GCSE results day 2020 LIVE: Majority of students at High Storrs pass English and maths

More than 950,000 pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will find out how they fared, having not sat any physical exams after they were cancelled because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

On Monday, the government announced that students in England will receive the GCSE grades given by their schools after a controversial algorithm was scrapped in a humiliating U-turn.

The flawed system devised by the exams regulator Ofqual saw nearly 40 per cent of A-Level results downgraded last week and received major backlash from both students and headteachers.

On Wednesday evening – with less than 24 hours to go until results day – exam board Pearson announced it would re-grade BTecs in line with GCSEs and A-levels meaning some students will no longer receive their BTec results.

The decision affects about 500,000 pupils, half of whom received their A-Level equivalent qualifications last week while the rest were due to collect their grades alongside GCSE candidates today.

A spokesperson for Pearson said: “We will be regrading BTECs to address concerns about unfairness in relation to A-levels and GCSEs and ensure no BTEC student is disadvantaged.

“We know this could cause additional uncertainty for students and we are sorry about this.

“Our priority is to ensure fair outcomes for BTEC students and we will work around the clock to provide revised grades as soon as we can.”

We’ll be bringing you all the latest news from GCSE results day in Sheffield here.