How to appeal your A-level grades

Sometimes even the best laid plans can go awry, and grades that young learners hoped for may not be as high as they'd like - no matter how hard they might have worked.

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Thousands of students across the country will flock to their schools and colleges tomorrow to learn how they fared in their exams, and see the important qualifications their hard work has earned them. Those planning to head to university next will also likely find out the outcomes of any conditional offersmeaning they can start planning in earnest for the next stage of their lives.

Not getting the grades you had hoped for can be extremely distressing, and young people in this situation will need support. But occasionally, they might seem unusually low-or it might look like there has been some kind of mistake. If this is the case, you are able to appeal them with your exam board.