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Your options in Clearing

What’s your situation?

We’ve put together some short guides to help you get to grips with the options open to you after you’ve received your results. We’ll also explain how Clearing works.

Each guide will explain your options and how to secure your place to study with us this September.

Edge Hill is my Firm choice

I’ve accepted a conditional offer from Edge Hill University as my Firm choice.

Edge Hill is my insurance choice

I’ve accepted a conditional offer from Edge Hill University as my Insurance choice.

Accepted offers from elsewhere

I accepted an offer from elsewhere but now wish to study at Edge Hill University.

Not holding any offers

I applied through UCAS but am not currently holding any offers.

Still to apply

I haven’t submitted an application to any university through UCAS yet.
Clearing explained

Clearing provides a great opportunity to secure a place on an Edge Hill University programme starting in September, whether you’ve already applied through UCAS or not. Learn more in our complete guide to Clearing.

You might find yourself looking for a place in Clearing for a variety of reasons. You may have decided to go to university after the initial UCAS deadline, changed your mind about where to study, or not quite got the grades you needed.

Whatever your circumstances, please contact our Clearing Team, ensuring that you have your UCAS Personal ID number and results to hand, and we will be happy to advise you.

From JCQ results day on Thursday 14 August 2025, we will be able to provide instant decisions to most enquirers. View key dates and information for Clearing 2025.

Hear from our students

I like to think that I’m quite prepared, so just in case I didn’t make it into my firm choice I did some research before results day. I had a plan ready, just in case – and I’m so glad I did.

Emma Gerrow

BA (Hons) Sociology

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My advice for students who find themselves in Clearing is firstly, don’t panic. There are so many people in the same position. Stay true to what you want in a university but also be ready to take on any suggestions. Remember that the process is about finding the best university to suit you, not the misconception of Clearing that it’s just to fill seats. For myself, Clearing was almost like a second chance to pick the right university for me, and I can wholeheartedly say that it paid off.

Eve Davies

BSc (Hons) Biology

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The process for applying was so simple and very easy. There is nothing that I would do differently. Once I had sent my application off to Edge Hill they had responded within an hour. I waited a day to see if any of my other choices responded. The day after results day I accepted my place at Edge Hill and soon after that I received emails about choosing my accommodation and transferring my details.

Libby Childs

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I realised that Clearing was something I could still go through even though I had achieved the results to study at my Firm choice university, so I began my search.

Rachel Wain

BA (Hons) English Language with Creative Writing

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Proof of results

UCAS will notify us directly of most examination results including A and AS levels, Access to HE Diplomas, BTECs, CACHE, International Baccalaureate, Irish Leaving Certificates, OCR, SQA and Welsh Baccalaureate qualifications.

In some cases, however, you may need to send us proof of your results or qualifications if we don’t receive them from UCAS. If this is required we will contact you to request evidence of your results.

If your offer is conditional upon GCSE results, which are published on Thursday 21 August 2025, you will need to send us proof of your grades as soon as you receive them.