The number of teenagers getting at least an A grade in their A-level results has fallen for the first time in more than
20 years.

Figures show 26-point-6 percent of the exams received top marks down from 27 percent last year - a record drop of 0-point-4 percent.

And ahead of tuition fees trebling to up to nine thousand pounds a year ... UCAS says almost 358-thousand students have already been accepted into university - which is down seven per cent on 2011.

Andrew Hall is chief executive of the AQA exam board: