What to expect on results day
Opening your A-level results envelope is a big moment. There will be a slip with your grades on it... but what does it look like, and what does it all mean?
Here's what a typical A-level results slip looks like:
| 1 |
Candidate Number - used by individual exam centres to identify candidates ULN: Unique Learning Number - used to store all your educational records and never shared with anyone without your permission. UCI: Unique Candidate Identifier - used to track your results during a modular course |
|---|---|
| 2 | GCE refers to AS- or A-level. If there is more than one specification in a subject they will be labelled A, B etc. |
| 3 | Each course and each exam has a separate code |
| 4 | The important one! Your overall grade |
| 5 | Exact marks for the new courses will be reported to your school. Since there were no exams in 2020, exam boards will only be issuing the qualification grades |
| 6 | Practical skills which are assessed as part of the new science specifications but don't count towards your grade |
More useful links
- All of our A-level results articles
- Guide to A-level results day
- Everything you need to know about university Clearing
- Ucas Track on results day
- How to stop worrying about your exam results
- Is it possible to predict what universities will do on results day?
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