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Teachers and pupils are likely counting down the days until the summer holidays and for a small number of year groups it means an important event is looming – results day.
The school calendar has been severely disrupted over the last 18 months across the UK due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Large parts of that time saw school children have to work from home with teachers conducting lessons and setting tasks over Zoom.
Normality has now resumed in most of the UK regarding schools but more than 1,000,000 children missed school last week due to Covid.
Some 773,700 pupils were self-isolating due to possible contact with a case of coronavirus from inside school, and 160,300 were due to potential contact outside of school.
Another 47,200 children had a confirmed case of Covid-19, 34,500 had a suspected case and 34,800 were absent as a result of school closures due to the virus.
Exams in 2021 were cancelled due to the wide spread disruption of learning and grades will now be awarded by their teachers.
So when can students expect to find out their GCSE and A-Level grades?
When are GCSE results released in 2021?
GCSE students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their official results on August 12, 2021.
In Scotland, National 5 results will be available on August 10.
When are A-Level results released in 2021?
England, Wales and Northern Ireland students will be able to find out their results on August 10, 2021.
Scottish Higher grades will also be released on August 10.
Results are earlier in 2021 to create a ‘buffer’ for appeals, ahead of decisions over university places in the autumn.
Students will be able to appeal their grades if they don’t agree with the verdict of their schools and teachers at no financial charge.
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