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.
5. GCSE results down the years
Jordina James, Sarah Trinick and Katie Barnes who between them attained 20A* and 11A GCSE at Broughton High School, Preston in 1998.
6. GCSE results day down the years
From left, Louise Clarkson, Kate Simmonds and Louise Miller celebrate their GCSE success at Holy Cross High School, Chorley in 2006.
7. GCSE results down the years
St Michael's CE School pupils in Chorley (from left) Sarah Print, Ruth Taylor, Emma Farrell, Helen Rigby, Emma Whyte, Andrea Lindley and Natalie Eaves celebrate their excellent GCSE results in 1999.
8. GCSE results down the years
Katy Wilding, left, and Katy Clarke from St Michaels School, Chorley, celebrate their GCSE results in 2000.