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A- levels 2. 01. 7: Around a quarter expected to get top grades. Boys are finally closing the gap on girls after years of being beaten to the top marks by their female classmates - as the proportion of A- level students scoring the highest grades rose for the first time in six years today. Reforms by former education secretary Michael Gove who wanted to 'toughen up' subjects after grade inflation and 'dumbing down' of standards have seen results drop in 1. However, national figures show that overall, more than one in four (2. A- level entries scored an A* or A this summer, up 0. It is the first time the A*- A pass rate has risen since 2. But the figures were different among the 1.

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English and core sciences - which saw a move away from coursework, towards modular exams throughout the course and the decoupling of AS- levels. Data released by the Joint Council of Qualifications (JCQ) this morning also show that boys have pulled ahead of girls for the first time in terms of A*- A grades. Boys have also widened the gap at the highest result alone (A*). Georgia Sklinidjis (left) and Isabella Walker collect their results at St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls in North London. Twins Jason (left) and Craig Rose got straight As in their A- level results at Winstanley College in Wigan, Greater Manchester. Georgina Withers (left) and Fran Cullen celebrate after collecting their A- level results at Brighton College in East Sussex(left to right) Jessica Yeboah, Simi Raud and Dedia Collier after collecting results at St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls. Amarni Saunders 1. A*s at A- level at Nottingham High School and will be studying law at Durham University A group of students at Chiswick School in West London jump for joy after getting their A- level results today.

Students react as they receive their A- level results at Stoke Newington School in North London. Madeline Ashman (left), Thomas Wroy (centre) and William Sharp get their results at Peter Symonds college in Winchester. Malala gets Oxford place to study PPE Activist Malala Yousafzai has said she is 'so excited' after gaining a place at the University of Oxford. The Nobel Peace Prize winner tweeted a screenshot of the confirmation that she will study Philosophy, Politics and Economics, or PPE. Earlier this year, she told a conference she had received an offer, which was conditional of achieving three As at A- Level, but did not reveal the institution.

Miss Yousafzai, 2. Pakistani Taliban for her outspoken campaigning over girls' rights to an education, said: 'So excited to go to Oxford!!'Well done to all A- level students - the hardest year. Best wishes for life ahead!'Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, tweeted: 'My heart is full of gratitude. We are grateful to Allah & thank u 2 al those who support @Malala 4 the grand cause of education.' When comparing 1. A* grades for these courses is down 0.

A*- A grades have dropped 0. Watch Backwoods Online Earnthenecklace. A*- E results have fallen 0. The 1. 3 reformed subjects are art and design, biology, business, chemistry, computer science, economics, English language, English language and literature, English literature, history, physics, psychology and sociology. The subjects were reformed in consultation with ‎universities to better prepare students for higher education. They are tougher, and assessed primarily via end of year exam rather than by module, which ‎is thought to be harder.

The exams were reformed in a bid to make qualifications more rigorous amid fears of them being 'dumbed down' and of grade inflation. Mr Gove set the ball rolling on this when he was education secretary. Meanwhile in the 1. Girls have historically been ahead of boys – something that took off in 2. Overall, 8. 8 per cent of boys' entries were awarded an A*, compared with 7. Last year the gap was 0.

And Boys have overtaken girls in getting A and A* for the first time since 1. A- levels. Girls always did better since 1. A and A* compared with 2. Last year 2. 5. 7 per cent of boys got the top marks, and 2. In terms of A*- A grades, boys are 0. Malala Yousefzai is congratulated after collecting her A- level exam results at Edgbaston High School for Girls in Birmingham,Malala Yousefzai (left) poses with fellow students Bethany Lucas (centre) and Beatrice Kessedjian (right) on results day today. Chloe Bloundele (right), Issy Williams (centre) and Beth Mullins collect their results at Peter Symonds College in Winchester(left to right) Reuben Steenkamp, Joe Winter, Farid Manzoor and Samantha- Jo Onyekwere at Harris Westminster Sixth Form.

Student Stephanie Light (right) opens her A- level results with friend Laura Bennett at Peter Symonds College in Winchester,Grenfell hero who sat his A- levels the morning after he worked through the night to help survivors is 'gutted' at his results A teenager who helped local residents all night as the Grenfell Tower inferno blazed and sat an exam the next morning said he was 'a bit gutted' after receiving his results. Watch Flores Raras Online Free 2016. Rory Walsh, 1. 8, spent all night co- ordinating the mass of donations and helped families driven from their homes find shelter - despite his English poetry exam just hours away on the horizon. The teenager - who was hoping for a C and said he would be doing 'backflips' if he got a B - received a D grade for his English Literature and Language A- level, a D for Film Studies and a D for AS media studies. Rory Walsh, who stayed up all night helping Grenfell Tower victims on the night of the fire and then sat an A- level exam the next day.

Rory spent all night co- ordinating the mass of donations after the Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington, West London, in June. Speaking after his results, he said: 'I feel a bit gutted, I was hoping for a bit more, especially as I was supposed to get special consideration, I thought it would have been at least a C.'After a 'numb, hectic, tragic' night Rory, who lives near to the North Kensington tower block, made the one hour trek across London to Richmond College in Twickenham, west London. But as he picked up his pen all his notes went out of his head, and everything was a 'blank', leaving after around 3. He said: 'I wasn't going to go at first.

When I saw the severity of it.. I thought 'what if it collapses, I should stay here in case something happens'.'But then my family and my friends were saying 'just go and do the test, try and get your mind off it, at least you can say you attempted it'.'The problem was, on the journey I was getting mates ringing me saying 'are you alright', knowing I lived there, and then people were posting videos of the actual fire and it was a bit off- putting.' But more girls are heading to university than boys, with 2. The statistics, for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, also show: What are Gove's 1. Art and design. Biology. Business. Chemistry.

Computer science. Economics. English language. English language and literature. English literature. History. Physics.

Psychology. Sociology. The overall A*- E pass rate has fallen by 0. The proportion of entries awarded the highest result - A* - has risen 0.

Among the 1. 3 reformed subjects only, results are down slightly compared to the equivalent subjects in 2. Figures showed a huge spike in the number of entries for a small range of subjects, including computing, with a 3. A- level students sitting the exam in 2. This included a 3. There was a 1. 2. Spanish at A- level. But there were dips in the take- up of other languages - with a 2.

French and a 4. 7 per cent decrease in students sitting German. Elsewhere, entries for history - one of the most popular A- levels by number of students - fell by 8. Two girls at Chiswick School in West London, open their A- level results today on a nervy day for teenagers across Britain.

Doireann Sheridan (left) after collecting her A- level results at Our Lady and Saint Patrick's College, Belfast, and A- level joy for students at Newcastle High School for Girls (right)Students at Newcastle High School for Girls in Jesmond achieved 4. A/A*Naima Evans, 1.