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<p>The table below provides information on the percentage of students achieving 3
A*-A grades or better at A level by region between 2009/10 to 2018/19[1]<sup>,[2]</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong>[3]</p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong><sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong><sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong>[4]</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong><sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong><sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong><sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State-funded
sector</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td><td><p>10.7</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
East</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
West</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire
and The Humber</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Midlands</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
of England</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>11.7</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inner
London</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outer
London</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td><td><p>12.4</p></td><td><p>12.3</p></td><td><p>11.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
East</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td><td><p>12.4</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
West</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>[1]
Covers students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one
A level, applied single A level, applied double A level or combined A/AS level during
16-18 study, excluding critical thinking and general studies. This measure only includes
A level students who have entered less than a total of size 1 in other academic, applied
general and tech level qualifications.</p><p>[2] An applied double award A level at
grade A*A* counts as two grade A*s, AA counts as two grade As and an award at grade
AB counts as one grade A.</p><p>[3] Figures from 2012/13 to 2014/15 cover students
at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A level, applied
single award A level, applied double award A level or combined A/AS level in the reporting
year. Figures for earlier years cover students who were entered for at least one A
level, applied single award A level, applied double award A level or combined A/AS
level in the summer of the reporting year.</p><p>[4] Figures for 2015/16 onwards cover
students at the of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A/AS level,
applied single A/AS level, applied double A/AS level or combined A/AS level during
their 16-18 study. As a result there was a jump in the A level cohort in 2016, since
gradually reversed with reforms to A Levels, with the progressive decoupling of AS
and A Level subjects. Therefore figures are not directly comparable to earlier years.</p>
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