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Many A-level students will get the grades they need, but help is at hand for those who don’t
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A-levels: Don't panic if you get Ds and Es

By Becky Barnes
August 16, 2012

As results day looms for A-level and GCSE students across Bracknell Forest, BECKY BARNES finds out who they can turn to and what the next steps are if the news inside the envelope is not what they were expecting.

It’s results time again – and amid the whoops of joy there will be panic and despair from some teenagers who haven’t quite made the grade.

But the message for A-level students collecting results in Bracknell Forest schools today – and GCSE students whose turn it is next week – is do not panic.

Bracknell A-level results 2012

Help is at hand from experts who will advise the best course of action if the university or career of their choice suddenly looks out of reach.

Connexions Bracknell in Charles Square will have advisers in the borough’s secondary schools this morning.

The service offers impartial information, advice and guidance to young people aged from 13 to 19, and up to 25 for those with special needs.

Jena Tarabad, team leader for Bracknell Connexions, said: “We are open usual hours from 12.30pm to 5pm – feel free to drop in any time – there is no need for an appointment.

“There will also be advisers at all schools or you can call 0845 408 5008.”

Advisers will be at schools today and next Thursday for GCSE results.

A Connexions Careers Advice Line is available from Monday to Thursday between 4pm and 6pm on 0845 408 5050

Teenagers can also go online and join a webchat on Mondays to Thursday from noon to 6pm and on a Friday from noon to 4pm at www.connexions-berkshire.org.uk.

Our website www.getbracknell.co.uk is running a UCAS web chat today from 11.30am so students can put their questions about results and university applications to a UCAS adviser.

The adviser will answer questions about clearing, what to do next and how the UCAS system works. If you miss the chat you can always log on click here to read back others students questions and UCAS’s answers.

UCAS advises applicants to utilise their advisers on social media, online or through their helpline if they need advice on clearing today.

Mary Curnock Cook, UCAS chief executive, said: “The majority of applicants with conditional offers will have their place confirmed on results day. But if you are at all worried it’s a good idea to visit the UCAS website, which has all the information you need about what to do.”

The helpline will be open from 7am to 7pm on 0871 468 0468.

For advice on clearing visit ucas.com/clearing

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It makes sense now Wiztwas - your post, man arrested in Ascot for cannabis farm......

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Winstanley, Bracknell
20/08/2012 at 10:22

Blimey Witwas, that sounds like a cacophony of ALL the Facebook posts tin pot Philosophies rolled into one :¬)

Timothy Jefferies
19/08/2012 at 21:40

Life is a mystery, whatever happens will happen, you have a small degree of control, just keep paddling and ride the waves, enjoy the ride.

We need diversity, we don't want or need everyone to have a degree, ability is much more than a bit of paper.

There are no mistakes, no errors, no wrong turns, life is what we make of the cards we are dealt.

Wiztwas, Binfield
17/08/2012 at 08:23

Or, of course, you could just knuckle down, work hard, take advantage of free education (the type that all kids from Third World countries would walk 100 miles for) and thus remove any chance of getting Ds and Es in the first place.

Oh, but then you couldn't blame the Government for your own inadequacies...

Grumpy Old Student, Berks
16/08/2012 at 22:04

#don't-panic-captain-mainwaring

Winstanley, Bracknell
16/08/2012 at 11:52

Do you think they will also take to facebook and twitter, Winstanley? ;)

Bruce Wayne
16/08/2012 at 11:08

"A-levels: Don't panic if you get Ds and Es"

...you've always got the option of a beauty and make-up course, sports turf management, or any myriad wheeze cooked up by the government to shaft our generations of young workers with low pay and even lower prospects.