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‘Harsh’ post-Covid grade markdown set to hit 60,000 A-level students

Rush to push results back to pre-pandemic levels will hit England’s school leavers hard this year, say education experts

This year’s school leavers could be among the most disadvantaged by the pandemic, according to education experts, as data reveals twice as many sixth formers as last year could fail to get the high A-level grades they need to take up a place at a prestigious university.

Ministers have been emphatic about their intention to push A-level results in England back down to 2019 levels by this summer, after teacher-assessed grades replaced exams during the Covid pandemic, leading to a significant ramping-up of grades in 2020 and 2021.

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