Student Voices

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Category: Results day

Our current students share their stories and reveal their top tips for getting ready for results day and what to do on the big day itself.

  • My Clearing Experience

    Feelings about Clearing Before results day I was filled with anxiety, during the summer of year thirteen the fear of results day looms over you. I originally intended to take…

  • My Experience in Clearing

    The idea of Clearing was something that had always been imposed upon me by my sixth form leaders as some sort of stressful labyrinth that was to be avoided at…

  • My Results Day Story

    I was terrified for Results Day! I’d spent the last two years working incredibly hard in the hope of getting a place at the university I wanted to go to.…

  • A Festival of Clearing

    My clearing experience can only really be described as an emotional rollercoaster of events. There were times of joy, excitement, stress, worry and overall relief as I went through the…

  • Clearing – Keep Calm and Carry On!

    I’d finished my exams, packed up my stuff, and was driving out of the school gates. “That’s it!” I thought, “I’m off to Durham!”. Two months later I wasn’t so…

  • Historical Archaeology via Clearing

    Advice for getting the most out of Clearing Contact your head of Sixth Form One of the first things to do is to contact your head of Sixth Form. They have experience…