A level results day 2026

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Thread ready for results day tomorrow!

Your ds will absolutely love Warwick. It has a very full and vibrant student life. There is a society for just about everything, and he may end up joining loads of them in Freshers' week.

Warwick Castle isn't really that close to campus, and you need at least two buses to get there. That is not to say that your ds shouldn't visit or anything like that. It will just be a longer day out.

Stratford upon Avon is also lovely for a day out, as is Leamington Spa. Despite being a bit further away, think most students prefer to live in Leamington rather than Coventry, at least when I was there, but that may have changed

Honestly, I think that so much happens on campus that his time will be full.
DD looked at Warwick but refused as I went there (as did her uncle and his wife) and she "wants her own place" which I can understand. Shame though as she'd also have had the coveted Venice term...

I think the school were very confident in their marking and raised a complaint with the exam board?

Still in a slight limbo here! She knew she had her place at a Durham before picking up her results, so that was a relief.
A star A star A B
She’s 1 mark under the grade boundaries in both the A and the B; the school want a re-mark.
However, she’s eligible for the August Reconsideration Pool at Cambridge with those results, so she’s submitted the form… and now we wait until tomorrow!
She seems pretty relaxed now, currently out with her friends.
My younger daughter picked up her AS results today too - double results day! 3 A’s for her so she’s pleased.

@ALevelBNotLevel school is correct. I'm an exams officer. Moderated work can only be Re-moderated on a whole cohort basis.

We have done it in the past but 1.it takes weeks and weeks. 2. Grades rarely change and can go down.

Congrats to your dd!! I'm sure they'll both have a great time! We all loved Liverpool during the open day visit, but my dd decided to firm Notts as a couple of her friends did, so I think there was a bit of peer influence going on. Looks like none of her friends are going to Notts either (one got in, but chose a different course somewhere else via clearing), in a way I think it's for the best not to have your established friendship group with you so that you can make new uni friends.
My dd nearly put Liverpool as her insurance, but her school advised againts it- we were wondering if she could have had a Liverpool insurance offer today instead of a clearing offer, but hey ho- she's got an offer at a uni she loves and that's all that matters.

The Liverpool clearing process this year was quite nerve wrecking, they didn't have a clearing hotline at all, they only accepted clearing applications via a webform which of course crashed in the morning. My dd managed to submit at 8:30am and didn't get the offer email until the afternoon so a long anxious wait and lots of inbox refreshing 😁!

30 years since we went through this. I remember it well. As parents you’ve done everything you can, it’s up to them now. Fingers crossed for everyone for a happy outcome. X

My son unexpectedly got into KCL - we thought he wanted a year off and to go to art school - so we are very unprepared and he has no accommodation. The univ website booking seems to be suspended until Monday. I feel clueless. Any advice on KCL halls at all here - or what to do? Thank you!

Dd missed out on hervfirst choice by one grade, needed AAA got AAB, went to her second choice in same city and loved it walked straight into a graduate job so it did her no harm

We had this problem, Dd had accomm booked for first choice which she missed, no accom booked for 2nd choice ,but we went with IQ student accomm and they were brilliant, don't know if the hsve any near KCL but I would recommend them

Results day has been really bad for us. DS got his place at Russell Group uni which he worked his butt off to get, but a higher-ranked university has gone into clearing asking for lower grades than he achieved. I know there are much worse problems to have, but DS has spent all day in an agony of indecision, we cannot enjoy anything or celebrate anything, it's been awful.

BTEC mum here, good news this morning. DS got accepted to his firm choice University. He achieved Distinction*, Distinction, Distinction exceeding his target of Distinction, Merit, Merit. Its so good for him as its Mechanical Engineering which his BTEC set him up for perfectly with work placements included in the course. I am so pleased because he started A-levels and did the first year of them and in his AS levels at the end of his first year got C,C,D and was so upset. The subjects just weren't right for him so after alot of tears and research we pivoted to doing a 2 year Level 3 Extended BTEC diploma in Manufacturing Engineering equivalent to 3 A-levels and from the first few weeks he was so interested and keen on it and happier. The tutors and lecturers were fabulous at supporting the students but also treated them like adults having high expectations for meeting deadlines and assignments. So it took an extra year to get there but they encouraged him to submit a UCAS application and supported him through the process. So if anyone is discouraged after GCSEs or AS levels and wants to change course I would recommend thinking about extended diploma BTECs as they can still lead to University/Degree Apprenticeships especially in a subject like Engineering

@NurseRunner we're in the same position. Dd3 has firmed a university in Scotland which is about 8 hours from us and didn't want to do the ARP but she has submitted it (she's on holiday). She has told me she'll probably reject it even if they offer her a place (AuADH). At least we'll know by tomorrow! Dd3 did IB so has had her results and firm for weeks.

Still no results for us! I have posted on our towns social media page which has erupted into outrage - maybe something will happen tomorrow? I don’t know where or how else to try and get this sorted. I can’t find anyone else online that has ever been in this position.

So what’s he going to do ? Apply for what he believes is the higher ranked uni ? A lot of higher ranked unis in clearing are showing this message. I know DDs is because I had a peek as to which unis were in clearing for her course and uni choices.

So we’ve just checked grade boundaries, and whilst in 3 of them he’s comfortably in the grade awarded-his further maths he’s 1 mark off an A star. So now deciding if it’s worth chasing that extra mark.

@PeonyBulb - I think he will stick, not twist. Course is still showing as available to both UK and international students and I really bloody wish it wasn't, tbh.

Did your son apply to university? Has he had an acceptance or rejection via UCAS?

Has he been checking his personal email but they've been sent to his school email?

To those of you with dc who were close to a grade boundary… I’d advise going for that re-mark. This time last year my dd was devastated at having missed her place at Oxford because of a rogue B grade, missing her A by 2 marks. School immediately looked at her papers and advised one of them being sent for a priority re-mark. It came back within a couple of days as an A and the place at Oxford was hers.
School also advised that her A subject was sent for a re-mark as she was 2 marks off an A star. Her teacher for this subject looked at the papers and was convinced she was a solid A star. Following a re-mark she was awarded 10 extra marks and bumped up to an A star.

@StrangerThanTannadiceI hope once they’ve made a decision either way they will be able to relax a bit and celebrate their success.

@Fabfabfaband the others going to Warwick we live around 20 minutes drive away and would be more than happy to take them in/feed them/ help out if ever they were having any problems or even a bit of a wobble and if ever you couldn’t get to them quickly then you’d only have to ask. Leamington is lovely as others have said and DS and DD go out in Coventry on occasion and although it’s got a bit of a bad reputation have not felt unsafe and like the city.

Thanks @Doodledoggle
I guess that's why the school are reluctant to push for the whole cohort to be re-marked as it could negatively impact a number of other students.

@Lemons1571 I’d get him to go at 9am tomorrow in person. There will be some staff dealing with reviews of marking applications. There were definitely admin staff in DD’s school results week.

He’s eligible for clearing, but we are not getting anywhere as all the unis we call want his results before taking it any further.

He had two backups identified but they’ve both disappeared from the clearing options now?

His friends are talking about their accommodation, joining freshers chats online etc. feels like we are being left behind.

@Lemons1571 hope you get sorted tomorrow. Out of curiosity did he refuse to go to school this morning? I can’t understand not going in results day morning when he hadn’t got the email. But what’s done is done.