A2 Results Day

couldn't you just pick them up after your holiday? A friend was on holiday during his results day last year and our head of sixth form rang to tell him what he got, try that?

Can't you just phone/ email?

Ill definitely have a word with them, but they sent an email around a couple days ago saying we had to be in if we wanted them that day so I doubt they'll do that.

If your school is not severely retarded they will let you know via phone/e-mail. Makes no sense to teach someone for 2 years then potentially make it all pointless because they mistakenly booked a holiday on results day.

Things can be misheard over the phone - especially if you're in another country and the connection is bad. It would be awful for someone to hear that they got an A but it's actually an E. Many schools will not give out results over the phone because of this.

And emailing takes time and can be mistyped, or if it's scanned then that might have huge data costs for downloading in another country.

So actually I would argue that the school would be "severely retarded" to use either of those methods.

Most schools seem to allow somebody else to collect the results if permission is given beforehand.

I think that is clutching at straws a bit. Anything can be mistyped, you check the best you can, far bigger things have been sent via e-mail in the world. And a scan will be a couple of mb at most? An internet cafe or hotel computer charge a few £ an hour.

If they teach someone for 2 years and then can't be bothered to e-mail a few people their results to have a chance of getting into uni through clearing because "it takes time" then that is pretty lol worthy.