Ofqual, the exam regulator, said the return to pre-pandemic grading means this year's national GCSE results in England will be lower than last year and similar to levels in 2019 - the year before the coronavirus outbreak.
- with the proportion of top grades down on last year but still above pre-pandemic levels.
It comes after COVID-19 led to an increase in top GCSE grades in 2020 and 2021, with results based on teacher assessments instead of exams. But he added:"It is necessary because the emergency reliance on teacher assessment raised the number of top awards by 437,964, giving many pupils a false picture of their capabilities.
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