Editing GCSE (section)

====Results====
[[File:GCSE results 2016.pdf|thumb|[[Infographic]] from [[Ofqual]] showing statistics about GCSE entries in 2016. 5.24 million people took a GCSE in that year.]]

GCSE results are published by the examination board in August for the exam series in April to June of the same year. They are usually released one week after the A-Level results, on the Thursday that falls between 20 August and 26 August. The examination results are released to centres (schools) prior to the release to candidates and the public. Examination results are released by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ), which represents the main GCSE awarding organisations. Some boards and schools release results online, although many still require pupils to attend in person to collect their results from the centre at which they sat the exams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edexcel.org.uk/studying/onlineresults/|title=Edexcel's online results service|access-date=2008-07-27|publisher=[[Edexcel]]|archive-date=26 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726154018/http://www.edexcel.org.uk/studying/onlineresults/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In England these results then go on to inform league tables published in the following academic year, with headline performance metrics for each school. Owing to COVID-19, pupils who were supposed to sit their GCSEs in 2020 and 2021 were awarded qualifications based on predicted grades from their teachers. Traditional exams, however, have been taken since the summer of 2022.