The current head of the Catholic schools body has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Northern Ireland exams board ... In December 2021, he said that "in a growing secular and ...
Wales and Northern Ireland has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than in 2019. About 36.4% of A-levels were marked at A* and A this year, while last year, 44.8% of exams were graded A or above.
In Wales and Northern Ireland, exam regulators aimed to return to pre ... to an increase in top GCSE and A-level grades in ...