Home A-level results day 2019: Key points A-level results day 2019: Key points We summarise the main stories from today’s A-level results for you 15th August 2019, 12:43pm Will Hazell Share A-level results day 2019: Key points /magazine/archive/level-results-day-2019-key-points Copy Link Pupils across the country will today be discovering their A-level results. Here are the key points you need to know about the national results: The proportion of A-level entries receiving the highest grades has fallen this summer, with the share getting . , after they narrowed the gender gap last year. For the first time ever, . in the number of A-level entries. , with falling entries in English representing a long-term decline. , with psychology, history and geography also enjoying rising entries. , dropping by 44.1 per cent this year. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading with our special offer! You’ve reached your limit of free articles this month. /per month for 12 months Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Save your favourite articles and gift them to your colleagues Exclusive subscriber-only stories Over 200,000 archived articles View plans Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Save your favourite articles and gift them to your colleagues Exclusive subscriber-only stories Over 200,000 archived articles More information Read more Exclusive: Top unis’ GCSE demands favour private pupils Will Hazell • 19th August 2019 A-level maths grades probe about ‘justice’, say heads Will Hazell • 15th August 2019 A-level results day 2019: Politics entries boom Will Hazell • 15th August 2019 Exclusive: Ofqual investigating A-level maths grades Will Hazell • 15th August 2019 Recent Most read Most shared 10,000 teachers to be trained in PE for pupils with SEND News 15 May 2025 The 8 priority areas for schools using the Pupil Equity Fund Analysis 14 May 2025 ‘Urgent’ call for clarity on single-sex spaces in Scottish schools News 14 May 2025 Sats: Call to increase marks needed to hit expected standard in maths News 13 May 2025 Why Sats are still imperfect Analysis 12 May 2025 KS2 Sats: Fivefold increase in use of transcribers News 12 May 2025 How we dumbed down teaching - and what we must do to fix it Teaching & Learning 7 May 2025 How does teachers’ contact time vary around the world - and why does it matter? Analysis 6 May 2025 Why we must hold on to the ‘magic’ of the early years Teaching & Learning 3 May 2025
