Students in Lancashire are receiving their GCSE results today after exams were cancelled for second year in row.

Earlier this week students across the region received their A-level results - here are just some of the success stories and results.

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are receiving grades to help them progress to sixth form, college or training.

But a possible surge in top grades – which were submitted by teachers after exams were cancelled for a second year – could make the job of admissions teams at colleges and sixth forms more difficult, it has been suggested.

Students across the country are receiving their GCSE results which have been determined by teachers after this year's exams were cancelled.

placeholder image — Students across the country are receiving their GCSE results which have been determined by teachers after this year's exams were cancelled.

Last year, more than one in four (26.2%) of UK GCSE entries were awarded one of the three top grades, compared to a fifth (20.8%) in 2019 – the last year that exams were sat before the pandemic.

More than three in four (76.3%) entries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland were awarded at least a 4 – which is broadly the equivalent of a C – last year, compared to 67.3% in 2019.

Here we will be bringing you all the latest, from results to success stories, and what to do next.