A level results day 2026

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Thread ready for results day tomorrow!

Oh lord I have a house full of drunken teenagers 😂. He’s invited them back here.

Me too, but they won’t be staying too long apparently!
They’re really lovely kids so I don’t mind at all, and hopefully neither will the neighbours if they really don’t stay here all night!

Dd2 had an awful interview at Cambridge years ago and then she got her offer AAA with the A in further maths. She was so upset and really nervous going in for her results. She did get the A*.

Congratulations to all who have achieved the results they needed and/or wished for, and to those who have found a place even if they did not meet their original target grades.

Hope parents who were anxious are calmer now.

Some universities (Uni of Glasgow is the one I know) offer an academic excellence bursary, so if you get a certain level of results (A star AA in this case), you get £1000 per year, whatever course you are on.

DD got AAA so won't be eligible. Not particularly close to the grade boundary in any of them, so we've agreed it's not worth chasing a re-mark.

@AuntyBulgaria @JustHereWithMyPopcorn sorry to hear they didn't get their firm either. How are they feeling now? DC is still disappointed (although seeing friends now and will be out partying the whole evening) but starting to come around to the idea of Warwick. Just a bit sad he doesn't feel more ecstatic today after achieving such good grades (Astar, Astar, B). EPQ didn't make any difference as Durham said they don't even look at it.

If anyone has anything good to say about Warwick then that would cheer us up. I know it's a brilliant university and that DC is very lucky. It's also closer to home than Durham which is a positive (for me and DH at least!). I'm just a bit worried DC won't get campus based halls and end up in Coventry. He can't apply for accommodation yet as UCAS hasn't officially confirmed his place (despite him having the verbal and written confirmation from Warwick on email).

@ventress thinking of you and hope your DC did really well today and got his UCL offer

She’s done amazingly well ! Time to look to the fantastic future she’s about to embark on. No need to revisit the A levels and let’s face it she’s got a good batch of grades there.

DD didn’t get into her Firm but accepted into Insurance. She wanted to stay as local as possible so chose not to go through clearing. After a very happy chat this morning we’ve agreed that the insurance Uni is a better fit for her than her first choice.
For a kid with exam performance anxiety, we couldn’t be more proud. As a bonus, her lovely little group of mates smashed it out of the park and all got acceptances so we are now trying to convince a bunch of socially awkward teens to let us put on a celebration in their honour

Cocktails are justified at any point after the place is confirmed ! Enjoy 😊

We went shopping! Spent a fortune on clothes and an outfit for clubbing tonight! She's now getting ready and im back at my desk working 🙄

IMO DS got lucky there ! Loughborough is the most fantastic university. I guarantee he will love it . I studied there and it was the best 3 years of my life .

@Fabfabfab I used to live in Leamington, and it’s a fab area to live in (and I actually like Coventry! Not pretty but friendly). From memory from our open day there with DS (it was one of his 5), I think the ‘off campus’ accommodation is mostly only just off campus and still walkable, they’ve been doing a fair bit of accommodation expansion in recent years and have had the space around them to do it.

These are staying overnight apparently! Or some of them anyway.

He/ you should look into a mark review. Grades can sometimes go up.

Warwick does all the accommodation allocation after Aug 18th so as long as his place is confirmed and he's applied by then, he'll have the same chance at campus halls as everyone else. Sure you'll have it all sorted by then and he'll get somewhere good. I've heard nothing but good things from friends whose kids went there and it's very well rated. A friend's son went there last year after missing an Oxford offer and he's having the time of his life with zero regrets.

I'd already bought the bedding for the extra long beds in son's accommodation (accommodation was confirmed a few weeks ago and deposit paid). Had to order some of it due to it needing 4 weeks. So last night I was thinking - well if he ends up going somewhere else he'll just have to tuck a bit more under the mattress!

Dd missed a B in both Business and English Language by 4 and 5 marks respectively. She won’t discuss a mark review, but I have asked her teachers to look at her papers. With A levels, they’re unlikely to go down a full grade as the margins are so wide. She’s got a place now. So I think she’s contented to stick to what she’s got. But I wanted that to be looked into.

One got 3Astars, so off to Manchester for Law. The other DN however had A star, A, B and wanted LSE IR (they ask for A, A, A) and she was rejected but got an offer for King's. She's really confused as her teachers said that A would count for something at lse. I've encouraged her about King's being a fab choice but she's still wondering why she didn't get in, with all he work experience at UN, starting a charity and the Astar..
Any ideas?

We're all overjoyed though, I have 8 of their friend staying over tonight!

Had to edit as all Astars changed to bold!

@Fabfabfab Warwick has a super helpful parents Facebook page. It’s a great uni and lots of fun with active societies that cover everything you could think of. Some of the first year accommodation is new and off campus but more modern than some on site options.

It'll be rhe B unfortunately. LSE is so competitive they wont consider any drops AFAIK. My DD is going to Kings it seemed super gorgeous, friendly and supportive when we went to the offer day. And very inclusive !

@Fabfabfab I went to Warwick many moons ago and loved it. My closest friends are still my Warwick cohort, can't imagine my life without them though we are scattered across the country. Friend's DC currently there now and loving it. It's a very busy campus and has fantastic sports facilities and a multi venue arts centre and a big students union. And Coventry gets a bad press. We lived in Earlsdon and it was fine, still have friends there in fact and it's a nice area.

@HeyAuntyshe didn’t get in to LSE because she missed her grades. An A star does not even out the B, especially at LSE which is very competitive. By the way my DD didn’t get an offer from LSE and she had three A stars in hand.

My son has missed out on his place for fine art because the moderator reduced his marks from his teacher by about 20% thus going from A* to B.

Because the whole class was moderated there is no option to request a re-mark :(

Oh how awful for him. What about his insurance?

But the school can request the moderation is checked for the whole cohort. DD was given a 9 for GCSE art. Initial moderation took all marks down, hers went to a 7. School got everything looked at again and her mark went up to an 8. It's taken today's A level grade to take the sting out of that 8.... Can you ask the school if they are going to challenge? 20% is a huge drop. Would your son do a foundation year locally if that's possible? Art foundation counts as one of the three years of post 16 education if you start before you turn 19. DD is doing art foundation from September and living at home.