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A Level Results Day: Jeremy Clarkson And Richard Branson Among Celebrities Who Didn't Make The Grade

Jeremy Clarkson Reassures A Level Students Who Didn't Make The Grade: 'I Got A U And I'm In St Tropez'
Eve Hartley
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A Level results day is here and across the country students are queuing up to collect their hard earned grades.

The pressure to achieve can be overwhelming, but these celebrities prove that success doesn't have to be measured by mere bits of paper.

In fact, all five in this list flopped in academia, so if you don't do so well on results day... know that you are in good company!

5 Celebrities Who Didn't Do So Well On A Level Results Day
Jeremy Clarkson (01 of05)
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Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson was quick to offer his support to those students who like him, didn't ace their exams, he said: "If your A level results aren't great, be cheered by the fact that I got a C and two Us. And I'm currently sitting in a villa in St Tropez." (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini(02 of05)
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Cheryl Fernandez-Versini was not concerned about her A Levels... as she didn't even take any. In fact, the Geordie left school at 16 with few qualifications... but for what she lacked in academia she made up in ambition and she has successfully turned her childhood love of performing arts into a lucrative career. (credit:KGC-161/STAR MAX/IPx)
Robbie Williams(03 of05)
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Not only did Robbie fail all of his GCSE's, he also never qualified with a single A-level. Despite this, he is one of the most successful solo artists in British music history. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Alan Sugar(04 of05)
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The big 'boss' of the TV show The Apprentice started his business empire from humble beginnings. Lord Sugar, now a multi-millionaire, left school at sixteen with just one GCSE and didn't sit a single A Level. (credit:Jon Furniss/Invision/AP)
Richard Branson(05 of05)
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Virgin boss Branson made his mark on the business world after leaving prestigious public school Stowe at 16. He never sat an A level but managed to set up a record company which would eventually give rise to the Virgin Group of more than 400 companies, his own space shuttle and a private Caribbean Island. (credit:Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

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