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GCSE grades awarded to students are down on last year - but remain higher than pre-COVID levels, with grading lenient to reflect pandemic recovery.
Schools North East said this year’s results can be seen as a ‘map’ of the impact of the pandemic on students and schools.
As hundreds of thousands of UK pupils get results, the plunge in top grades will affect an estimated 75,000 - with about 50,000 fewer getting at least a basic pass in six GCSEs.
Every region across the country saw a fall in the proportion of pupils getting a 7/A or above in their GCSEs.
Grades of 7 and above down three percentage points, in line with government plans to tackle grade inflation