With college students up and down the nation fretting about their A-level outcomes, some well-known faces have been eager to remind them they did not get good grades.
As youngsters nervously opened their envelopes this morning, a number of celebrities went on social media to inform them about their dangerous outcomes – or that they by no means took the exams within the first place.
Here Sky News appears to be like on the wealthy, well-known and profitable Britons who did not do nicely at college.
Jeremy Clarkson
The 62-year-old former Top Gear host is well-known for sharing his poor A-level outcomes when the time comes every year.
On Thursday he tweeted alongside an image of a yacht: “Don’t worry if you’re a level results are disappointing. I got a C and 2 Us and I’m currently holidaying on this boat.”
In earlier years he has mentioned he was “sitting in a villa in St Tropez” and “my chef is preparing truffles for breakfast”.
Deborah Meaden
Despite having three honorary levels from varied universities, Dragons’ Den enterprise tycoon Deborah Meaden left college at 16 earlier than finishing her A-levels.
She began her first enterprise at 19 – a glass ceramics import firm – and on the age of 63 is believed to be price round £49m.
Simon Cowell
Music mogul and expertise present choose Simon Cowell left college with simply three O-levels, which have since been changed by GCSEs.
After he completed his time at non-public colleges in Hertfordshire and Dover he ended up as a runner on the Eighties horror movie The Shining.
His father then discovered him a job at file label EMI checking out letters.
He has been on the Sunday Times Rich List a number of instances, with a web price of greater than £350m.
Tinie Tempah
Rapper Tinie Tempah did not do as badly as a number of the others on this listing, however has been eager for college kids to outperform him at college.
In current years he tweeted promising followers £100 for each A or A* they achieved of their A-levels.
Born Patrick Chukweumeka Okogwu, he bought two Bs and a D in media research, spiritual research and psychology at his college in London.
Russell Brand
Comedian Russell Brand is one other superstar well-known for speaking about his poor college outcomes.
He went to secondary college in Essex earlier than being accepted to a prestigious performing arts college in Guildford, Surrey.
Brand as soon as tweeted: “Good luck with your exams but don’t take it seriously – I have no A-levels and am now studied for A-level, it’s all rhubarb.”
Richard Branson
The 72-year-old entrepreneur is arguably Britain’s most well-known case of “I left school when I was 16”.
He went to varied non-public colleges however determined to depart after his O-levels.
The Virgin founder has since spoken out about having studying difficulties, together with dyslexia and ADHD.
Jon Snow
Former Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow struggled throughout his A-levels.
He bought a C in English language and failed geography and biology.
The now 74-year-old mentioned he “scraped a place reading law at the University of Liverpool” however did not full his research, having been kicked out for an anti-apartheid protest.
Before stepping down final yr, he was the broadcaster’s longest serving presenter.
Alan Sugar
The Apprentice’s Alan Sugar was introduced up on a council property in Hackney, east London, and left college at 16.
He offered automobile components in his teenage years earlier than founding his personal laptop firm Amstrad.
The 75-year-old turned a member of the House of Lords in 2009.
Jo Malone
Also introduced up on a council property, Jo Malone admits she “doesn’t have a single qualification”.
After combating dyslexia at college, she left on the age of 13 to look after her mom who had suffered a stroke.
She taught herself about cosmetics and went on to discovered her self-titled enterprise Jo Malone, earlier than promoting it to Estee Lauder and later establishing a brand new firm Jo Loves.
Chris Evans
Growing up in Warrington, Chris Evans handed his eleven-plus examination and bought into grammar college – solely to depart at 16.
He began out at a station known as Piccadilly Radio in Manchester in 1983 earlier than happening to turn out to be one of many BBC’s highest-paid stars along with his Radio 2 present.
Tim Peake
A excessive achiever in all his fields – area journey, aeronautics and the navy – Tim Peake has admitted he did not do in addition to he hoped at college.
Somebody as soon as identified on Twitter that he bought a second-class diploma at college, to which he replied: “I won’t even tell you my A-Level results!”
He studied maths, physics and chemistry in Chichester earlier than enrolling at Sandhurst navy college.
Jake Humphrey
The sports activities presenter failed all three of his A-levels at college in Norwich.
He as soon as tweeted: “A-level students – remember results don’t/won’t define you. In 1999 I got E, N, U for mine. Things haven’t turned out too bad…”
The now 43-year-old was later sacked from a job at McDonalds earlier than happening to have a profitable broadcasting profession.
Source: information.sky.com”