The proportion of GCSE students in England awarded top grades has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels as the number of pupils studying Chinese has doubled. More than half a million students received their GCSE results this morning in a year when England attempted to reduce pandemic grade inflation. In Wales and Northern Ireland, the proportion of students attaining top grades has fallen from last year but remains around three to four percentage points above 2019. Students getting their results – follow latest It comes as data from this year's cohort shows significant changes in subjects taken at GCSE level. The…