What Can We Expect From This Summer’s Exam Results?

Hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due to find out their A-level and GCSE results. A-level and AS results are out on August 15, while GCSE results will be released on August 22.Students in England will also receive results for T-level qualifications – which were launched to provide high-quality technical alternatives to A-levels – on August 15.In England, exams regulator Ofqual has said it expects this summer’s national results to be “broadly similar” to last summer, when grades were brought back in line with pre-Covid levels.Last year, 27.2% of UK A-level entries achieved an A or above, down on 2022 when the figure was 36.4%.However, this was still higher than in 2019 – the last year that summer exams were taken before the pandemic – when 25.4% of entries were awarded A or A* grades.