Disruption caused by the Covid pandemic in 2020 and 2021 meant that GCSE students from across the country had to take time off school and spend long stretches of the year learning remotely.
As a result, GCSE and A-level exams were axed and instead grades were based on the pupil's overall performance in school over the past two years.
Teachers were left to grade their pupils - using work from throughout the past two years to dictate scores.
Grade boundaries from 2019 were used to help mark students' work.
This year, GCSE results day will take place on Thursday, August 25.
