GCSE results day 2026 - live: How to access results on online as students in tears of joy

Pictures of students delighted with their GCSE results are emerging as thousands of teenagers up and down the country find out their grades after sitting exams earlier in the summer.

For the first time many will be accessing their results online via the Education Record app which has now been fully rolled out following a successful trial in Manchester in 2025. Results will update online on the Education Record app at 11am with schools using the app needing to provide a QR code to students to link to their record.

The Department of Education has, however, encouraged students to go in person to collect their results so that they are able to speak to teachers and staff about what to do next if their results aren't as good as they had hoped.

GCSE grade boundaries will be confirmed today by exam boards including AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR, CCEA and WJEC. The grade boundaries - which have followed a numerical 9 to 1 system since 2017 are not fixed from one year to the next as exam boards set these once marking is almost complete.

For the first time this year many GCSE students will be able to see their results online on the Education Record App. Results will update online on the Education Record app at 11am.

The Department of Education announced the £30m app in January, after a trial involving 95,000 students in Manchester and the West Midlands last summer. Schools using the app need to provide a QR code to students to link to their record.

Students in Cardiff have started to receive their results, with many weeping with joy as years of hard work finally pay off.