It’s an anxious time of year for students across the region as they wake up filled with dread to find out how they did in their GCSE exams.
Over the years, the Lancashire Post has recorded these important milestone moments: the nerves, the envelope openings and the elation when it is good news.
Did a photographer ask you to jump for joy at the time for a picture? Well, you’re not alone.
As we wish all those getting their results today huge good luck, we’ve dug through the archives to relive some of the happy moments from as far back as 1999.
Here we look back to the happy smiling face from the last few decades in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble.
1. GCSE results down the years
Pupils celebrating their GCSE results at Moor Park High School in 2009.
2. GCSE results down the years
Leyland St Mary's GCSE stars, from left: Helen Costello, Charlotte McCready, Charlie Brooks, Lauren Galt, Gary Swift, Rebecca Churchill, John Preston and Jessica Mahers in 2009.
3. GCSE results down the years
Bishop Rawsthorne International College students in Croston near Preston, from left, Joanne Chicken, Jill Ormesher, Joseph Bradshaw, Fay Ormesher and Gisela Carr with their GCSE results in 2002.
4. GCSE results down the years
Andrew Cushing, Mohammed Basama and Gareth Holden, all 16, from Fulwood High school in Preston celebrate after receiving their GCSE results in 1999.