A-level Results Day 2024: Latest updates as students in Portsmouth and Hampshire receive results
Today is a big day for students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland as they head down to their college or sixth form to collect their A-level, B-tech or T-level results. Results are usually collected at 8am and students will have the option whether or not to open their envelope there and then - or take them home.
Each A-level exam is graded A*- E whereas B-tech and T-level exams are marked ‘pass’, ‘merit’ or ‘distinction’. An A* is the highest grade an A-level student can receive and it means that the work they have produced has been of an extremely high standard over the past two years.
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Hide AdIn many instances, universities across the country will have already offered students places to study with them on a conditional basis that the student can achieve certain grades. This conditional offer differs at every university and some university courses offer unconditional spaces to students - meaning the A-level results do not impact their chances of getting into higher education.
What are A-levels?
A-Levels are a college or sixth form qualification that students have to obtain before heading off to university or further education. The qualifications are not complusory, unlike GCSE’s, but they can help depending on what career goals students have.
A-levels, T-levels and B-tech courses are much harder than GCSE exams and they usually take two years to complete. Generally, students will sit three A-level exams whereas this differs to the vocational courses.
A report by Professor Alan Smithers at the Centre for Education and Employment Research has predicted that the results could fall back down to the 2019 following a spike in high marks over the past three years following Covid marking proceedures. This year will be the second year of complete marking which has followed the pre-covid marking requirements.
Follow our live blog for more information about the results for Portsmouth and Hampshire.
Live updates as Portsmouth and Hampshire A-level results come in
Key Events
- Thousands of students across the UK will receive their A-level results this morning
- Each A-level exam is graded on a scale of A* to E
- Students can normally pick up the results from 8am
- More than a quarter (27.8 per cent) of UK entries have been awarded an A or A* grade
- Portsmouth Grammar School Results: Nearly a fifth of A-Level grades were an A*
- King’s Academy Bay House Results: 63 per cent of students secured A*- B grades which is an increase of 10 per cent in comparison to last year
- Portsmouth High School has secured a 100 per cent pass rate
- Nearly a third of all A level students achieved either an A* or an A at Barton Peveril Sixth Form
- City of Portsmouth College celebrates an overall pass rate of 96 per cent across all campuses
- St Vincent College is delighted that 42.9 per cent of all students achieved A* to C grades
Portsmouth Grammar School
Two years of hard work has paid off as students celebrate the outcome of their A-levels.
Portsmouth Grammar School
A-level students at Portsmouth Grammar School are jumping for joy after receiving their exam results this morning.
A-level entries awarded top grades up from last year
More than a quarter (27.8 per cent) of UK entries have been awarded an A or A* grade, up by 0.6 percentage points on last year when 27.2 per cent achieved the top grades.
This is also higher than in 2019 – the last year that summer exams were taken before the pandemic – when 25.4 per cent of entries were awarded A or A* grades.
'Plenty of opportunities' for students who fall short
Thousands of students will be heading down to their college or sixth form this morning to collect their results.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said there are ‘plenty of opportunities’ for A-level students who fall short on results day.
In an interview, she told Sky News: “To our young people receiving their results, there are lots of great options out there in terms of what you can go on to do next.
“For those young people who get what they need and move on to their destination of choice, that’s brilliant.
“For those who perhaps fall slightly short, there are lots of options out there. There are lots of people that can be there to provide advice and support, whether that’s the school or college, UCAS through clearing, or the National Career Service.
“So I want to wish them all the very best, but to reassure them that there are plenty of opportunities that are there.”
Welcome to the A-levels live blog
The News will be visiting schools across the city this morning as students await their A-level results.
In order to get into university or complete further education courses, students will need to obtain A-Levels, T-Levels and other Level 3 courses. Last year, the number of students who received a grade C or above in all A-Level subjects was 75.4 per cent.
If students do not receive their expected grades, they can still get into university through clearing.
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