Twins receive identical A-level results

Nicola and Victoria Tsang received the same grades in their A-levels and GCSEs

Twins at a Kent school have received identical A-level results, two years after gaining the same grades at GCSE.

Nicola and Victoria Tsang, 17, achieved A* grades in economics, A grades in maths and physics and an A* in their extended project qualification (EPQ).

"We’ve had different grades in our mocks in the run-up to the exams so I can’t believe it’s happened again," said Victoria.

The sisters from Hong Kong studied at the independent Benenden School, in Cranbrook, but are set to head to different universities next month to study the same degree subject.

In 2022, they achieved nine level 9 grades - the highest available - and two levels 8s each in the same subjects.

“We saw that we had both got our first-choice universities so it was only then that we checked our grades. We compared our grades and thought not this again," said Nicola.

Victoria is now off to the University of Cambridge to study law, while Nicola will study the same subject at the London School of Economics.

“It will be different but it’s good to sometimes be separated and have my own life," said Nicola.

But she added: "London is so close to Cambridge so we’ll see each other a lot!

Results for qualifications including A-levels and T-levels were released at 08:00 BST

Students across the county received results in A-levels, T-levels, BTec Nationals and Level 3 qualifications on Thursday.

A-level grades are expected to fall back down to 2019 levels in England, following mitigations put in place due to the pandemic.

Most students getting their A-level results will have been in Year 9 when Covid hit, and will have sat GCSE exams in 2022 with extra help, like advance information about what to revise.

Ayodeji Adelusola received the results he wanted to go to Swansea College of Art

At Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, in Faversham, pupil Ayodeji Adelusola received the results he needed to study at Swansea College of Art.

He said: "We didn’t need the written exam guidance this time around. Compared to our GCSEs the teachers were more available to help anytime.”

Lottie Jarvis, who studied at the same school, said she was "very happy" with her two A*s and a C.

"I knew it would be hard. Overall I'm very, very happy I will be going to my first choice university in September, that's the main thing for me," she said.

Not all students today will be heading to university, with some heading straight into the workforce, starting an apprenticeship or resitting certain courses.