Thousands of students from across the region picked up their envelopes containing their results

Students across the Midlands collect their GCSE results

A student at Brighton College celebrates after receiving her GCSE results.

Hundreds of thousands of school students have discovered if they got the grades to help them progress on to sixth form, college or training.

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 Meanwhile, 82.7% of students received a grade C or above, similar to the rate of 82.2% awarded in 2019.

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James Winch from Newham, London, described his English GCSE as a ‘locked gate’ to becoming a secondary school teacher.

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Undated handout photo issued by Suffolk New College of Danny Davey with his wife Cheryll at Suffolk New College. The 73-year-old great-grandfather, who left school at 14, said he "felt emotional" to have achieved a GCSE in English. Danny, from Ipswich in Suffolk, sat his exam at Suffolk New College in the town and got a grade six. Earlier this year the pensioner won a writing competition organised by the further education institution.
Credit: Suffolk New College

Former roofer Danny Davey, of Ipswich in Suffolk, sat his exam at Suffolk New College in the town and got a grade six.

Great-grandfather who left school at 14 gets GCSE English, aged 73

Niniola Olaonyie moved from Nigeria to the UK two years ago. Her success comes as the North East saw a higher number of top GCSE grades compared to 2023.

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Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) has launched a free, discreet and confidential way for any students to receive wellbeing support on their phones.

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Mim Batiste from Guernsey has scored the highest grade in her foundation maths GCSE, two decades after initially failing the subject.

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Exams regulator Ofqual has suggested that around 300,000 fewer top GCSE grades could be awarded in a “shock” to pupils and their parents.

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Students celebrated their achievements with a cooked breakfast, shared with teachers and parents.

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Students told our Education Correspondent Peter Bearne their exam preparation had still been far from normal, thanks to Covid.

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Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 24th August 2023

Photo by  Kelvin Boyes  / Press Eye.


Pupils at Bloomfield Collegiate School, Belfast receiving their GCS results.

Almost 31,000 students in Northern Ireland will receive their GCSE grades and some vocational qualification results today.

Overall GCSE results in Northern Ireland are lower than last year but higher than pre-pandemic grades. 

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Students across the North West have received their GCSE results.

Students in North West receive GCSE results

Students across the county have received their results this morning.

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