All over the country, young people opened envelopes this morning containing their GCSE results.
Students at De La Salle in St Helens began filtering into the school at around 9am, eagerly awaiting their results. Excitement was in the air as envelopes started to open.
Last year, the proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades surged to an all-time high after exams were cancelled for the second year in a row due to Covid-19 and students were instead given results determined by their teachers. Overall, 28.9% of UK GCSE entries were awarded one of the top grades, up by 2.7% on 2020.
