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Page last updated at 09:15 GMT, Thursday, 20 August 2009 10:15 UK

Record top A-level grades awarded

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A record-breaking number of A-level entries for England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been awarded A grades.

More than one in four entries - 26.7% - got the top grade, up from 25.9% last year and the overall pass rate rose to 97.5%, up 0.3 percentage points.

The improvement in grades - for the 27th year in a row - will add to the pressure on university places.

There are there are 60,000 more applicants for university places in the UK than this time last year.

James Westhead reports.

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