With the A-level results now done and dusted this coming week will see hundreds of students pick up their GCSEs.
This year's GCSE's have seen a move away from the old modular system with the changes instigated by the UK's coalition government.
In recent years more than half of GCSE pupils continued into sixth form with 30 per cent enrolled at the college and six per cent entering employment.
Co-ordinating adviser for 11-19 education Paul Craine says readiness, resilience, resourcefulness, reflectiveness, relationships and remembering are as important as Thursday's grades:
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