"more than one grade could well be a legitimate reflection of a student’s performance and they would both be a sound estimate of that student’s ability at that point in time.* That statement doesn't inspire confidence really, does it?
Welcome @Ingles2 and good luck to your DC. Are they very competitive with each other? It could be a bittersweet day in your household? That would be difficult to manage.
I feel prepared in on the admin required potentially for Thursday but I have to say I've left checking out courses in Clearing to DS (and putting all the info into an easy to use table).
If it's so difficult to get through on universities' clearing hotlines, is it advisable to have at least one parent dialling/redialling too?
Also, is it worth asking about accommodation options when checking out a Clearing uni choice. The issue with accommodation availability (and cost) is a real deal-breaker potentially, isn't it? There is no way we could pay anything over £5,500 for it, on the basis of DS's SFE loan and what we can afford to give him.
The level 9 at GCSE examplars are full of nonsense using big words, arent they? This comment rather reminds me of the cleverest girl in DD's primary school whose reports on school trips were the ones favoured for publication by their teacher. She used very impressive vocabulary but the articles didn't read well because much of what she used was formal, business-type speak.