‘I’m going for a few pints now’: nerves and joy as students collect their A-level results

For sixth formers in Halifax, discovering their grades means a chance to celebrate and plan for the future There are few days that teenagers dread more than A-level results day , where students learn how the last two years of their lives will shape their futures, communicated through a few letters in an envelope. The tension of walking into college to learn your fate is enough to keep most people…