A-level results: What is a degree apprenticeship? University entrants gaining better A-levels despite tougher environment. Boys outperform girls in top A-level grades. Log In. Contact us Sign up for newsletters. Log In Register now My account. A-level results day what time do I collect my exam grades and what happens next? By Richard Vaughan. August 16, am Updated August 20, pm.
Catch up on the latest news impacting schools - in the age of covid Email address is invalid Thank you for subscribing! Sorry, there was a problem. More from News. A-level qualifications have been the focus of significant reform, with the implementation ongoing over the last few years. There are four key areas of reform: restructuring qualifications, assessment structures, subject content, and the number of qualifications.
In terms of subject content, reforms attempted to increase the amount of quantitative work in relevant subjects and increase the breadth of knowledges for arts and humanities. Assessment structure reforms saw coursework reduced to only assess non-examinable skills — examples include in-depth studies in history and fieldwork in geography. A-levels are also being made linear, so the whole A-level is assessed at the end of the course, with the AS solely a standalone qualification which contributes less in terms of UCAS tariffs and do not count towards the A-level result.
In addition to the specific reforms of qualifications, students receiving A-level results today are likely to be leaving a school landscape with an increasingly diverse number of education providers.
Around half of providers are academies, including free schools, many of which will be part of a multi-academy trust MAT. The cohort of students receiving their grades today were in secondary education during a time of reforms to school accountability such as the introduction of the EBacc and Progress 8.
Indeed, this was the first cohort in which all schools were judged by Progress 8. These are likely to have shaped subject choices at Key Stage 4 with implications for choices post The proportion of students achieving the highest grades varies quite significantly by regions — There has been a net fall of 1. There are potentially a number of reasons for the fall. We may also see some impact from the linearisation of A-levels and a possible increase the workload of individual A-levels, leading to students taking fewer options, to maximise their grades.
Alternatively, changes to funding for post education may mean that providers are no longer able to offer students the opportunities to study as many subjects as they would have done before. This is concerning as the UK already has a uniquely narrow post education system compared to other countries, as discussed in a recent EPI report. More info. Students should go to their school or college to receive their results, but they can check whether they have been accepted into their chosen university by logging on to the UCAS feature Track.
Results are not available on Track, so students should go to pick up their results at college or school. Track does not update at midnight the day before, or the night before A-level results, so students should not check the service then. For students who have not met the grades needed for their chosen university, they can enter Clearing. If you miss out on out on the exam grades you need, the university or college might accept you anyway.
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