I'm scottish so just got my results yesterday (very early at 1:30am, I stayed up I was that nervous). Here the SQA send the results to both the unis and the schools a week before we get them. This really annoyed me but trust me, once you get your results, you won't care if they found out before you.
If anything they just shouldn't tell you they've been sent earlier to other people. I think it's just the fact that you know someone has seen your grades before you and you're worried that you haven't done well enough. But like I said, once you see how excellently you've done you probably won't care.