Live video Q and A: TSR Answers - Results Day support, advice and guidance

How long will it take for an appeal decision to be made? Will it be too long for the new decision to apply to my current offers?

which mocks exams are they basing it off? year 12?

Have EPQs been marked as they normally would or are they also going though the same process as our A-Level grades? Thanks

How are EPQ grades being determined??

if my course is in clearing does that mean spaces are available and if i get the grades or slightly lower i would get in ?

CIE exams are bot regulated by Ofqual, does that mean that appealing grades with the basis of them being below mock grades will not be a possibility with CIE results?

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If a university doesn't have a clearing vacancy for the course you want to study, will you be able to enquire and apply for it anyway, or not at all?
Also- may clearing places be deferred for 2021 entry?

How can small cohorts be standardised? There are 5 students in my Spanish class.

I have met the requirements for my insurance university. Do I need to formally reject the offer in order to go into clearing or clearing plus?

1)Will the final results closely correlate to the year 12 predicted grades?
2) Is it likely to be much harder to secure a place next year for more competitive courses i.e. medicine

How likely is it to barter with Universities on accepting one A-Level at a lower grade than on their website? (E.g. for me, I need at least 3Bs to get into a course I want through Clearing, but I am anticipating A*A*C)
Also: I have special circumstances (family crisis) I wasn’t able to submit before my college shut down, will I be able to appeal using this now?

If a university doesn't have a clearing vacancy for the course you want to study, will you be able to enquire and apply for it anyway, or not at all?
Also- may clearing places be deferred for 2021 entry?

Yes, some university have places in "course code only" clearing, which means they don't advertise it. Ring them up and ask, but expect the answer to be no.

I'm not too sure about deferrals on clearing offers - I think you will need to accept it if you plan on then deferring it, and the university might need to agree with the decision too. @PQ could you confirm?


The short answer is they won't be standardised as much, and you're simply more likely to get the CAG your teachers put in (more likely than those in larger groups, put simply).

If I miss my firm grades but the university hasn’t confirmed anything on UCAS, what does that mean for my insurance? I’d obviously want my firm but does this mean I would miss my insurance place due to the wait, or is that place on hold until the firm confirms something.

Given the announcements made yesterday, if the official grade I get is lower than the grade awarded in my mock, can I apply solely on the basis that my mock grade was higher, and hence be awarded my mock grade instead of the official grade? Is the process really as simple as being able to appeal on the grounds that my mock was higher, and thus be given this grade?

if you dont get the grades and you have to do a foundation year before the degree, do u have to pass it to go through

what will be appeal process be like? will all students be able to get their mock results if they wanted?

Are your uni choices automatically deemed unsuccessful if you do not meet the grade / UCAS Points requirements? Or is each individual offer manually accepted / declined?

What’s happens to my uni place if I appeal

When would October alevel 'resits' results be released

Does it still apply that if you sit the exams in October, and your grades from these exams are lower than what you were awarded on Results Day, can you still keep your grades awarded from Results Day?

Would UCAS update 15 min before 8?

i want to know how lenient the unis are going to be? when they said that the unis are going to be lenient, does that mean even if i drop one or two grades they will still accept me? Or does it mean there will be more courses available on Clearing?

do competitive unis such as london school of ecnomics do clearing?

for students taking a gap year and resitting exams but not attending classes throughout the year what grades will be used for mock exams

For students taking a gap year and resitting exams but not attending school throughout the year what grades will be used for the mock grades? Will tutor grades be used?

Why is England have a different logic to awarding grades than Scotland. England students are not being treated correctly.

Do we need to confirm our firm place or is it automatically confirmed if we get the grades. If are thinking of taking a gap year even though we get an acceptance into our firm or insurance, until when are we allowed to wait before rejecting our offer?

Are there more places available at unis round the country because many students want to defer/ international students can’t come because of the pandemic? Do you think they will be more lenient with results as a consequence of this?

if we want to do the october exams, can we still reapply through ucas for medicine to go to uni in september 2021 with the grades we receive from this, or would this not work?

How long will the appeals process take and will most of the clearing courses be gone by the time the appeals process has finished.

I'm a private candidate and I did not do any mocks. How is this fair?

What would you advise if I get the grades I need in order to go to University this year, but I would like to resit the exams in October anyway? How difficult would it be to balance the time between studying at University and studying for my A-Level exams?

Also, where would the exams in October take place? If I am at University, will I have to come to my college to take the exams, or can other arrangements be made?

If I don't get the grades my firm choice uni has required how will I know whether they will still accept me? What scope is there for communication with my firm choice uni on results day? Is it just following status on UCAS website or is there anything else I can do? When do I have to give up on my firm choice uni and turn to clearing, if appropriate? Thanks

What do you think of the statistical model being used by ofqual to aid them in the 'fair' prediction of grades?
Do you think that disadvantaged students such as minorities or those attending public schools will be subject to bias and if so, do you think it will lead to a dramatic change in a students results? For example, if a capable student with A* predictions came from a poorly academic school, will they see a drastic difference in the grades they will be awarded, say from A* to B.
If this is the case, will it be possible to appeal the grade and will the timing of this affect any of your offers? Will colleges be more open and understanding to the new grading system?