Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, comments ahead of GCSE results day on Thursday.
“Our best wishes to all pupils picking up their GCSE and VTQ results on Thursday, and to their teachers who have worked phenomenally hard to support them during these past two very challenging years of the global pandemic. As with A-levels, GCSE grades will be generally lower than last year when exams were cancelled and a different approach to assessment was used, but they will be higher than in 2019 when exams last took place.
