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Schools have been bustling in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as hundreds of thousands of students received their long-awaited A-level results.

There was much to celebrate as the proportion of A-level entries awarded top grades increased since last year and results remained above pre-pandemic levels.

Excluding the years of the pandemic (2020-2022) students achieved the highest proportion of A* grades since they were first handed out in 2010.

There were hugs all round as students, like these ones at Ark Globe Academy in south-east London, received their A-level results (Jordan Pettitt/PA) PA Wire Some were shocked by what was in their envelopes (Jacob King/PA) PA Wire A total of 27.8% of entries were awarded either an A or A* (Liam McBurney/PA) PA Wire Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson visited students at Loreto Sixth Form College in Manchester (Owen Humphreys/PA) PA Wire Results day can be an emotional time for students and parents (Jacob King/PA) PA Wire It can be a time of great joy for many students celebrating their hard work paying off after years of studying (Liam McBurney/PA) PA Wire Some students were keen to share their results with friends and family via their mobile phones (Jordan Pettitt/PA) PA Wire This student at the Ark Globe Academy in south-east London appeared emotional as she called her parents (Jordan Pettit/PA) PA Wire These students from Hazelwood Integrated College in Newtonabbey, Belfast, were very pleased with their results (Liam McBurney/PA) PA Wire Students embraced and congratulated each other on their results (Jordan Pettitt/PA) PA Wire Northern Ireland’s Education Secretary Paul Given (centre) joined in with the celebrations among these students at Belfast High School (Liam McBurney/PA) PA Wire

A huge well done to all those celebrating!

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