A-level results as it happened: Results and reaction from across Wales

Summary

More than 10,000 pupils in Wales receive A-level results on 13 August
The proportion achieving the top grades is at its highest level since being brought in five years ago
A total of 7.3% of students got A* grades - up from 6.7% but still short of the UK average of 8.2%
Overall pass rate fell from 97.5% to 97.3% and Wales is lower than Northern Ireland, England and any of its regions
Boys performed better than girls at gaining an A* but girls continue to outperform boys for A*- E grades
Education Minister Huw Lewis called the results "another strong performance in Wales"

Live Reporting

Max Evans, David Dulin and Andy Roberts

Jumping for joypublished at 10:41
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Coleg y Cymoedd student Jacob Lewis is off to Cambridge after gaining four A* grades. He was homeless for a time.
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I dropped out of college at 17 and got a job, but after a while I decided I wanted to go back to education. It's been a hard fight. At the start of this year I was working 24 hours a week to support my studies and make ends meet, I was barely eating. At one point I became homeless and had to start sofa surfing. I'm so incredibly grateful to the college for all they did for me.
No more envelopespublished at 10:33
Finding out exam results via email
Thousands of students in Wales have been finding out how they did in the A-level exams.
But for some the traditional method of opening an envelope is no more, with many finding out their results via email.
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Heading to Cardiff?published at 10:29
Students' union reaction
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'Lagging behind'published at 10:28
Tory warning to Labour ministers
The Welsh Tories' shadow education minister Angela Burns praised schools, colleges and students for "years of hard work" which were rewarded with today's results.
But she warned Wales is still "lagging way behind" other parts of the UK.
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"What Labour ministers must do is reflect upon these results, and in particular the persistent performance gap with other parts of the UK."
Bright futurespublished at 10:20
College group lauds results
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Done better than expected?published at 10:19
Ucas offers advice on adjustment
If you've met and exceeded conditions for your firm choice of university, you can look at an alternative course.
Ucas offers guidance here, external.
'Paid off'published at 10:17
Student set for forensic science course
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Boys beat girls on A* performancepublished at 10:18
BBC Wales Education correspondent Arwyn Jones tweets
On the uppublished at 10:11
In Wrexham, 80.5% students gained A*-C grades - the highest for Wrexham schools and a huge increase of almost 7% on last year's figure
High achieverspublished at 10:10
Coleg Gwent said A-level students achieved a cross-college pass rate of 96.9%.
Language fallspublished at 10:03
BBC Wales education correspondent Arwyn Jones
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Bangor-boundpublished at 10:01
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Day of joypublished at 10:00
Celebrations begin
Find out how students across Wales fared with this year's A-level results
Exam board praisepublished at 09:56
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First choice universitiespublished at 09:55
Swansea school reaction
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Staff at Morriston Comprehensive are saying that quite a number of pupils have been accepted at their first choice universities despite not getting the required grades. Apparently this seems more apparent this year than before.
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All smilespublished at 09:53
Tonypandy College students celebrate
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Seren supportpublished at 09:53
Pledge to help university access
Education Minister Huw Lewis - meeting A-level students at Bassaleg School, Newport - has promised to help them get places at top universities through the Seren Programme.
“The first five Seren hubs will formally start work in September but we know that the work we have done so far to increase admissions to top universities is really starting to pay off,” he said.
The Seren scheme was launched in June in the wake of concerns about a fall in the number of Welsh students going to Oxford and Cambridge universities - read more about it here, external.
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'Yay - I'm going to uni'published at 09:52
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'I'm Relieved'published at 09:46
Students reflect on anxious wait
Coleg Cambria student Anastasia got two A* and an A in her A-levels.
She said:
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"I woke up at 5.50am and was really worried before the email came in at five past six. I'd put so much pressure on myself. But I'm impressed and relieved that all my hard work paid off. I'm going to Warwick University to study economics - it's a really good course."
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"I'm taking a gap year to decide what to do next - university is so expensive."
Kavan, who achieved two A* and a B
Ups and downspublished at 09:45
BBC Wales Education correspondent Arwyn Jones tweets
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