Reaction from across England as pupils receive their A-level results on 18 August
Record numbers of university places awarded as slight fall in top A-level grades
"That's decent", "Not as good as I thought I was going to get" and "I'm going to university."
The reaction of three students at Seaford Head Sixth Form Centre in East Sussex as they opened their A-level results.
Ian Perry
BBC Radio Shropshire
The students I spoke to at New College in Wellington this morning seemed pleased with their A-level results.
And there was relief too, after all the waiting, with Thomas Billington telling me "I feel like I've just come out of a limbo state".
He and Amber Mansell have both won places at Southampton University and she said: "I was just shaking the whole morning, I didn't know what to do."
The vice-principal responsible for the curriculum, Jean Wright, said that she'd noticed more students getting unconditional offers from universities this year, possibly because they were keen to fill spaces.
But she also said there'd been a lot of interest from students in apprenticeships.
Claire Cottingham
Local Live reporter
Dover College celebrated some of the best results on the Kent coast with 44% of all A Level/BTEC results at a four-year high of an A* or A grade.
Over half of all grades were above a B, equating to an average UCAS candidate points per entry total of 93 and UCAS points per candidates total of 347 which is higher than local selective grammar schools on previous year’s results.
Image source, Dover College
Image source, Dover College
BBC Newsbeat
If you didn't get the A-level results you were hoping for, you might be thinking of retaking a year.
It probably sounds like the worst thing in the world right now but it really doesn't have to be.
Newsbeat's been speaking to Finn from London. He got "terrible" grades (U,U,D,E) so stayed back a year to try to get what he needed.
This is his guide for how to cope.
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Taxis across Liverpool are wishing local students good luck today as A-level results are published.
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Pupils at a Hebburn sixth form are getting ready to pack their bags and head off to university, external.
Staff and students at St Joseph’s Catholic Academy are celebrating today after achieving a 98% overall pass rate at A-level.
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Navtej Johal
East Midlands Today reporter
Nursing and radiography courses all full at t, externalhe University of Derby already.
Young people starting university or college this autumn are being urged to get a vaccine against meningitis.
Public Health England says the jab will help protect against meningitis W in particular - a sometimes deadly strain that is on the rise.
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A teenage clog dancer has hot-stepped her way to a place at the University of Sheffield after combining performing with study.
Image source, PARobyn Wallace, 17, from Littleborough, has managed to not only set up her own 50-strong clog dancing club, but she also won at the European Brass Band Championships where she played percussion.
She is now off to study Physics after securing an A in Maths, and Bs in Chemistry and Physics.
Students at Richard Huish College in Taunton have been celebrating their A-Level results. Their 2016 class achieved an A* to C pass rate of 80%, with an overall pass rate of 99%.
Students at Richard Huish College in Taunton get their A Level results.
A number of students were also celebrating good BTEC results, equivalent to three A-Levels. Some of their students heading off to universities in Gloucester and London while others have opted for a gap year volunteering abroad.
Rugby-mad County Durham student Sam Adamson battled through the pain to score top grades in his A-levels despite being unaware he had broken his wrist.
The 18-year-old, pictured on the right, struggled through lengthy written papers after picking up an injury in a tournament.
Image source, PABarnard Castle School's outgoing head boy, and vice captain of the first XV, will require surgery to fix the break in his scaphoid bone.
Nevertheless, the teenager, from Hunwick, was still able to score A*s in chemistry, maths, further maths and a rare Distinction Level 1 in physics.
His brother Jamie, 16, who plays for the England and Newcastle Falcons academies, sat his GCSEs despite suffering stress fractures to his spine.
He will pick up his results next week and plans to stay on at the school to take his A-levels.
Sandish Shoker
BBC News Online
Ben Bird found out early this morning he had got his university place before he picked up his results from New College Nottingham.
The 19-year-old said he felt a lot of pressure and was surprised at how well he'd done.
Image source, New College NottinghamHe got an A in politics, B in film studies, B in English and B in media studies and is off to the University of Leeds to start a course in Middle Eastern studies.
Navtej Johal
East Midlands Today reporter
Busy scenes here at the University of Derby's clearing HQ. Almost 2,000 calls taken already.
A-level results have been released across Lancashire with one Nelson-based student hoping her success will fulfil her "dream of making a difference in the lives of those who need it the most".
Image source, Nelson and Colne College studentsAnisha Javed secured top grades in Biology, Psychology and Sociology.
She won a place to study nursing at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston.
The 18-year-old also completed her Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award during her time at Nelson and Colne College.
Students across Lincolnshire are joining those across the country in receiving their A-level results today.
Record numbers of UK university places have been offered as results show a marginal fall in top grades for the fifth successive year.
Read more stories from around England on our A-level results live page.
Lloyd Watson
BBC News Online
Students from Newcastle Sixth Form College have been celebrating landing top A-level results.
Here's George Andrews, Sean O'Connell, Jenny Olsen, Nancy Amandasun and Tasnia Begum all looking very pleased.
Well done all!
Image source, North News & Pictures LtdThe A-level pass rate in the North East was the highest in the UK at 98.5%.
But the proportion of students getting A* and As is the lowest in UK at 22.1%. However, that's a slight rise on last year's result of 21.9%.
The UK average is now 25.8%.
Image source, North News & Pictures LtdHogwarts was known for the Marauder's Map which showed students around the site.
The University of Gloucestershire have developed their own (less magical) map printed on a teatowel for students joining them in September
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The items are dual purpose, as new students can learn the layout of the university site while simultaneously drying their pots and pans (assuming washing up gets done by students!)
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A Burnley College student is set to join a prestigious alumni of more than 30 Nobel Prize winners at the University of Cambridge after achieving triple A* A-level results.
Image source, Burnley CollegeHolly Welsby will read Psychological and Behavioural Science at Churchill College.
"Cambridge was my first choice university and I'm looking forward to beginning my studies.
"Burnley College is so brilliant that I've already recommended it to everyone."
Schools in Cumbria say they're seeing excellent A-level results today but there remains fears increasing costs will put people off going to university.
At the William Howard school in Brampton, the head of sixth form David Bones says he's expecting the rising fees students will have to borrow to pay to eventually bite.
Quote MessageI expect that will start to have more of an impact on students doing apprenticeships, going directly into employment from sixth form but the impact so far hasn't been that great. It certainly has been is uppermost in people's minds as they work through the process."
David Bones, Head of sixth form at William Howard School
