A-level results – in pictures

Pupils getting their A-level results at Parrs Wood High School, Manchester Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Twins Olivia and Hannah Singh get their results at Putney High School, London Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

Badminton School sixth form pupils in Bristol Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Bola Okua and Binga Raphael getting their A-level results at Stoke Newington School & Sixth Form Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian

Students Abbi McKenna and Rebecca Livesey react after their results at Withington Girls School in Manchester Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Students celebrate their A-level results at Brighton College, East Sussex Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Twins Stuart And Matthew Waugh open their A-level results at Brighton College Photograph: John Connor Press

Pupils getting their results at Parrs Wood Sixth Form, Manchester Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Students getting their A-level results at Stoke Newington School & Sixth Form Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian

Students from Ballymena Academy after receiving their A-level results in Belfast Photograph: Paul Faith/PA

Naomi Raffington and Hanna Abdi-Adan react to their results at the Harris Academy, London Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

Pupils getting their A-level results at Parrs Wood Sixth Form, Manchester Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

James Watson with his A-level exam results in Liverpool Photograph: Mark Sumner/Rex Features

Pupils from Bootham School, York celebrate their results Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA