Celebrating making the grade as GCSE results arrive!

Teenagers across Leeds have been celebrating receiving their GCSE results.

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Around 9,600 year 11 pupils in the city are opening their results today, which - like last week's A-levels - are nationally expected to be broadly similar to those of summer 2024.

This is the third year that results have been determined solely by pupils' performances in their assessments. This followed the adoption of different assessment methods during the years 2020-2022 due to the impact of the pandemic, which led to a general increase in higher grades in those years.

Coun Helen Hayden, Leeds City Council's executive member for children and families, said: "Congratulations to everyone who has taken their GCSEs this year for the hard work and effort that has gone into achieving these results.