GCSE and A-level results contested rose as pre-pandemic grading returned
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Fewer top grades were handed out to teenagers last summer following efforts in England to bring results back down to pre-pandemic levels.
The number of contested GCSE and A-level results increased in the year when grading returned to pre-pandemic levels in England, figures show.