Fewer teenagers have got the top two grades in their A-Levels - the first drop in over two decades.

Figures show 26-point-6 percent of the exams received As or A-stars - a record drop of 0-point-4 percent from 27 percent a year ago.

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Meanwhile, as tuition fees treble to up to nine thousand pounds a year ... UCAS says almost 360-thousand students have already been accepted into university - seven per cent less than in 2011.