- Hundreds of thousands of students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to receive their A-level results on Thursday.
- The results arrive amid rising concerns over young people not in education, employment or training (Neet), with almost 58,000 18-year-olds in England expected to receive no grades on Thursday, according to the Department for Education.
- Education Secretary Lucy Powell said: “We’re giving technical education the respect it deserves by rolling out new V Levels to go alongside A Levels, introducing brilliant routes into the careers of the future from age 14, and fully funding apprenticeship training for under-25s.”
- Head of UCAS, Jo Saxton, suggested a record number of students could be successful in securing their first-choice university on results day.
- In 2025, 28.3 per cent of UK A-level entries were awarded an A or A* grade.
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