The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988. State schools in Scotland use the Scottish Qualifications Certificate instead. However, private schools in Scotland often choose to follow the English GCSE system.
Pupils in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland are getting their GCSE results today - and tens of thousands of them can do so via..
Thousands of pupils will find out how they did in their GCSEs, but the qualifications are changing.