A level results day 2026

Thank you. Apparently he needs A* and two A's for the scholarship. One of his A's was 3 marks off an A star (Maths) and the B was 5 marks off an A (Physics). So it would need both papers upgrading. He's thinking it might not be worth it but the money would make a big difference!

I’d get the papers and get ds to look. They can put one in at a time for review. Probably more wiggle on essay subject.
If it’s potentially worth money worth a try (we did it and A* got my dd a £4000 scholarship so worth a bit of faff)

This happened to me - all of forty two years ago!

I always remember my mother being the one to offer the hugs and comfort and my Dad being the one to tell me I was an idiot.

The former approach is definitely the way to go.

Those are brilliant results and York is an excellent place for maths. Sorry it's been so stressful.

Would speaking to school and maybe getting papers help? It may just be one weak answer per paper that’s brought her down.
Hopefully she’ll accept she’s done well and got her offer.
If she’s worried about being the only one with lower grades on the course that will certainly not be case. My dd also said they didn’t discuss grades once they started and it’s only as time gone on people have shared it was clearing for them.

We have the same - made worse by her teacher calling me to say he doesn’t know what went wrong and that she got the lowest grade in the class despite being in the top 10% throughout the last year. We’re going for a remark.

keep reminding DD that it doesn’t matter - she’s into her firm choice - the university that she’s wanted to attend for 2 years - and the focus now needs to be on making the most of that opportunity and leaving with a great degree.

I think it’s just a lot of pent up nerves, relieve and frustration coming out in one fell swoop!

Weird one here:

DD got her firm - and was delighted

Then picked up her grades and has been in bed in floods of tears ever since - didn’t get what she hoped for. She worked her arse off throughout and and thought all the papers had gone really well so doesn’t understand what happened. Now thinks she is ‘stupid and deluded’ (she’s neither)

We've talked it round and round but she won’t be comforted by the fact she got her place (!!) and thinks it will affect job prospects. Jollying her along didn’t go well, so have reverted to acknowledging her feelings of disappointment and sadness. . .

Heartbreaking how hard she is on herself and the catastrophising is a worry

Letting/encouraging her to wallow for a bit then hopefully she’ll still go out tonight and that she will manage to find a bit of perspective as time goes on. . .

Congratulations. Omg don’t envy your bank account that’s a huge outlay especially if only on min loan.

Yes I'm sure I've read somewhere that it's not the same as other resits if it's an A-level taken early in y12 as some schools do with maths. I think they take that into account and if she's predicted to get an A* when she sits it alongside all her other A-levels in y13 then she should have the same shot as everyone else.

Yes 💐 to those still having to go through the stress of disappointing grades. DS grades are always hard fought, and he's never breezed A grades etc. This is probably the first time he'snoy been the one with the worst grades of mistakes if his friends I was looking at the foundation year for DS and thinking if it came to it, it might give him a good grounding to do the degree later. It seems pretty interesting. Hope it all works out in the end for your DC. They are still so young and life is long.

Dd. Got a b in her level 3 health and social care . So bloody proud as we didn’t think she would complete not so very long ago !

she got a place at edge hill for nursing but is planning to defer a year / do an apprenticeship instead

im just so bloody pleased that she has a strong level 3 !

I've never noticed that. It's usually a mix.

But it does tend to be girls, I'll give you that.

Very stressful here. DS missed his firm AND insurance
A* maths
A further maths
A Physics
C music
He needed an A* in further maths. Now gone through clearing, secured a place at York for maths.

My DS did maths in year 12 and got an A. He resat this year and got it up to an A⭐. He did TMUA but I don't think he gave it the respect it deserved and didn't score the best but I think if your DC really went for it she should be fine.

My DS got an offer from Warwick with a maths resit. So it might be ok. It was for MORSE though not straight maths.

Apparently school are contrasting all the design/textiles grades .

Just want to offer a virtual hug to everyone out there to all parents and students who are a bit disappointed with how today has gone.
Son has got into second choice with a foundation year but dropped several grades across the board. Sad to see as i know he worked hard but exam technique never his strong suit.
Onwards and upwards.
Just letters on a piece of paper xx

Well done to all. For those who have not got what they needed this was us last year and Ds turned down his insurance. He has had a really good and productive gap year. He reapplied with grades in hand and got all 5 offers even one from his first choice last year! He however changed his mind and chose Reading to start next month, so all is not lost.

One mark off the required grade it may be worth sending them the mark breakdown to share how close they were. Consider an urgent review of marks too .At least one Cambridge college recommends this. Best of luck.

I had to get DS out of bed at 8.50!

He knew that Warwick had accepted him for his deferred place, but not his grades.

He got 4 A⭐️ and is chuffed to bits as his UMS were really high too. Grade boundaries for WJEC are really high this year so his hard work has definitely paid off

@Fabfabfab, Warwick don’t allocate accommodation until quite late and seem to do really well matching similar personalities, so get his choices in

Haha! Same. I had always planned to take DS for lunch if we didn't end up having to do clearing so we have that booked later. DS went to school for his results then to his girlfriend's so I just twiddling my thumbs at home until lunchtime. Also feeling very grateful that we're not dealing with clearing!

That is Warwick's loss. He sounds an exceptional young man and I hope he gets a brilliant offer today

I'm sitting in the garden with a glass of water and a book. DS has gone to Spoons with his mates.
He'll be home for tea and then they are going into town.

Well I've already treated myself ha ha. The tension at bedtime was so awful last night, I went online and bought myself something. Made me feel a bit better!

BTW congrats to all those who took A-levels, regardless of grades. Even if you didn't get the grades you wanted, you stuck school out to the bitter end.

A pop up came up just now with ' free dessert for people with A Level results' at Bills. There's a few of them so I think I'll take the dog for a walk then take DS to a celebratory lunch. His grandmother has given him some money as a well done too so he can spend that. I'm assuming if we've done all the student finance/ accommodation stuff that can wait!