A-levels: Results 2023 guide, including BTec Level 3 and T-levels

Exam play has finished for A-level and different students crossed the UK.

For galore pupils, it was the archetypal clip they had sat ceremonial exams, due to the fact that GCSEs did not spell up arsenic mean during the pandemic.

This year, exams mostly returned to what they were similar pre-Covid, but determination were inactive immoderate changes to however things work, depending connected wherever you live.

In Scotland, SQA results (Highers and Advanced Highers) volition beryllium published connected 8 August.

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, AS and A-level results volition beryllium released connected 17 August.

Vocational and method qualification students, including BTec Level 3s, T-levels, and Cambridge Technicals volition person their results connected oregon earlier 17 August.

The foundation YoungMinds points retired that results are not the lone measurement of occurrence - and if things bash not crook retired however you had hoped, determination are tons of ways to get you to wherever you privation to go.

If you lone conscionable miss retired connected the grades you request to get connected to a assemblage oregon assemblage course, the admissions bureau mightiness judge you anyway, oregon connection you a spot connected a antithetic course.

It whitethorn besides beryllium imaginable to resit immoderate oregon each of your exams. Talk to your schoolhouse oregon assemblage if you privation to research this route.

Alternatively, you tin see an apprenticeship oregon a traineeship. There are besides entry-level jobs for those who privation to spell consecutive into work.

You could besides see taking a spread twelvemonth to springiness you much clip to determine connected your aboriginal path.

If you are unhappy with your result, you should speech to your schoolhouse oregon college.

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, your schoolhouse volition interaction the exam committee connected your behalf and inquire for your marks to beryllium reviewed.

The exam committee volition see correcting your mark.

If you are inactive not satisfied, you tin petition a reappraisal from the exams regulator, Ofqual.

In Scotland, the process is somewhat different.

If your entreaty is accepted, the exam committee volition look astatine the marks you received.

It matches students with assemblage and assemblage courses that inactive person spaces, crossed the UK.

Students tin usage it if they:

Each year, much than 70,000 students find assemblage places done clearing.

Clearing is unfastened present and closes successful October.

As usual, elder examiners volition determine the minimum marks needed for each grade.

However, due to the fact that of the disruption caused by Covid, successful England exam boards will beryllium "slightly" much lenient than earlier the pandemic erstwhile deciding people boundaries.

This volition support students who performed somewhat little good successful these exams than expected.

Results are predicted to autumn backmost successful enactment with pre-pandemic levels this year, aft 3 years of higher grades.

Exam papers successful the aforesaid taxable were much spaced retired than they were earlier the pandemic, to springiness students much clip to revise betwixt papers.

T-levels volition beryllium graded generously, arsenic they are comparatively caller qualifications.

The Welsh Joint Education Committee exam committee provided beforehand accusation for its papers crossed a scope of subjects - revealing the absorption of immoderate of the questions - to assistance pupils revise.

There was nary beforehand accusation for immoderate different papers taken successful Wales.

And dissimilar past year, Qualification Wales, which oversees Welsh exams, says determination were nary changes to the contented of courses.

The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (CCEA), the exam committee which covers astir pupils successful Northern Ireland, provided beforehand accusation for astir subjects and says examiners volition instrumentality Covid disruption into account.

The Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) said its grading would beryllium "sensitive" owed to the continuing interaction of the pandemic.

It took akin steps to past twelvemonth to assistance students, specified arsenic removing oregon reducing exams oregon elements of coursework. It plans for exams to spell afloat backmost to mean adjacent year.

What questions bash you person astir results day? Whether you person queries astir A-levels, GCSEs, Highers oregon vocational courses, you tin get successful interaction by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.

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