the individual schools in the area done?
Since the 1980s, the proportion of A grades and above increased from around 10 per cent to 27 per cent in 2010.
Middlesbrough College said it had been an “exceptional year” for the school with 20 subjects achieving a 100 per cent pass rate.
It prompted years of complaints that exams were getting easier as the UK lagged behind other nations in global league tables.
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Longbenton Community College Head of Sixth Form Ian Williams said: “Students have achieved an improvement in A level grades from last year with a high percentage of grades at A*-A (19 per cent) A*-B figure is at 38 per cent”.
