Some 262,000 18-year-olds in the UK have been accepted into universities and colleges, up 3pc from last year, with 79pc securing their first choice.

Top A-Level grades also reached a record high, excluding the pandemic years.

Students collecting their results at Springwood High School Sixth Form in King’s Lynn (Image: Ian Burt)

Of the grades published for nearly 350,000 teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Thursday morning, almost one in 10 were awarded an A*........

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