One of the hardest parts of growing up is learning that life is not fair. For many students collecting their A-levels today, it is a particularly bitter realisation. Results are lower across the board as part of a push to reverse pandemic era grade inflation, when exams were cancelled and marks handed out by teacher assessment.
To that end, the proportion of top A-level results in England has fallen to 27.2 per cent, compared with 36.4 per cent last year. Needless to say, this generation of young people have had little luck. First, in missing crucial years of education due to Covid, and now following in the steps of previous cohorts who enjoyed more generous grading.
