Kiran Goindi and Harry Bugg celebrate their results at Rushcliffe School
Thousands of pupils across Nottinghamshire are getting their GCSE results a week after record A-Level results were published.
Students began to get their grades from around 9am.
The exams are typically taken by school students aged 14–16, across the UK excluding Scotland.
Pupils then have the choice of continuing into A-Level studies or going into work-related training or qualifications.
Both Nottinghamshire County and Nottingham City Council says it is hard to give overall performance figures because of the number of schools which are now academies.
Video: The moment pupils at Rushcliffe School discovered their results
Academies are not obliged to provide local councils with exam figures, meaning local results are incomplete.
However, the city council said with two academies yet to volunteer results, there has been a rise of around seven per cent in the amount of pupils getting A*-C in English and Maths.
Councillor Sam Webster, the city council’s portfolio holder for education, said: “Although these results are provisional and we will have a clearer picture in November, they indicate Nottingham is bucking the national trend and improving.
“Overall the vast majority of schools have improved on the progress their pupils are making against national standards – some are far exceeding it.”
Ransom Road Head Girl Brittany Simpson receiving her amazing results: A*, 4A, 4B @GreenwoodAcad @NottinghamPost pic.twitter.com/zunaztpBAV
— Nottingham Academy (@NottinghamAcad) August 25, 2016
Last year the national percentage of A* to C grades rose to 69 per cent, up from 68.8 per cent the previous year, but A* grades fell by 0.1 percentage points to six per cent.
At Rushcliffe School, West Bridgford, in the county, 82 per cent of pupils got five or more A*-C grades including English and maths, up slightly from around 80 per cent last year.
Kiran Goindi picked up three A grades, four Bs and two C grades.
The 16-year-old is also known as grime artist K.Ji with more than 11,000 followers on Twitter, 15,000 on Instagram and a debut video on YouTube which has been viewed more than 2,000 times since it was uploaded last month.
“I was really nervous – when I came out of the English exam I thought ‘that was the worst thing I’ve written’ but I came out with an A,” he said.
“It’s just overwhelming and quite surreal to open the envelope. I want to go on and study but my dream is music – although I want to study business.”
Joni Wildman picked up all A* grades at Rushcliffe School
Joni Wildman got A* grades across all 11 subjects she entered, including Latin.
She said: “I’m staying on for A-Levels and I’m so happy, I’m just really excited for next year.”
Fiza didn’t have any UK qualifications when she joined our #GCSEs programme. Now she has an A*, an A, 2 Bs and a C! pic.twitter.com/XS10dh59Q1
— CentralCollege Nottm (@centralcollnott) August 25, 2016
Across the country the proportion of entries achieving A* to C has declined by 2.1 per cent points to 66.9 per cent. Top A* grades have slipped by 0.1 per cent points to 6.5 per cent.
This has been blamed on more pupils in England re-taking English and maths.
