Best Schools - Universities may wait for exam results before offering places

Students would apply for a university place only after receiving their A-level results, under an overhaul being planned by admissions chiefs.

The review may also spell the end for unconditional offers that lock teenagers into accepting places before taking their exams.

A group set up by Universities UK (UUK) will scrutinise the admissions system and recommend changes. Post-qualification admissions are the norm in other countries. Under such a reform A levels could be sat later.

UUK said that the review would “propose changes that will ensure that university admissions work in the best interests of applicants and are fit for purpose in a rapidly changing post-18 environment”.

The review starts this month and is expected to publish its recommendations in the spring. It will consider whether the principles on fair admissions, drawn up in 2004, remain valid.

Pupils from Haileybury secure Credit Suisse placements

Five pupils from Haileybury and three from Haileybury Turnford have secured work experience at one of the world’s leading banks.

The Credit Suisse placements have been organised by Old Haileyburian James Walker and involved the group of eight successfully completing an application process.

Haileybury pupils Anna Lebedeva, Sam Hurding, Luis Schneider, Robyn Hodges, and Christian Cartwright will be based in London from later this month.

Credit Suisse employs more than 5,000 people in London making it one of the biggest investment banks in the capital.