Luton students celebrate on GCSE results day
Thousands of students across the country are picking up their GCSE results today.
GCSEs changed to a numerical grading system, with the shift completed by 2020.
Grades are ranked from 1, the lowest, to 9, the highest. While they don’t translate exactly to the traditional letter grading, the bottom of grade 7 is aligned with the bottom of grade A, while the bottom of grade 4 aligns to the bottom of grade C. Meanwhile, the bottom of grade 1 is aligned to the bottom of grade G.
We take a look at how schools across Luton have performed