Sentences with phrase «place on exam results»

A record number of Scottish pupils have gained a university place on exam results day, according to UCAS.

Last year a record number of pupils from Scotland secured a university place on exams results day, with 28,300 confirming their position on the course they hoped for, but the charity is urging parents and teachers to remind children it is «not the end of the world» if they fail to earn the grades they were hoping for.

Not exact matches

With the latest GCSE results showing the sharpest decline in the percentage of students achieving C grades or above since 1988, and school leaders saying that pupils are bringing more worries into school than they did five years ago, these statistics highlight the concerns for students» mental wellbeing and suggest that today's students are struggling to cope with the increasing demands placed on them by exams.

Rothstein's reanalysis of the MET report's results found that over 40 percent of those whose state exam scores place them in the bottom quarter of effectiveness are in the top half on the alternative assessment.

AQA, the exam board with the highest market share for English, would not comment specifically on any potential legal challenge to the latest set of results, but did say it has a process in place whereby schools that are unhappy can contact it to discuss their concerns.

Understandably, rates of mental ill - health are high, because the pressure to get good exam results and to choose the right university course, the worry about finding a job you can build a life on (or just live on), and a place to live, are damaging.