A-level language grades skewed by results of native speakers – study

Ofqual estimates 17% of students taking German A-level in UK are native speakers achieving about half of A* grades

For years the British stereotype of Germans has been that they get the best of everything, from sun-loungers to football trophies - and now it seems they have been achieving the best A-level grades.

Research published by the exam regulator Ofqual has found that German-speaking children in the UK have been sitting A-level exams in their native language - and winning a disproportionate amount of A and A* grades on offer.