when teacher assessments determined grades but that, says the government, was the plan. what we are seeing these results today is, yes, the return to examinations, albeit with a number of adaptations reflecting the disruption young people have faced over the past couple of years so results are higher than they were when we last had exams in 2019, but lower than under teacher assessed grades in 2021. while some may look enviously at those receiving higher teacher assessed grades in 2020 and 2021, additional help was given this year as well. grade boundaries were set more generously than in 2019 and advanced exam content information sheets were available for some subjects to compensate for disruption. here is what this year s gcse figures look like. 73.2% of gcses were marked at grade four or above in england, the broad equivalent of c or above. in wales and northern ireland, this is down from 77.1% last year but much higher than 2019
good morning from denbigh high school in luton. we are here all day finding out how pupils at the school have got on in their gcses. like many others across their gcses. like many others across the country, thousands of people anxiously waiting to find out whether they have got the qualifications they need to take them on to their next step. these are exams that have been set for the first time since 2019 because of the pandemic, of course, which meant everything was done by teacher assessment. pupils in scotland have already got their results so it is those in england, wales and northern ireland who are getting their results today. in a moment, we will teach we will talk to the head teacher and chief executive of the trustee to find out what the challenges have been like and how much more like normal it has been year. we are told the grade
good yearfor many wales and northern ireland. and a good year for many btec students, too. and for those taking t levels, a new technical qualification in england that is equivalent to three a levels. students split their time between the classroom and on placement within industry. for others, angst. disappointed not to have got the grades they wanted. we have got the grades they wanted. - always have a plan. we wanted to get the grades back towards the levels that we saw pre pandemic, and we have taken a big step back in the right direction. they are still a little bit higher than they were in 2019, but they are down on last year, that is right and proper. it is all part of a plan, they say, to return to pre pandemic testing. in 2020 and 2021, a level and ase students were awarded grades based on assessments by teachers. not so this year. some concessions have been made, with advanced revision information being made available in some subjects, and more lenient grade boundaries introdu
thousands of teenagers in scotland are waking up to their scottish higher results after sitting their first full set of exams since 2019. the exam regulator says they ve taken a more generous approach to grade boundaries this year to reflect the disruption caused by the pandemic. our reporterjames shaw is in edinburgh this morning. james, i notice you have some students with you this morning, how are they getting on, have they got their results? their results? literally minutes auo, their results? literally minutes ago. these their results? literally minutes ago. these pupils their results? literally minutes ago, these pupils here - their results? literally minutes ago, these pupils here at - their results? literally minutes ago, these pupils here at this | their results? literally minutes i ago, these pupils here at this high school discovered that their results, there was a flurry of excitement as the news passed around these groups of friends. let s talk to adam first of all an