Pupils face a record rise in GCSE retakes when results are released today as tougher grading is expected to see 75,000 pupils failing English and Maths

Around 325,000 grades will be handed out as fails according to one prediction. The number of top results - those graded 7 and above - is also expected to take a record drop.

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