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When is A-level results day 2025?

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Exams are now over for A-level students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Here is your guide to this year's results, appeals and resits.

What time do A-level results come out?

AS and A-level results will be released on Thursday, 14 August.

You can normally pick up your results in person anytime from 08:00 BST, or you may receive an email, but check with your school or college as arrangements can vary.

What are the 2025 A-level grade boundaries?

Each exam is graded on a scale from A* to E.

Grade boundaries show the minimum number of marks you need for each grade.

They are decided by examiners every year, and published on results day.

How can I appeal against A-level results?

If you do not think your grade is right, you should first talk to your school or college.

It will contact the exam board on your behalf and ask for your marks to be reviewed.

If you still think you have been unfairly graded after a review, you can ask your school or college to appeal.

The exam board will consider whether a correction is needed.

If you are still not satisfied, you can request a review from the exams regulator Ofqual.

What if I don't get the A-level grades I need for university or college?

If you only just miss out on the grades you need to get on to a university or college course, the admissions office might accept you anyway or offer you a place on a different course.

You could also try applying for a different place through the clearing process - see more details below.

It may also be possible to resit some or all of your exams. Talk to your school or college if you want to explore this route.

Resits will take place in May or June 2026.

What is Ucas university clearing?

The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) runs a clearing process matching students with university and college courses which still have spaces.

Students can use it if they:

  • Fail to achieve the grades for their conditional offer
  • Fail to receive any offers they want to accept
  • Decide after 30 June to apply for university
  • Achieve better grades than expected and want to change universities

Clearing opens on 5 July and closes on 20 October.

Universities make an offer to a student to join a course based on qualifications and grades or the Ucas tariff points system.

Each A-level grade is worth a certain number of Ucas points. For example, an A* is worth 56 points and a D is worth 24 points.

Many students decide not to go to university and start an apprenticeship or go straight into work.

Others take a gap year so they have more time to decide what to do next.

When is results day in Scotland?

Scotland has a different qualification system. Students take Highers instead of A-levels.

Results day in Scotland is on Tuesday 5 August.