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10 Aug, 6 tweets, 3 min read
✏️Today, thousands of teenagers will receive their A-level results.

Concerns have been raised over grade inflation, but Education Secretary Gavin Williamson says students "deserve to be rewarded."

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🔴A record number of students have been accepted to UK degree courses this year.

🎓In total, 435,430 students have had places confirmed on an undergraduate course in the UK, up 5% from last year
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📈This year 44.8% of A-levels in the UK were awarded top grades.

In 2019, the last year that students took formal exams, it was 25.5%
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✒️Pupils at inner-city state school Brampton Manor Academy in Newham, east London, have outperformed the number of Oxbridge offers made to students at prestigious Eton College
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🏥Students who want to study medicine at university are being offered £10,000 if they are required to move medical schools amid capacity constraints
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