School exam results to be released in August

Students will receive their GCSE and A-Level grades on the pre-planned results days in August after exams were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has confirmed.

A-Level pupils will get their results on Thursday, August 13, and GCSE students will be given their grades on Thursday, August 20, the Department for Education said.

It comes after exams regulator Ofqual said the results would be released no later than originally planned and suggested they could be made available sooner.

Earlier this month, the watchdog instructed teachers to provide grades for students which reflect the results they would have been most likely to achieve if the exams had gone ahead.

Schools and colleges have been told to rank pupils within each grade for each subject but not to share these with families until final results are issued.

School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said: "I am pleased to confirm that GCSE and A-Level students will still receive their exam results as planned.

"I want to thank all those who are helping to make this happen.

“We know that this is an important milestone for students, parents and teachers.”

Ofqual is proposing that appeals should only be allowed if a school or college made a data error when submitting information to the exam board, or if the exam board made a mistake when calculating, assigning or communicating a grade.

Students will also have the opportunity to sit exams at the earliest opportunity in the new academic year, as well as in summer 2021.