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Universities confident students will make grade, says Ucas

Caution from universities in making offers ahead of A-level results day suggests they are confident students will make the grade, Ucas has said in the run-up to what could be one of the most competitive years for courses. Some UK universities had ...

14 Aug 2022 at 13:00

Student stranded by pandemic celebrates top A-level grades

An overseas A-level student who was stranded in the UK for two years during the coronavirus pandemic has achieved an outstanding set of exam results. Promising swimmer Nellie Clark did not see her family during her two years in Millfield ...

18 Aug 2022 at 14:56

A-level grades down from pandemic highs but still above 2019 levels

A-level grades for students across the UK have dropped from pandemic highs, but remain above 2019 levels, with girls still outperforming boys and geography pushing English literature out of the top 10 most popular subjects. Hundreds of ...

18 Aug 2022 at 18:44

Dyslexic student wins place at top art university

A student told by her previous school that she would never pass her GCSEs has won a place at one of the UK’s top art universities. Ella McEwan had been told that continuing her education was futile due to her severe dyslexia but she ...

18 Aug 2022 at 15:20

A-level results day will not be ‘pain-free’, Ucas chief warns

The return to post-pandemic exam arrangements means A-level results day will not be a “pain-free” experience for students, the head of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) has warned. This year’s race for ...

15 Aug 2022 at 14:46

A-level trends: What this year’s results tell us

Here are seven trends in this year’s A-level results: – Business studies is more popular than English literature The slow decline of the English literature A-level continues. In 2017, when exams were first sat for the ...

18 Aug 2022 at 16:53

Oxbridge ‘less flexible’ amid A-level grade inflation crackdown

Oxbridge colleges are “less flexible” this year with regard to admitting the brightest school leavers, a headteacher at one of the country’s leading academy chains has said. Alison Downey, principal of Ark Putney ...

18 Aug 2022 at 15:47

Lady Louise off to St Andrews to study English after A-level success

The Queen’s granddaughter Lady Louise Windsor is to attend St Andrews University to study English, after receiving her A-level results, Buckingham Palace said. Lady Louise – the 18-year-old daughter of the Earl ...

18 Aug 2022 at 16:21

Schools minister recalls his exam results disappointment and says ‘don’t panic’

The schools minister has urged students who did not get the A-level grades they wanted not to panic, as he told how he was left disappointed by his own exam results. Will Quince said he did not get into his ...

18 Aug 2022 at 13:05

Teenager commuted from London to Bristol for A-levels

A teenager who commuted from London to school in Bristol has won a place at the University of Oxford. When Martha Heaps’ family moved from the West Country to Highbury in north London during lockdown, the ...

18 Aug 2022 at 13:06

Students say excitement levels ‘through the roof’ after getting A-level results

Students at Peter Symonds College in Winchester have spoken of their high “excitement levels” as they received their exam results despite facing the disruptions of pandemic lockdowns. John Diedrick, 18, ...

18 Aug 2022 at 13:06

Twins go separate ways after identical success in A-levels

Twin sisters Elena and Rosa Launder are heading their separate ways after getting identical top results in their A-levels. The Millfield School students each achieved three A* grades but are splitting ...

18 Aug 2022 at 13:54

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