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The first 1,300 students who took the new T-Levels will also get their results today. And the Department for Education predicts grades this year will be lower than in 2021 when pupils did not take exams because of Covid and were assessed instead.

But Ucas still expects most students to gain a place at their first choice university.

Education Secretary James Cleverly said: “Every student collecting their results today should be proud of their achievements. Not only have they studied throughout the pandemic, but they are the first group in three years to sit exams.”

He added: “I want to reassure anyone collecting their results, there has never been a better range of opportunities available.”

Hundreds of thousands of A-Level students who will get their results today have been warned a “blip” has caused a drop in the number of university places available.

One university last night admitted more than 500 of its places were being flagged as available when they should not have been.

The number of courses for teenagers in England who do not get their first choices had fallen from 23,280 on Friday to 22,685 yesterday. 

The University of Liverpool had last week shown 529 courses available on the website for admissions service Ucas. 

But it is now understood this is not the case and the error was down to an “administrative blip”.

A spokeswoman said: “The university will be in clearing for a small number of high-quality candidates in a range of subjects.”

“But we are unable to be more specific until results day tomorrow, when we will know exactly which courses might have spaces available.”

The Russell Group of universities, to which Liverpool belongs, yesterday had a total of 1,785 courses available at 15 of its institutions – down from 2,358 courses at 17 of them on Friday.

Meanwhile, the University of Birmingham, which had 10 courses on the Ucas site last week, is now advising people to check the university website for availability.

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