Fears A-level grade inflation ‘may be creeping back’ with more students set for top grades
Why bumper A-Level results could be a problem
- An education expert predicts that the proportion of A-level entries achieving top grades this summer will exceed pre-Covid levels.
- Professor Alan Smithers of the University of Buckingham warns that grade inflation may be re-emerging, with A or A* grades potentially settling at a new normal of 27-28 per cent.
- Last year, 27.8 per cent of UK A-level entries received an A or A* grade, significantly higher than the 25.4 per cent recorded in 2019 before the pandemic.
- Girls are expected to continue outperforming boys in overall top A-level grades, despite boys achieving a higher proportion of A*s.
- Provisional data indicates a decline in A-level entries for social sciences like psychology and sociology, while entries for mathematics, physics, and chemistry have increased.