Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner calls the A Level chaos "completely and utterly shameful" after nearly 40% of students had their marks downgraded.

The exam watchdog has been accused of creating an A-level grading system that punished poorer students at state schools while their wealthier, privately educated peers had their results upgraded.

The proportion of grades awarded to pupils at independent schools increased more than twice as much as those handed to students at those at state schools, official figures showed.

Overall, 27.6 per cent of A-levels in England were graded as A or A* this year which is a 2.4 increase on last year and is the highest proportion of top grades since 2001.

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