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Russell Group universities asking for relatively lower IGCSE grades means ‘odds are being stacked against state school pupils’

Backing for Ofqual investigation into exam board grading amid concerns that confidence in system has been undermined

We summarise the main stories from today’s A-level results for you

Politics, history and geography all see rising A-level entries – as exam boards speculate that ‘dramatic geopolitical events’ may be a reason

Regulator probing exam boards’ decisions to make no changes to last year’s grade boundaries. Hundreds of pupils could now get higher grades

Female entries make up 50.3 cent of entries in biology, chemistry and physics – meaning girls have overtaken boys