The figure was down on 2024 for East Sussex which had recorded 34.7%. However, West Sussex saw a slight increase compared with 25.1% last year.
Overall 98.1% of students in East Sussex got at least one A-level pass, compared with 97.6% in 2024.
In West Sussex that figure was 97.8%, compared with 97.6% in 2024.
Both were slightly higher than the average figure for England in 2025 at 97.4%.
Bob Standley, lead member for education at East Sussex County Council, said: “Our young people were well prepared for their examinations, and this is reflected in the results that they have received today.”
Students at Seaford Head School in East Sussex were amongst those opening their results on Thursday morning.
Amelie Proctor, 18, will be going to Oxford University after receiving A* in psychology and English literature and an A in French.
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