‘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 awake the night before. For Hayden Bettson-Day, 18, the best solution was get it over with as early as possible.