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Lottie Gibbons

When is A-level results day, what time are grades out and how are grades calculated?

Thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their A-level results this week after exams were cancelled amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their results on the usual dates in August - even though exams were cancelled.

A-level and AS level results day is Thursday, August 13.

Students should check with their school or college whether they are still required to pick up their results in person in the morning, or whether they will be sent out by email or post instead.

UCAS track updates at around 8am on Thursday, August 13.

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After this summer's exams were cancelled, teachers were told to submit the grades they thought each student would have received if they had sat the papers.

The predictions were sent to the exam boards alongside a rank order of which students they believed would do best within each grade for each subject.

Exam boards have moderated these school-assessed grades to ensure this year's results are not significantly higher than previous years and the value of students' grades are not undermined.

As part of the standardisation process, exam boards have also taken into account historical performance data to determine the proportion of students who achieved each grade in previous years.

Individual grades may have been adjusted upwards or downwards after moderation. This means that the final grade awarded to a student could be different from the one their school or college submitted.

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