Exam lads leap closer to the girls

JUMP FOR JOY: Nottingham High School pupils and lads at Solihull School, West Mids, and Campbell College, Belfast, below

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THE gap in GCSE results between boys and girls is at its narrowest this century. While girls still outperform their male classmates in terms of top grades and reaching at least a grade 4/C - considered a “standard pass” - their results dropped slightly this year.