EDUCATION SECRETARY Gavin Williamson was urged today to address unanswered concerns of students left in “limbo” by the government’s mishandling of A-level results.

The Labour call came after the government made a humiliating U-turn on Monday over the A-level grading system, following an outcry from students, parents and teachers.

Last weekend, thousands of pupils across Britain protested at the “classist” downgrades, which disproportionately affected those in more deprived state schools.

Shadow education secretary Kate Green wrote to Mr Williamson today demanding urgent clarity on what will happen to those who have already accepted a university offer through clearing or as an insurance choice before the government U-turn.

She also asked why BTEC students were excluded from the policy change.  

Ms Green said: “The delay and chaos accompanying means that students, families and education providers have no answers to essential questions.

“It is time for this government to get a grip and provide the clarity that we need to move forward.” 

In Leeds, school and university students went ahead with a previously planned protest despite the abrupt change of policy.

Organiser Martha Storey said: “We didn’t know how many people would come because a lot of students will be celebrating because they’ve been able to get university places, but others will still have been trying to get in.

“It wasn’t entirely celebratory. There’s a lot of people feeling that we should not have needed a U-turn.

“We should not have had to protest for something that should have been done in the first place.”

Ms Storey said the reversal was a result of students’ action.

“Today we are also protesting because B-tech students have not been included in the U-turn,” she said. 

“For all the talk of levelling up, it covers only students who have done A-levels, not vocational grades.”