Beren collecting three A*s and a place at Oxford University for his 18th birthday present. Last year 25.7% of boys were awarded A and A*s – 0.3 points below girls. The puts the percentage of 18-year-olds in the population securing a place in university and college in England at 27.5%, with the rate in Northern Ireland 28.3%, Scotland 24.9%, and Wales 24.8%. Don't give up too early!! Hope this helps and don't stress yourself out! The Press Association’s Ryan Hooper reports that exam boards are working to ensure students who do not identify as either male or female do not feel left out when A-level results are published. 'I was sleep deprived and slightly delirious, but absolutely overwhelmed', Worst year for English results since 2012, More boys get top grades than girls for first time in at least seven years, Concern over fall in numbers taking foreign languages, First rise in top A-level grades in six years, A-level results show rise in top grades despite tougher exams, Drop in grades for 'reformed' A-levels unlikely to be down to difficulty, Flunked your A-levels? The exam boards were very unhelpful, particularly with the English non-examined assessment (basically coursework). Clare Marchant, the chief executive of Ucas, said: Congratulations to everyone who has received good news today. “Today I’ve taken calls from candidates who meet our requirements and those who have just fallen short, and I’m just screening them and putting them through to the faculty so they can talk to someone who’s an expert in the subject they study.”. “We train our academics to listen to the student, to really ask them what they want and why they’re interested in a course. Ofqual head reassures students they will not lose out this year after 13 A-level subjects changed to new format, Available for everyone, funded by readers. Check on the uni site. We don’t do that currently, but it is something we are looking at. The phones don’t stop ringing in a large office at one of Coventry University’s faculties. You can also use the Guardian app and search for “GuardianWitness assignments”. GCE A level results are published. I feel the board are often too harsh on the upper end when answers are really sophisticated and should get top band, and often too generous on the lower and middle. Time to consider whether to resit – or risk a re-mark, Grades will be fair, UK exam regulator tells A-level students, Schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai wins Oxford university place, Share your reaction and experiences on A-level results day 2017, 'Win or lose, we're on the booze': students open A-Level results live on air – video, ‘I ran to the toilet and cried.’ A-level students whose results were a lesson in life, A-level results show first rise in top grades in six years, Schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai wins Oxford place, Don’t panic! Universities, which find out applicants’ A-level results a few days in advance, inform Ucas of their decision ahead of results day. This is a decrease of 7,570 people (2%), compared to A level results day last year. Why the ads? What is the mood at your school today? When the Taliban were driven out of the region in 2012, Yousafzai stepped up her campaign for girls to be allowed to go to school. Posted Thu 17 August 2017 - 06:00. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. If you were also an examiner, tell us your stories here. Best wishes for life ahead!”. A massive 59% of A-Level exams sat in England this year were in reformed subjects which follow the new, linear model of sitting one set of exams at the end of the two-year course. From boys starting to outperform girls, to changes in subject popularity and regional differences, A-level results day in 2017 has been like no other. There was a complete lack of revision materials, especially past papers. The progression of BTec students to university makes a contribution towards social mobility, as BTec students also tend to be more representative of the wider population than A-level students, who are more likely to be drawn from more advantaged socio-economic groups. Some of us ended up in places we never thought we would, myself included, as I write this. There has been a “modest decrease” in the number of top grades awarded to BTec students, according to the education and publishing company Pearson. Today’s results put the school in the top 10% of UK schools for so-called “value added”, with students getting on average one grade higher than national expectations. Some people who submitted stories to us spoke of the pressure on young people today and also the difficulties of sitting the new exams. All rights reserved. cambridgenews Load mobile navigation. So demand is high. Not too sure about logging into track, when I had my results in 2017 I logged into track the normal way. Well done to all A-level students – the hardest year. I have been awarded an A grade as an examiner in previous years. This year’s A-level results seem to suggest the tide could be starting to turn on the relative performance of boys and girls, Sally Weale, Richard Adams and Helena Bengtsson write. This compares to 0.7% in […] “We’re taking calls from any candidates who want to find a course here,” says Alison Rowland, one of the university’s media and external affairs employees who is helping out on the clearing hotline. Did you achieve what you expected or do you need to change your plans? As of midnight, 416,310 applicants have been accepted into higher education through UCAS. Thu 17 Aug 2017 15.27 BST Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett has some social media advice for A-level students today: By all means celebrate – you’ve worked hard as a guinea pig in what amounts to an untested new exam system – but spare a thought for those who haven’t done as well as they hoped today. Many pupils who fled the fire on 14 June turned up to a hastily reorganised exam hall to sit an AS paper in maths. That said, BTec students are likley to have had a different classroom experience to A-level students, so universities can’t offer a “one size only” approach to teaching and learning support. That’s one in four of all students going to university. All rights reserved. Reforming Psychology does not seem to have had a big impact though - while the gap has narrowed by 1.5%, girls are still more than 10% likely to achieve an A*-C grade than boys taking the subject. This year I felt quite alone. And if you have something to say about the pressing issues of life on campus – from fees to face time, from deadlines to distractions – you can also pitch us a blog: We heard from an exam marker about getting through papers this year. I was so stressed that when I first opened the envelope ... Once I realised I got what I wanted it was such a relief. He said: “Starting higher education had a transformative impact on me, and for many students Clearing will be the first steps they take on that journey.”. The highest grade also appeared elusive for students studying Psychology and Sociology, in which fewer than than 5% of entrants came away with an A*. Find out more about A level results day 2018. Sponsored articles. The proportion of girls gaining A and above fell by 1.1 percentage points, compared to 2016, while the boys’ results held up far better. It was a little odd knowing that all the teachers knew my grades, but they were being positive so I wasn’t too worried. With the government encouraging youngsters to study science, technology, engineering and maths-related subjects (the so-called Stem subjects that are said to be essential for British economic competitiveness), entries for English and History were down 5.6% and 6.8% respectively. You can share your stories with us here. 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