With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic it's been a very different results day for pupils receiving their GCSE grades today.
But while most schools chose to either let children visit in smaller groups, or have their results emailed out, one school came up with a rather unique alternative - a drive-thru.
The idea was so that parents could drive their children to Manchester Communication Academy in Harpurhey and be handed their results by a teacher, all without even leaving their car.
The school decided to offer it as a Covid-secure option to pupils given the ongoing concerns about virus levels.
Parents were offered time slots throughout Thursday morning to go along and pick up the results with their son or daughter.
Others opted to have their results by email instead.
Like all schools headteacher Susan Watmough says her school has had to find new ways of working since they closed to most pupils at the start of lockdown.
The school decided to offer the 'collect by car' service as an alternative Covid-secure option to pupils and their families. Pupils could also opt to have their results by email - something a number of other schools across the city also put in place.
She said: "It's been an academic year like no other where we're all suddenly having to find new ways of doing things, and after seeing the pictures of drive-through Covid testing centres, we thought a drive-through GCSE results service might be worth trying this year.
"It proved really popular with pupils and parents and was a great fun way for us to reconnect and see our Year 11s again. "It's been a challenging year for all students but they have been incredible throughout and I'd like to think getting their envelope with their results in, and with this the key to their future, made it all worth the wait."
See our coverage of GCSE results day across Greater Manchester here.
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