GCSE results 2023, BTec Level 2 and National 5s – full guide

Students successful England, Northern Ireland and Wales volition person GCSE and vocational method qualification results, which includes Level 2 BTec and Cambridge Nationals, connected Thursday.

Results are expected to autumn for a 2nd twelvemonth moving successful an effort to instrumentality grades to pre-pandemic levels.

In England, GCSEs are present graded utilizing a numerical system, from 9-1 alternatively than A-E. Students request a 4 for a "standard pass" and 5 for a "strong pass".

In Wales and Northern Ireland, GCSEs are graded utilizing letters, unless an exam taken successful those nations comes nether an English exam board.

If you are unhappy with your grade, you should archetypal speech to your schoolhouse oregon college.

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, your schoolhouse volition interaction the exam committee connected your behalf and inquire for your marks to beryllium reviewed.

If you are inactive not satisfied, you tin petition a reappraisal from Ofqual.

In Scotland, SQA results (based connected National 5s and National 4s) were published connected 8 August, with walk rates down from past year but higher than they were earlier Covid.

If your entreaty is accepted, the exam committee volition look astatine the marks you received.

The foundation YoungMinds points retired results are not the lone measurement of occurrence - and if things bash not crook retired however you had hoped, determination are tons of different ways to assistance you execute your goals.

Yes, you tin resit immoderate GCSE oregon National 5 exam the pursuing year. GCSE maths and English exams instrumentality spot successful November.

If you privation to research this option, you should talk to your schoolhouse astir the champion people of action.

In 2020 and 2021, determination was a spike successful apical results, aft exams were cancelled due to the fact that of Covid and grades assessed by teachers.

As with A-level results, the program successful England, Wales and Northern Ireland this twelvemonth is to bring down that people inflation.

This year's people boundaries for exam papers volition beryllium released connected the aforesaid time arsenic results - the nonstop timings are here. How they are decided varies crossed the UK:

As usual, elder examiners volition determine the minimum marks needed for each grade.

However, due to the fact that of the disruption caused by Covid, exam boards successful England volition beryllium "slightly" much lenient than earlier the pandemic erstwhile deciding people boundaries.

Students had immoderate further enactment successful the exams themselves, specified arsenic formulae and equation sheets successful maths, physics and combined-science - and exams successful the aforesaid taxable were much spaced retired than usual.

In Wales, grades volition proceed to beryllium awarded much generously than earlier the pandemic.

Students were fixed immoderate beforehand accusation for Welsh Joint Education Committee (WJEC) papers to assistance pupils revise. There was nary beforehand accusation for immoderate different papers taken successful Wales.

The exam committee which covers astir pupils successful Northern Ireland (Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment) provided beforehand accusation for astir subjects, and says examiners volition instrumentality Covid disruption into account.

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) said its grading would beryllium "sensitive" due to the fact that of the continuing interaction of the pandemic. It took akin steps past twelvemonth to assistance students, specified arsenic removing oregon reducing exams oregon elements of coursework, but plans for exams to spell afloat backmost to mean adjacent year.

Many pupils spell connected to survey A-levels successful England, Wales and Northern Ireland, oregon Advanced Highers successful Scotland.

International Baccalaureate (IB) is besides an option, arsenic are vocational courses specified arsenic National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs), BTec Level 3s, TechBacs, Cambridge Technicals and (in England only) T-levels.

You could besides see an apprenticeship. Apprentices get paid a salary, arsenic they walk 80% of their clip successful the workplace portion being trained.

Other options see going consecutive into full-time enactment oregon an internship.

What questions bash you person astir results day? Whether you person queries astir A-levels, GCSEs, Highers oregon vocational courses, you tin get successful interaction by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.

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