Key dates
Results days, August 2027.
Two Thursdays, a week apart. A Levels first, because university places have to be confirmed before term, then GCSEs.
A Level 12 AugustGCSE 19 August
The dates
Clearing
Clearing opens weeks before results day and is already listing vacancies by the time grades arrive.
- Friday 2 July 2027UCAS Clearing opensSource
On A Level results day UCAS updates first thing in the morning, before most schools open their doors. If the conditions of the firm choice are met the place is confirmed there and then; if not, the insurance choice; if neither, Clearing. Clearing itself has been open since early July, so the vacancies are already listed by the time results appear.
GCSE results day a week later decides sixth form and college places rather than university ones. Most offers are conditional on a small number of grades, often including English and maths, and most schools will talk to a student who has missed one by a mark.
The useful preparation is unglamorous: know the firm and insurance choices, know the numbers each one asked for, and know who to phone if a grade lands under. A remark is possible but it takes weeks, so the decision on the day is made with the grades as they arrived.
Working backwards from the day? The exam dates for 2027.
Common questions
- When is A Level results day 2027?
- Thursday 12 August 2027. Schools receive the results electronically the day before but are not permitted to release them early.
- When is GCSE results day 2027?
- Thursday 19 August 2027, a week after A Level results.
- Does Clearing open on results day?
- No, earlier. Clearing opens on Friday 2 July 2027 and vacancies are listed from then. Results day is when most people use it, not when it starts.
Where these dates come from
Dates change every year. We re-check them each September and January, and every row above links to the page it came from.