There has been a lot of changes to GCSEs in the past couple of years due to the pandemic.
Exams were cancelled for the second successive year and grades have been awarded by teachers.
But one change that has taken place gradually is the grade scale - which may still seem confusing to parents.
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It was fully implemented last year for all subjects and was reformed to keep pace with university and employer demands.
It's based on new and more comprehensive subject content, and also has a higher grade than the old A*.
It follows a numerical format as opposed to letters running from 9 (the highest grade) to 1 (the lowest grade).
Subjects including English language, English literature and maths were first adapted in 2017, but now all GCSE subjects have been reformed.
How do the new grades relate to the old grades?
Ofqual states the following: "The bottom of a grade 7 is comparable to the bottom of the old grade A.
"The bottom of a new grade 4 is comparable to the bottom of the old grade C, and the bottom of the new grade 1 is comparable to the bottom of the old grade G.
"We have been clear to employers, universities and others that if they previously set entry requirements of at least a grade C, then the equivalent now would be to require at least grade 4."
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