WATCH: GCSE results increase across all grades in Northern Ireland

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Over 29,000 pupils are receiving predicted results today

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GCSE grades in Northern Ireland have increased across the board, with the number of pupils recieving A* to C grades up by almost 8% to 89.4%.

37.1% of pupils achieved grades A* to A, that's an increase of nearly 6%

Results this year are being estimated by teachers alone, after the Education Minister Peter Weir scrapped plans for an algorithm to predict A-Level and GCSE grades.

There was also an increase in the A* to G pass rate of 0.9 percentage points to 99.7%. 

Over 29,000 pupils are receiving results today which will be predicted by their teachers, after the standardisation algorithm used to predict A-level grades last week was scrapped and reversed by the Executive.

Similar moves have been made in England and Wales.

New A-level grades will be available to pupils on Friday morning.

Receiving her GCSE grades this morning, Niamh from St Dominic's Grammar School in West Belfast told Q Radio she would have been confused if the algorithm was used to predict GCSE results.

Pupils who are studying BTec subjects are still waiting for those results, after grades were pulled by exam board Pearson in order to bring them in line with the new teacher predicted GCSE and A-level results.

Daniel is one of many at St Colm's High School near Dunmurry getting his results, the schools Principal, Adrian Walsh, says this year is the best yet for results at the school.

 

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