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With students just a few nervy hours away from opening their envelopes to unveil their Level 3 exam results, how have results tacked up in recent years, and what trends should be looked out for?
The proportion of top grades rocketed up in 2020 and 2021 because of new forms of assessment and examination demanded by the restrictions of the covid-19 pandemic.
Rows of individual desks were never set out in sixth forms and colleges across Britain those years, with exams cancelled and replaced either with coursework or teacher-assessed grades.
There was a near 10% drop in the top A-level grades last year nationally, but it was still higher than 2019 when exams were last properly sat.
Ofqual, the national body regulating examinations, expects this year to paint a similar picture to 2023.
All covid restrictions were ended in February 2022 in Guernsey, with this year's cohort of Level 3 students entering unrestricted learning environments in September that year.
Last year 98% of States Year 13 students passed their exams at A-level and International Baccalaureate which was the lowest total pass rate in nearly 20 years.
14% achieved the highest grades, while 60% had grades between A* and C, with the average grade for students being C.
During the two covid years the pass rate stood at 99.8% and 100%respectively, and achievement levels dropped sharply in 2023, but this was down to the preceding grades being benchmarked against 2019-2021 levels.
The recalibration brought disappointment, but it’s also acknowledged that students in these past years have had their education upended and were unable to get exam ‘match-fit’ after being unable to sit GCSEs in the normal way.
The private colleges, which release results independently, performed better.
Tomorrow, Education will be hoping that a return to the schooling status quo for this cohort will see a performance improvement after students were able to experience the pressure and test of GCSE exams in 2022.
And the Guernsey Institute, which offers technical and vocational studies, won't be releasing its full results tomorrow in line with how achievements are declared in England and Wales.
Pictured: Level 3 Results are being released tomorrow.
Most British regions had higher levels of attainment than before the pandemic in last year's results.
26.5% received the top two grades, up from 25.2% in 2019.
Meanwhile grades at A* to C were almost identical to 2019 levels at over 75%.
Nationally, the computing A level have seen a large rise in the past few years.
Economics and business studies have also grown in popularity.
Religious studies, modern foreign languages, drama, and music have been steadily declining in popularity over the same period.
French and German have been hit particularly hard since 2010, but Spanish remains slightly more popular but is also shedding entries.
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