GCSE Results Day 2025 - How to Get Your Results - What to Do Next

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GCSE Results Day 2025 explains what pupils, parents and carers need to know ahead of results release in August, including timing, entry routes, and how to collect envelopes efficiently. It covers options when results are not as expected, including post-results services and the process for review of marking and potential grade changes. Guidance also addresses authorisation for third-party collection, required identification, and advice on seeking support from the exams team and contacting them after school hours.

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Reading Time8 min

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When is GCSE results day?

Collection times and access

If you cannot collect your results

What happens if results are not as expected?

Grade boundary system

Review of marking and clerical re-check

Support and next steps

GCSE Results Day 2025 GCSE results day can be a nerve-wracking experience for pupils, parents and carers after months of anxious waiting over the summer. Have you got the grades you need for what you want to do next? What happens if you don’t? The important thing to remember is that there’s no need to panic. Whatever your situation, there is always an answer. To prepare you for whatever happens, we have created a guide on everything you need to know about results day When is GCSE results day? GCSE results day is on Thursday 21st August. What time can I find out my results? All pupils will be able to collect their results between 9am and 11am on Thursday 21st August. Entry and exit to school will be via the main entrance-pupils should collect their results from the main reception area. Collection points will be clearly marked-pupils should go to the table for the initials of their surname. Once a pupil has collected their GCSE results, they are able to remain in school to open their envelope should they wish to do so and can spend some time talking to friends and staff. It is also absolutely fine if a pupil chooses to open their results once they have left the school building. Parents and carers are able to accompany their child to collect results if they wish to do so. What if I am unable to collect my results? If a pupil needs someone else (including family members) to collect their results on their behalf, they must send in a signed letter of authorisation with the person collecting. The collector will also need to provide photographic ID. If this is the case, pupils should email [VBExams@nllt.co.uk](VBExams@nllt.co.uk) using a school email account,(2025 leavers’ school email accounts will remain active until the end of August), so that we have verification of this intention and can ensure results are ready for collection. If this process is not followed, we are unable to release results to any third party, as results ‘belong’to an individual pupil. What is the GCSE grade boundary system? The numerical system first introduced in 2017 continues, with pupils awarded grades from one to nine in each subject. Scores of 9, 8 and 7 are equivalent to an A* and A. A score of 4 is equivalent to a C and a score of 1 is equivalent to a G. What if a result is not as expected? If the result of a subject is less than expected, exam boards offer some post-results services that we can consider, (JCQ Post Results Document June 2025) . Post-results services can be expensive and there are some complex considerations around which strategy to adopt. We therefore provide personal support on results day to help candidates and their parents/carers to ensure that they are as well informed as they can be. Since 2016 candidates have been unable to request a ‘re-mark’ for an exam. Candidates can, however, request a ‘review of marking’ which includes: 􀂏 a clerical re-check 􀂏 a copy of the reviewed script as part of this service 􀂏 a review of the paper/recording, by a second examiner, to identify any genuine marking errors or unreasonable marking 􀂏 a check that all marks are counted. It is really important to note that, in a review of marking the grade can go down as well as up. We therefore advise that pupils only ask for a review when their score is close to the boundary of the grade above. In examinations involving several papers it is possible to request a review for each separate paper completed - we tend to advise getting one paper reviewed at a time - if two papers are reviewed in the same subject, at the sametime, you may find that one mark goes up while another goes down and the candidate ends up no better off. Awarding bodies will only accept requests for reviews of marking from centres and not from candidates or their parents/carers. Centres must obtain written candidate consent for clerical re-checks and reviews of marking, as with these services candidates’ marks and subject grades may be lowered. On

FAQs

When and what time can pupils collect GCSE results on Results Day 2025?

GCSE results day is Thursday 21st August, with pupils able to collect between 9am and 11am. Entry and exit are via the main entrance and collections are made from the main reception area.

What if a pupil cannot collect their results themselves?

A signed letter of authorisation is required and the collector must provide photographic ID. Pupils should also email VBExams@nllt.co.uk from a school email account for verification so results can be prepared for collection.

How does the GCSE grade boundary system work and what if a grade is lower than expected?

Grades run from 1 to 9, with 9/8/7 broadly aligning to A*/A and 4 aligning to C while 1 aligns to G. If results are less than expected, exam boards offer post-results services, including review of marking, where grades can move up or down.

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