University admissions are set to be "highly competitive" this year, the head of Wales’ exam regulator said urging young people to consider other routes to take. Qualifications Wales chairman David Jones spoke out ahead of A-level results being announced on Thursday, August 18.
The regulator has already warned exam grades will be lower this year which is being run as a "transition" between record results from teacher assessed grades in 2021 and pre-pandemic sat exams. Papers were modified to take into account lost learning this year, but there have been complaints that this year's exams weren't fair even so.
“University is not the only option," said Mr Jones as students and their teachers wait for the first sat summer exam results for three years . A level results are out on August 18 and GCSEs on August 25. You can get more education news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
