A-Level pass rate falls - to 99%

A-LEVEL students in Guernsey have achieved a 99% pass rate this year – but that was the lowest since 2003, when it stood at 98.3%.

The figure was down by 0.3% on last year, with 941 exams graded A* to E. Just six entries were ungraded.

The pass rate at A* to C was 79.5% – 3.5% higher than in England.

The pass rate for all level-three vocational courses at the College of Further Education was 97.5% – a higher rate than 2010. Of those, 31.9% of those were distinctions – a 1.9% increase on last year.

At the Grammar School and Sixth Form Centre, 23.7% of grades were at A* or A, while 26 students gained A* or A in at least three subjects.

The Ucas website crashed at one point yesterday due to the high number of people trying to access it.