A level results day is just around the corner, and it will be a nerve-wracking time for students up and down the country.
Following two years of disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year is the first that teenagers have sat official exams for their A levels. Last year, grades were decided by teachers, using coursework and previous mock exams to determine the results.
In September, Ofqual, the exams regulator for England, announced that this year’s grades would aim to reflect a midway point between 2021 and 2019. For many students, their A-level results will determine which university course they get into and where they'll spend the next few years of their lives.
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And this year’s race for university places is expected to be one of the most competitive yet, with almost 40 per cent of students thought likely to make use of the clearing system to get a place on a course. Ucas has acknowledged that universities’ approach to making offers to students this year has been a cautious one.
Clare Marchant, Ucas chief executive officer, said: “A return to either an intermediary position or, as Ofqual have said, a midpoint, was never going to be pain-free and I think we would kid ourselves to say that that is going to be pain-free, although necessary to do.
“So I think there is lots of positive news in terms of potentially looking at record or near-record students getting into their first choice. But similarly, we all know that a return to midpoint is something that potentially needed to be done, but is not easy.”
What time do the results comes out?
Usually, students receive their results in mid to late August. This summer, A-level students will receive their results on Thursday, August 18.
Results can be collected anytime from 8am, or whenever your school or college opens on the day. Ucas Track updates from 8am on Thursday, so students can see whether they've been accepted into university then.
However, Track does not tell you your A-level results and Ucas has warned that there will be high traffic on the site.
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