journalists have jumped on the statistic that boys had a slightly higher percentage performance in the A/A whilst barely or not mentioning that girls got way more A&A than boys. Only because 20% of boys (the less academic ones typically) dont do a levels then it skews the %ages.
60,000 more girls than boys do A levels. So while we are all patting ourselves on the back saying haven’t the boys done well, crisis over, this patently isn’t true. Maybe the journalists should go back and do some a level maths themselves.
Right rant over