The Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has backed a review which will consider whether students should apply to university after getting their results (post-qualification applications).

In a letter to the Office for Students - the regulator for higher education – Mr Williamson said “I recognise that we need to review if the current [admissions] system is working as well as it can, so I am glad the OfS is looking at whether it would be in students’ interests to apply for their university place after they have their A Level results.”

Whilst post-qualification applications have been debated in the past, the DfE now believes the context in which the sector is operating has changed amidst concerns about the rise in the numbers of unconditional offers.