Exam results day can be an incredibly stressful day, whether you’re awaiting results, or know someone who is.
With the many emotions and worries attached to the day, we’ve put together our top tips to help you in the build up to exam results day, as well as some advice to support you on the day. Our results day tips are all provided by Dr. Richard Graham, an experienced Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist and Clinical Director at stem4.
Coping with Results Day 2023
1. Why am I scared of exam results? (7 tips from stem4)
Find advice from Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Dr. Graham, on how to reduce anxiety and stop worrying about your exam results.
2. How can I stop worrying about results day?
Are you anxious or tense while waiting for exam results day 2023? Find advice from Dr Graham on how to manage your emotions during this time.
3. How do you cope with GCSE results day 2023?
Anxious about GCSE results? Or didn’t get the grades you were looking for? Don’t worry. Dr Graham has great advice for this stressful time.
4. How do you cope with A Level results day 2023?
Thursday 17th August is the big day! Whether you get the results you wanted or not, Dr Graham has great advice for this stressful period.
5. How can I tell people my exam results?
Exam results time can be stressful enough; here are some ways to deal with sharing school exam results so there’s one less thing to consider.
6. How to talk on results day (stem4 top tips)
Humble brags? Bad GCSE grades? Better A Level results than expected? Dr. Graham has great advice for what to say during exam results season.
7. Understanding my exam results: How important are exams?
Do exam results matter? Is the final result an accurate measure of your ability? How to deal with impostor syndrome? Find advice here.
8. What can I do if my exam results were different to what I expected?
Waiting for something as big as exam results is stressful! But these practical tips for all outcomes, from The Student Room, can really help.
Find more stem4 advice and tips on the stem4 blog.
Statement from stem4 Founder and CEO, Dr. Nihara Krause MBE
When it comes to important moments in the education year, few carry that potential mixture of happiness and excitement or upset and anxiety as Exams Results Day. stem4 have annually provided young people with support on results day.
To provide this support, we started where we always do at stem4, by listening to what young people wanted help with. Blending our insights from young people, educational establishments, together with our new developments in social listening, we have created a series of blogs that cover everything from effective support for feelings of anxiety, to more complex issues such as how you tell people your results, and practical support on next steps. We hope the blogs help face the changes that inevitably arise post-results, be they joyous or disappointing, and provide young people with ideas and tips to be resilient for their futures.
Hold onto what you value in yourselves, remember you are not ‘your result’. We wish all young people, their families and educational establishments, every success, and for those disappointed, we hope we can help you to find the best way to move forward, there are always alternative routes to getting to your goals and ambitions.
