List of how Derbyshire schools performed on A-level results day

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1. Thu, 13 August 2026

   8 reports
   • derbytelegraph.co.uk06:00first to report
     List of how Derbyshire schools performed on A-level results day

     Check through our A-Z listing to see how your school performed

   • independent.co.uk06:36
     A-level results day: Everything you need to know and timings for this year’s results

     School and college leavers will receive their A-level and AS grades, as well as results for vocational technical qualifications (VTQs) at Level 3 and T-levels

   • independent.co.uk07:20
     The popular A-level subject that the UK struggles with

     Maths may be the most popular subject choice, but concerns remain about the skills of young people who choose not to study it after 16

   • lbc.co.uk07:35
     Record number of 18-year-olds accepted onto UK degree courses as students across country find out A-level results

     Some 262,820 18-year-olds in the UK have been accepted, up 3% from 255,130 last year.

   • independent.co.uk08:11
     Clearing: How it works and what to do if you don’t get the A-level grades you wanted

     A-Level results day will take place on August 13 in 2026

   • dailymail.com08:30
     Pupils celebrate best-ever A-levels as boys extend lead over girls

     Outside of the Covid years of 2020-2022, when grades were vastly inflated due to teacher assessment, today's grades are the highest proportion on record.

   • aol.co.uk08:32
     Students set new records for A-level grades in bumper year

     Northern Ireland best performing with 30.7% of grades being As and A*s but Wales and England close behind

   • The Guardian World18:22
     Behind England’s bumper A-level results lie record levels of regional disparities

     Need for Burnham to tackle regional inequality could not be clearer as London becomes ‘educational outlier’ Andy Burnham has put regional inequality at the top of his agenda as prime minister, and nowhere is the need for doing so clearer than in education. As England’s A-level results were published on Thursday morning, students across the country were pictured celebrating a bumper crop of results, with record rates of As and A*s . Continue reading...

2. Fri, 14 August 2026

   1 report
   • The Guardian World15:54
     Students squeezed out of university courses after bumper A-level grades

     Students narrowly missing grades are being rejected, while some on oversubscribed courses are asked to defer Students across the UK have found themselves unexpectedly squeezed out of their desired university courses as this year’s bumper crop of A-level grades ​h​as not always translated into ​​the places many were hoping for. ​With close to a third of the A-levels awarded in England, Wales and Northern Ireland achieving the top A and A* grades this year, universities are taking a tougher...

3. Sat, 15 August 2026

   1 report
   • miragenews.com09:00
     Oxford Welcomes New Undergrads: A-Level Success

     For students across the country, exam results mark the culmination of years of hard work and the start of something new. This autumn, a new cohort of

4. Mon, 17 August 2026

   1 report
   • mirror.co.uk16:35edited after publishing
     GCSE grade boundaries for AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR, CCEA and WJEC

     previouslyGCSE grade boundaries explained as pupils await results this week - full guide

     The wait is almost over for the millions of pupils awaiting their GCSE results on August 20 - here's everything you need to know about this year's grade boundaries

5. Tue, 18 August 2026

   1 report
   • walesonline.co.uk10:34
     Why college could be the best decision your child ever makes

     As students at Gower College Swansea College celebrate another exceptional year of A-level success, Kelly Fountain, CEO, talks about college life

6. Wed, 19 August 2026

   2 reports
   • The Guardian World18:34
     Compulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study finds

     UCL researchers warn repeated exam attempts may dent students’ confidence and raise risk of dropping out Forcing teenagers who fail GCSEs into multiple resits has a negative impact on their mental health, according to research to be published as pupils receive their grades on Thursday. The study by academics at University College London (UCL) compared the mental wellbeing of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who failed to reach a grade 4 or equivalent in maths or English GCSEs –...

   • kentonline.co.uk22:01
     Hundreds of thousands of pupils to receive GCSE results

     Education experts have expressed concerns over the gender gap at GCSE which sees girls consistently outperforming boys.

7. Thu, 20 August 2026

   9 reports
   • computerweekly.com06:00
     Number of girls choosing GCSE computing drops for second year in a row

     For a few years, the number of girls choosing computing at GCSE was on the rise, but it has since seen a two-year drop.

   • gulfnews.com08:10
     UAE GCSE results 2026: Students score straight 9s and record top grades despite regional disruption

     UAE GCSE results 2026: Students in Dubai and Abu Dhabi celebrate record top grades and straight 9s, outperforming UK averages despite regional exam disruption.

   • mirror.co.uk10:47
     GCSE results day 2026 - gap between girls and boys at narrowest this century

     URL changednow www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gcse-grade-boundaries-2026-results-37571521

     Meanwhile, London has pulled further ahead of North and and Midlands for GCSE top grades with some 28.6% of entries in the capital receiving grade 7 or above this year

   • The Guardian World11:21
     GCSE results: almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths

     Overall results slightly better than last year, with share receiving grades 7, 8 and 9 rising by 0.1 of a percentage point to 23.1% GCSE results – latest updates Almost one in four boys in England received top grades in maths while results in English improved across the board, helping to propel improved GCSE results for this year’s cohort of 16-year-olds. The stronger performances in maths helped pupils taking GCSEs in year 11 reach a record level for higher grades in England outside the Covid...

   • oldham-chronicle.co.uk12:19
     Co-op Academy Failsworth celebrates remarkable GCSE results turnaround

     Students and staff at Co-op Academy Failsworth are celebrating a remarkable improvement in GCSE results

   • The Guardian World12:26edited after publishing ×2
     GCSE results: girls still ahead but gender gap narrows as hundreds of thousands of pupils receive grades – as it happened

     previouslyGCSE results: hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive grades – latest updates

     Nearly a quarter of girls’ entries received one of the higher grades against around a fifth of those from boys Almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths Myles McGinley, managing director of the Cambridge OCR exam board, said more pupils are taking GCSE business studies than in previous years, describing this generation of young people as “increasingly entrepreneurial”. He said business studies entries are a third higher than five years ago, adding: “The founders of some of the...

   • oldham-chronicle.co.uk14:03
     The Radclyffe School students celebrate their GCSE achievements

     Students saw the results of their hard work, with individual achievements reflecting the progress they have made during...

   • oldham-chronicle.co.uk14:35
     Crompton House School celebrates excellent GCSE results in its centennial year

     The positive outcomes achieved by students reflect the school’s commitment to ensuring that every young person is...

   • The Guardian World18:21
     Leaders attack ‘demotivating’ plan to make pupils who fail GCSEs retake maths and English

     Government announce plan for ‘stepping stone’ qualification as 620,000 year 11 students face retaking maths or English after failure to achieve grade 4 The government’s plans to make young people continue studying maths and English if they fail GCSEs could be demotivating and ineffective, according to education experts and school leaders after retake pass rates slumped this year. Only one in seven students in the age group retaking GCSE maths after a previous failure got a grade 4 or above this...

8. Mon, 24 August 2026

   1 report
   • henleystandard.co.uk08:58
     GCSE results in and around Henley show strong performance

     PUPILS at schools in and around Henley recorded another strong year of GCSE results.

9. Thu, 27 August 2026

   1 report
   • thecollegefix.com04:03
     Concerns about grade inflation extend to AP exams with rise in passing grades

     The organization behind the Advanced Placement exams recently defended itself amid questions about grade inflation, a wider issue of concern spanning from high schools to the Ivy League.

10. Tue, 1 September 2026

    1 report
    • ABC (Spain)23:10edited after publishing ×2
      La brecha llega antes de PISA: los niños son más brillantes en Matemáticas pero fracasan en Lectura

      previouslyLa brecha llega antes de PISA: los niños son más brillantes en matemáticas pero fracasan en lectura

      A pocos días de la publicación de los resultados de PISA 2025 , la plataforma de evaluación Monk ha presentado una radiografía sobre cómo aprenden realmente los alumnos de Primaria en España. El barómetro, elaborado a partir de los resultados en un test de nivel en Matemáticas y en Lectura de 31.541 alumnos durante el pasado curso, permite observar algunas de las brechas que se forman años antes de que los estudiantes lleguen a los 15 años, momento en el que la OCDE les examina. Las niñas,...

11. Thu, 3 September 2026

    1 report
    • The Guardian World04:00edited after publishing
      ‘Internal exclusion’ of England secondary school students almost triples in three years

      Exclusive: New data shows poorer pupils and those with Send are disproportionately affected by the measure The proportion of secondary school students in England removed from class and placed in “internal exclusion” as a disciplinary measure has almost trebled in three years, according to new data. The data shows the proportion of secondary pupils removed from normal lessons went up from 5% in the 2022/2023 academic year to 13% in 2025/26 – a 160% increase. Continue reading...

12. Tue, 8 September 2026

    3 reports
    • ABC News (Australia)07:30
      Australia records worst-ever maths and reading scores in global test

      Australian students have recorded their lowest-ever scores in maths and reading in international testing, but improved on their science results.

    • The Guardian World07:30
      Australia’s classroom disruption among worst in world, prompting calls for ‘digital detox’

      Public school students are the equivalent of two and a half years behind their independent peers, as global report shows decline in reading and maths Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Public school students are more than two years behind their independent counterparts and Australia’s classroom disruption remains among the worst in the world, a global report has found. The 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) results, released on Tuesday by the...

    • The Guardian World07:30
      England’s teenagers outperform peers in most countries in maths, reading and science

      OECD test sees results dip in almost all member nations and warns of ‘digital distractions’ eroding academic skills England’s teenagers are outperforming their peers in most countries in maths, reading and science, according to an international survey that warns of “digital distractions” eroding academic skills around the world. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) programme for international student assessment (Pisa), which last year tested 760,000 15-year-olds in...

13. Wed, 9 September 2026

    1 report
    • ibtimes.co.uk08:24
      England Bucks Global Education Decline as PISA Rankings Put UK Top 10 in Maths, Reading and Science

      England's teenagers have entered the top ten globally in maths, reading, and science, according to the 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment, despite a decline in average OECD scores.