Results day is again just around the corner, the second year with a return to exams post-pandemic.
As another cohort waits nervously for results, this is a group of young people who have been heavily impacted by both the pandemic, and the ongoing cost of living crisis to boot.
What’s important to know about this group of students ahead of year’s results day? And what could it mean for social mobility?
The students who will crowd into schools to pick up results envelops for A levels and other qualifications this Thursday have had a long road to get there.
They were in Year 10 at the start of the pandemic, missing large parts of their GCSEs during lockdowns, before their exams in Year 11 were eventually cancelled and replaced by Teacher Assessed Grades (TAGs). For those who sat exams this summer, they will have been their first experience of real exams, under exam conditions.
