eenagers throughout the UK are celebrating after receiving their GCSE outcomes.
High grades are down on final 12 months however stay greater than pre-pandemic ranges.
In 2021, the proportion of GCSE entries awarded high grades surged to an all-time excessive after exams have been cancelled for the second 12 months in a row as a result of Covid-19 and pupils got outcomes decided by their academics.
Just like the sample with A-level outcomes, revealed final week, it had been anticipated that GCSE grades would drop beneath final 12 months, however stay above these from 2019 as college students returned to sitting exams for the primary time in three years.
Shannon Rostam seems shocked by her GCSE outcomes at Rockwood Academy in Alum Rock, Birmingham (Jacob King/PA) / PA Wire(Jacob King/PA) / PA WireGulam-Mustafaa Aslam receiving his GCSE outcomes (Jacob King/PA) / PA WireCollege students have fun after receiving their GCSE outcomes at Roedean Faculty, Brighton (Gareth Fuller/PA) / PA WireMaddie Hallam and her mother and father look delighted along with her GCSE outcomes at Norwich Faculty (Joe Giddens/PA) / PA WireJonathan Ikazaboh provides a thumbs-up after studying his grades (Joe Giddens/PA) / PA Wire(Joe Giddens/PA) / PA Wire(Gareth Fuller/PA) / PA WireCollege students receiving their GCSE outcomes at Rockwood Academy (Jacob King/PA) / PA Wire(Gareth Fuller/PA) / PA Wire
