A-level results day is here again and if you’re collecting your results this week, you might be wondering what time they will become available.

Students sit their exams before the end of term but it’s not until August that they are able to find out how they performed.

Whether you’re heading to your school to collect your results or know someone who is, this is what you need to know.

What time do A-level results come out on Thursday?

Students can usually collect their results in person from 8am on results day, according to the BBC, which lands on Thursday, August 15 this year.

Some students received their results via email though so it’s worth asking your school or college what the arrangements are for you.

The A-level exams will be graded from A*-E and if you think you haven’t receive the correct grade for your work, you can speak to your school or college.

What can we expect from A-level results this year?

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-Covid levels.

Last year, 27.2% of UK A-level entries achieved an A or above, down from 2022 when the figure was 36.4%.

However, this was still higher than in 2019 – the last year that summer exams were taken before the pandemic – when 25.4% of entries were awarded A or A* grades.

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The aim to return to pre-pandemic grading comes after Covid-19 led to an increase in top GCSE and A-level grades in 2020 and 2021 with results based on teacher assessments instead of exams.

Last year, GCSEs and A-levels returned to pre-pandemic grading arrangements in England.

In Wales and Northern Ireland, exam regulators are aiming to return to pre-pandemic grading this summer – a year later than in England.