Pupils in Sussex scored lower in their A-level exams than the South East average.

Department for Education figures show the average score achieved by pupils in West Sussex was 33.9 out of 60 maximum points and the average for East Sussex 32.3.

Both scores are lower than the South East average of 34.9 points for the 2022 to 2023 academic year.

Of the 3,490 students who took A-levels at state-funded West Sussex schools and colleges, 12.9 per cent achieved three A* or A grades, 21.5 per cent received AAB or better and 80.5 per cent got at least two A-levels.

In East Sussex, of the 1,454 students who took A-levels, 7.3 per cent achieved three A* or A grades, 14.1 per cent received AAB or better and 81.3 per cent got at least two A-levels.

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: “Policy-makers must improve funding rates, address the teacher recruitment and retention crisis, make the inspection system less punitive and more supportive, and put an end to child poverty.”

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Meanwhile, pupils in Brighton and Hove achieved higher than the South East average A-level score, with 38.4 out of 60 maximum points.