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Pass rate and proportion of top grades for GCSE are lower this year compared to last

A local councillor has praised students across the borough for their achievements

Miles Waterworth got nine 9s and two 8s, while Srimukhi Kalakonda achieved two 9s, four 8s and one 7.

Pearson said some 5,700 students registered for the qualification were currently ineligible to receive their grade

There is a gender divide in the subjects teenagers choose to study. In 2022, 63% of UK GCSE candidates taking full-course Physical Education (PE) for GCSE were male. For Art and Design subjects, though, boys made up only 35% of the students taking the subject.

Figures show 37% of GCSE entries were awarded the highest grades of A* to A, a 6.5 percentage point increase on 2019

Rose Owens, 15, a year 11 pupil at Roedean School, near Brighton, Sussex, got one 8 and the rest 9s despite training for the swim during her exams.

GCSE results are returning to their correct level after two years of over-optimistic grading

Derek Skipper, 92, took his Maths GCSE in May and has passed with flying colours