A level results day 2026

Dd2 got ABB and is off to Newcastle! She’s very happy but also not sure what to do with herself all day until they can go out to celebrate.

Take them (or yourself) out to brunch if you have a free day! Little reward for the parental support you gave (this is what I did last year!)

This time 50 years ago ............. At my holiday job, waiting for Dad to call. We agreed he would open them and tell me when postie arrived. 2 were better than expected, 2 worse, so I didn't know how to feel.

University of York.
Glad to hear your DC likes it 😀

Don't know about Maths in general but Manchester requires an A star in Maths OR Further Maths.

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2026/00590/bsc-mathematics/

So it's possible she could make Manchester her top choice and focus on getting that A star in the Further Maths?

Ha same! I've gone shopping.

Good point. The day feels a bit flat now! Son came home from college quite quickly saying he didn't want to hang around and have his photo taken. He has a couple of friends staying over tonight so I might organise some food for that.

But it's that feeling after all the tension isn't it? Of just ok so how to have a normal day now?!

Durham didn’t open at all for clearing to home students this year, so I’m taking that to mean they’re going to be more flexible with those who missed their grades a little and let them in.

DS’s GF missed her contextual offer by 2 grades and was still accepted but with a foundation year. So this could bode well for your candidate 🤞

What do you do if they got their place? I had the day blocked out for what ifs'/clearing etc now I'm just sitting around thinking about how early In the day I can get a cocktail!

Wow just wow
She is not even my dd and I am proud of her .
Shows the importance of resilience

Thank you for saying that, really hope DC will have an amazing time too. He loves the idea of a term in Venice and is starting to feel a bit happier now

Hi all, looking forward some advice. My YP had a conditional offer from a certain uni, his first choice. He got a mark off an A (and therefor he got a B) and his ucas his showing “waiting for confirmation”. We already called uni at 9am and they didn’t know why his UCAS was not updated, the woman said she would have spoken with the manager but we are still waiting for some change. Has anyone in this position?
YP got an offer for his insurance but definitely would prefer to go to his first choice.

DS is off interrailing and we’re in the med so it’s been a morning of multiple calls and constant messaging- thank god for WhatsApp and decent WiFi 😁

He’s off to UCL! Wooooo for him

DD off to St Andrews for Classics - 3 A* for English Lit, French and EPQ plus A for Classical Civilisation. She's thinking about getting the latter remarked because she's the sort of girl that can't let it rest!

This thread takes me back a few years.
DS1 is now an A level maths teacher so results day is very important to him as well as the students. He got the results yesterday and was very pleased. He's particularly delighted for a couple of students who overcame huge personal and health problems and got A*s.

Does anyone know much about maths please? My daughter has taken her A level in Y12 and come out with a highish A ( but nowhere near remark territory). She's devastated. Is there any point in ploughing on with the TMUA? She is willing to resit and will be doing further maths so should improve speed and accuracy next year and will then have four A levels. She was wanting to apply for Imperial/UCL/Warwick/Manchester type places but looks like a resit might make her liable to rejection for maths?

So pleased to see this news! What wonderful results. Congratulations to her

It's hard on them going into college. Son did so well with his AAB but was meeting classmates with four A stars and somehow he felt like he wasn't quite good enough. Soon knocked that on the head! He's done brilliantly.

Btw is it worth asking for a review if a B is 5 marks off an A? (For the money! He gets a few thousand if he gets 3 A's). I'm assuming 5 marks is a bit too far off to ask for a review?

DD got into her firm, Bristol. AAA and an A⭐️ for her EPQ. We got through onto the UCAS portal before heading to school so it was a relaxed walk in.

Well done to all whatever their next steps are.

DD got into her firm- Durham for Biology - 3As and EPQ A*! This is a kid who we had to remove from school in y9 BC of anxiety. She took igcses online and returned, bravely, to her physical school for Alevels. What a journey!!!!!

NO it's a Yusuf Faisal .

Most universities 'auto-confirm' but Durham requires the student to confirm within a certain number of days, not sure if any others follow this bonkers approach!

Ah feck it. Dd didn't get what she wanted. Was offered a different course at her insurance but it's not what she wanted to do. Gap year planned anyway so not throwing her through clearing

DD got A ⭐️ A, B!

I’m so proud of her and just wish she’d stop beating herself up about the B!! She got her firm and is off to the pub….

Whilst I sit here in a daze trying to work out how I’ve made it through the last 2 months!

Well done to everyone else’s DC!

I know everyone is different and I am not disputing that Durham is a great uni but I went there to study History and hated it. Graduated 4 years later with a degree from… Warwick! after a wonderful uni experience 🖤