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Rutland and Surrey have maintained their positions as England's top-performing counties for A-level results.
Some 41.2% of entries in Rutland this year were graded A or above, up from 40.6% last year and 34% in 2019.
Surrey held on to second place with 36% of entries achieving grades A or A*, up from 35.9% in 2024 and 32.4% in 2019.
Buckinghamshire climbed from sixth to third place with 34.2% top grades, while East Sussex dropped from third to fourth position at 33.7%.
The figures, which have been published by Ofqual, also show the mainland county with the lowest proportion of entries awarded A or above this year was Bedfordshire, at 19.9%, though the Isle of Wight had an even lower figure of 17.6%.
These two areas occupied the bottom spots last year.
Of the 47 counties, or equivalent areas, included in the data, more than half (29) saw a year-on-year increase in the proportion of entries receiving the top grades.
Northumberland experienced the biggest decline, falling by 2.3 percentage points to 23%. Greater Manchester recorded the largest rise, up by 2 percentage points from 26.1% to 28.1%.
Most counties (40 of 47) saw a higher proportion of entries awarded A or above this year than in the pre-pandemic year of 2019.
Only subjects with grades awarded to more than 2,500 students were included in the data.
Sources used: "PA Media" Note: This article has been edited with the help of Artificial Intelligence.
