A-level results: students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland await grades – latest news

More expected to get their first choice of university place as institutions scramble to make up for a fall in overseas studentsThe options available to school leavers came under the spotlight last month when Andy Burnham announced that technical subjects will be available to 14-year-old pupils from September 2028 in the latest of a long line of attempts to get parity of esteem between vocational and academic education.The prime minister also pledged in a speech during his bid for the Labour leadership that the “days of a school system configured entirely around the university route will be brought to an end”.I have been looking at the Ucas application data and wondering whether we’d start to see this public rhetoric feed through into individual student decision-making.I think it’s particularly important that we look at what happens amongst students who come from the least-advantaged backgrounds.Make the right decision for you. Don’t let politicians make your decision for you.8am – Ucas figures released on numbers accepted on to degree courses9.30am – A-level results published, alongside data from the Department for Education on T-level results Continue reading...