As England’s A-level results were published on Thursday morning, students across the country were pictured celebrating a bumper crop of results, with record rates of As and A*s.
Drill down into the detail, however, and the regional disparities are shocking, with the gap between London and the lowest performing areas of the country also at record levels.
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