A-levels: Record number going to university despite fall in top grades
The number of top A-level grades has fallen for the fourth year in a row - but record numbers of students have been accepted on university courses.
Headteacher resits A-levels to improve his childhood grades
Hundreds of thousands of teenagers received their A-level results today - but among them was a slightly older student - a headteacher who decided to resit his exams decades after first taking them.
Michael Jackson from Nottingham felt he should have done better at the exams when he was younger, having got two E grades, so this year he joined his students in studying, revising and entering the exam hall in an effort to improve his grades - which he did.
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Clarkson's message to disappointed students
Former Top Gear presenter comments that despite achieving low grades he was 'currently sitting in a villa in St Tropez'.
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Fewer students get top A-level grades
Fewer students achieved top A-level grades for the fourth year in a row but the overall pass rate has risen, figures show.