TALENTED youngsters continue to be let down by the country’s “two-tier” education system, experts warned after today’s A-level results revealed widening regional divides.

Every region in England saw an increase in the top (A/A*) grades this summer as well as a higher proportion of them compared with the pre-pandemic year of 2019.

London and south-east England however were the only areas to see rates of  A/A* grades above 30 per cent.