A-level results day 2024: Celebrations at Cambridgeshire schools

After months of hard work and several nail-biting exams, young people across Cambridgeshire have been receiving their A-level results.

Hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received the grades to help them progress on to university, an apprenticeship or employment.

Last year, more than a quarter (27.2 per cent) of UK A-level entries were awarded A or A* grades, down on 36.4 per cent in 2022.

But it was higher than in 2019 – the last year that summer exams were taken before Covid-19 – when 25.4 per cent UK A-level entries were awarded top grades.

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-pandemic levels.

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson said: “Young people deserve enormous credit for what they have achieved, in the face of both the huge disruption of recent years, and in too many cases the inequality that goes hand in hand with young people’s backgrounds.

“I am determined to break down these barriers to opportunity so every young person can pursue their dreams and thrive.

“I hope young people everywhere can celebrate their results and look forward to their next step – be that university, an apprenticeship or beginning their careers.”

T-level results were also received by thousands of students in England on Thursday, and youngsters across the country will be awarded their level 3 vocational and technical qualification (VTQ) exam results.

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Clearing is available to students who do not meet the conditions of their offer on A-level results day, as well as those who did not receive any offers.

Students who have changed their mind about what or where they wish to study, and also those who have applied outside the normal application window, can also use the process.

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