When do A-Level results come out in 2027?

The short answer: A-Level results day in 2027 is Thursday 12 August 2027. The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) has confirmed this in its key dates for the June 2027 exam series. Cross-check against the JCQ Key Dates page before relying on it for anything important, because JCQ is the only body that formally sets the date and the final calendar for the year gets published on its site.

GCSE results come one week later, on Thursday 19 August 2027. The two days are deliberately staggered to give universities, schools and the UCAS Clearing phone lines room to handle each wave in turn.

This guide covers the full timeline: pre-release access, UCAS Hub status times, when Clearing opens, how fast priority remarks move, and what to do if a grade comes back lower than you were counting on.

A-Level results day is tied to UCAS Clearing, so the week around it covers more than one deadline. Results day is confirmed by JCQ; the other dates are projected from previous years, so confirm them with JCQ, UCAS and your school.

Why mid-August rather than any other time? JCQ sets the UK-wide results schedule to leave enough time between exams finishing in late June and term starting in September. That window has to accommodate marking, moderation, awarding and the appeals process. Results day sits in mid-August, the second Thursday in 2027. Historically it's bounced between the second and third Thursday depending on the calendar, and the gap between A-Level and GCSE lets UCAS and universities handle each wave with full attention.

Results are released to students from 8am under JCQ rules; no school or portal may release them earlier, so even if a building opens earlier, grades are not available before 8am (JCQ Notice to Centres). It is worth separating the two things students check on the morning of results day: your actual grades (which come from your school) and your UCAS Hub status (which comes from UCAS). They are different.

Your school opens for 8am release. Most sixth forms and colleges open around 8am on results day, the earliest time JCQ allows results to be released, and some open later at 9am. Online portals (SIMS Parent, Arbor, Bromcom, Edulink One, iSAMS and similar) release results from 8am; no portal may release before 8am under JCQ rules. Check with your sixth form in the final week of summer term so you know exactly when your login will go live.

UCAS Hub updates from around 8am. On results day you can log into UCAS Hub to see whether your firm or insurance offer has been confirmed (unconditional), is still conditional, or has been declined. UCAS does not show the actual grades; those come from your school. If your firm choice is confirmed, you can relax; if not, Clearing is the next step.

Clearing opens on Friday 2 July 2027 (confirmed by UCAS) and runs until mid-October (last date to add a Clearing choice 18 October). Most students who use Clearing do so on results day itself, between 8am and 1pm, when university phone lines are busiest and places move fastest.

Three quick points:

Phone, do not email. Universities confirm Clearing places by phone, usually from 8am. Emails sit in a queue; phone lines move. Have your Clearing number from UCAS Hub, your personal statement, your predicted and actual grades, and a shortlist of 5 to 10 courses ready before you dial.

Clearing Plus matches you automatically. If you are eligible, UCAS Hub shows a Clearing Plus list of courses you might be a strong fit for based on your profile. It is a starting point, not a shortcut, you still need to phone the university to confirm the place.

Adjustment no longer exists. UCAS withdrew Adjustment (the service for students who exceeded their firm offer) from 2022 entry. If you have beaten your predicted grades and want to trade up, you now release yourself into Clearing manually and apply to higher-tariff courses. Our UCAS Clearing complete student guide and UCAS Clearing day timeline walk through the hour-by-hour detail.

Under JCQ rules, the head of centre, exams office and senior staff receive A-Level results the day before students do. For 2027 that means Wednesday 11 August. This pre-release access is strictly for preparing the day: flagging grades that look wrong before students see them, briefing pastoral staff on students who might need support, and getting UCAS liaison staff ready for the Clearing rush.

Teachers are not allowed to share results with you early. If you ask, the answer will be "I cannot tell you", that is a rule that applies across the UK, not personal.

The first thing to know is that A-Level has an extra service called a priority review of marking, which GCSE does not. It is specifically designed for students whose university place depends on the outcome.

Priority review of marking. Available only if you hold a university offer (firm or insurance) that depends on the grade. Deadline is usually one week after results day (so likely around Thursday 19 August 2027; confirm with your school). Boards aim to complete it within 15 calendar days, so a successful priority remark can be resolved before most universities finalise their intake. Your school submits on your behalf.

Standard review of marking. Available for any A-Level paper. Deadline typically falls in late September (24 September in 2026). Turnaround is around 20 calendar days.

Clerical re-check. A cheaper administrative check that no marks were missed and totals were added correctly. No actual re-marking happens.

Fees for 2027 will be published on each board's post-results services page nearer the time (the service is sometimes called a review of results). As a 2026 guide, an A-Level review of marking cost around £51.95 (AQA), £57 (Pearson Edexcel) and £67.75 (OCR); the priority version was around £61.70 (AQA), £68 (Pearson) and £83.50 (OCR). For the two most common English boards, the Edexcel remark process and the OCR remark process have deep guides on fees, deadlines and how applications actually work.

If you still disagree after a review of marking, your school can appeal to the exam board, either because it believes a marking error was not corrected or because procedures were not followed properly. The structure is usually a Stage 1 appeal (internal review within the board), then a Stage 2 appeal (independent panel), and finally the Exam Procedures Review Service (EPRS) at Ofqual. Fees apply at each stage and the process takes months, so for most students the review of marking is the end of the road. But for a genuine procedural error, the appeal route exists.

A-Level resits run in the following summer series, there is no November window for A-Level like there is for GCSE English Language and Maths. Because A-Levels are linear, you have to resit all the exam papers in a subject, although in many subjects you can carry forward your coursework (NEA) mark.

If you are considering a resit, speak to your sixth form or an exam centre about re-entering as a private candidate. Our subject-specific guides cover the detail: how to resit A-Level maths, how to resit A-Level biology, how to resit A-Level chemistry and how to resit A-Level physics.