SCHOOLS across Bracknell Forest have reportedly agreed not to publish their A-level results breakdown as hundreds receive their grades in the borough today. 

Each year, the Bracknell News covers results day across the county with many schools across the borough sharing a breakdown of results by the percentage of A* to E grades.

However, this year it has been claimed that headteachers have agreed not to publish the results data.

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Like previous years, the News is sharing the success of Berkshire students A-Level results through a live blog.

As part of this coverage, the News asked for the following breakdown from all Berkshire schools. 

However, a spokesman at Ranelagh School explained headteachers of the Bracknell Forest Secondary Schools have agreed not to publish numerical data this year.

Bracknell Forest Council explained why results wouldn't be shared this year.

Their statement said: "The Department for Education has made it very clear that in these unprecedented circumstances, pupil outcomes should not be used to evaluate school performance, and for this reason, it would not be appropriate for the local authority or our secondary schools to share examination results in the way we have done in the past.

"The priority today, as ever, is to celebrate the successes of our young people and to provide the support that each of them needs to continue to flourish."

This year, hundreds of thousands of students have been given grades determined by teachers, rather than exams, with pupils only assessed on what they have been taught during the pandemic.

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Girls performed better than boys at the top grades, and female maths students overtook boys for the first time in the number of A* grades achieved, figures for England, Wales and Northern Ireland show.

Overall, the proportion of entries awarded the top A* grade this year has surged to 19.1%, compared with 14.3% in 2020 and 7.8% in 2019.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has defended this year’s results amid concerns over grade inflation, as he called on people to celebrate young people’s success during a difficult year.