A-level results day 2022 sees the first set of results awarded to pupils since the pandemic took hold back in 2020. On this exciting day for schools across the country, we round up some of the success stories.
This year, the proportion of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland receiving top grades was 36.5%, higher than in 2019 when it was 25.4%, the last time exams were sat.
Around one in seven entries (14.6%) were awarded an A*, down from nearly one in five in 2021 (19.1%), but again higher than the 2019 figure of 7.7%.
A-level results day 2022 success stories
Wetherby Senior School, London

50% of A Level grades awarded at A* and A
79% of A Level grades awarded at A* to B
92% of A Level grades awarded A* to C

Thanks to fantastic results, Wetherby Senior School alumni will now join top universities in the UK, continental Europe and North America. St Edmund’s College & Prep, Surrey

St Edmund?s College pupils achieved impressive A-level results this year with 74% of all entries being graded A* to B.

36% of A-level grades awarded at A*-A
74% of A-level grades awarded at A*-B
84% of A-level grades awarded at A*-C

Dulwich College, London

52% of grades awarded at A*
82% of grades awarded at A*-A
95% of grades awarded at A*-B

Thirty Dulwich College pupils have secured either their firm or insurance offer from universities with 20 going on to Oxford and Cambridge and 10 to medical schools (and one to veterinary college). There are also excellent placem...