Advice for students completing GCSEs and A Levels
If you are a student receiving GCSE or A Level results, there’s a range of useful support and advice on what to do next.
On this page, you can find out about higher education courses and how to apply, and advice about appeals, clearing, careers, and wellbeing.
You can visit the UCAS (University and Colleges Admissions Service) website, which shares advice about undergraduate, postgraduate, and teacher training courses. You can also find courses and apply online.
There’s advice about clearing, which helps you find courses still available if you didn’t quite get the grades you had planned for. You can also find advice on student loans.
Additional advice on clearing can found on the WhatUni website.
National Careers Service NCS provides advice on apprenticeships, T Levels, BTECs, university, and routes into jobs.
You can find guides to accessing careers by subject, industry profiles, as well as application tips on the Success at School webpage.
Prospects offers information about going to university and apprenticeships for A-Level leavers.
It can be exciting to think about the future and your next steps, but the exam period can also be a busy and challenging time.
If you are finding it difficult to cope, there is a range of support available:
- YoungMinds – advice on reducing exam stress, including emotional support
- Kooth – free online counselling for teens