What can students expect from this year’s exam results?

UNDREDS of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due to find out their A-level and GCSE results over the next few weeks. Here is your guide to this summer’s exam results:

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When are exam results this year?

A-level and AS results are out on August 14, while GCSE results will be released on August 21.

Pupils in England will receive results for T-levels - which were launched to provide high-quality technical alternatives to A-levels - on August 14.

Thousands of pupils will also receive results for vocational technical qualifications (VTQs) this month.

Results for VTQs at Level 3 taken alongside or instead of A-levels, such as BTecs, will be released to students on or before August 14.

Results for many Level 2 VTQs are expected on or before August 21.

What can students expect?

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told the PA news agency that she expects a “pretty straightforward year” for students as things have “returned to normal” since the pandemic.

Last year, 27.8% of UK A-level entries were awarded an A or A* grade, up from 27.2% in 2023.

It was the highest proportion of entries scoring top grades outside the pandemic-affected years of 2020-22.

In 2019 - the last year that summer exams were taken before the pandemic - 25.4% of entries were awarded A or A* grades.

The Covid-19 pandemic led to an increase in top A-level and GCSE grades in 2020 and 2021, with results based on teacher assessments instead of exams.