Hundreds of thousands of teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been celebrating after receiving their GCSE exam results which will help them progress to sixth form, college or an apprenticeship.

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Pupils at Ark Pioneer Academy in Barnet, north London, receive their GCSE results (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
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Delighted Emily Prior (left) and Lucy Mackay hug each other after picking up their GCSE results at Brighton College (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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Jayden Dashi celebrates his GCSE results at Ark Pioneer Academy in Barnet, north London (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
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Pupils at Brighton College jump for joy at their results (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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Stormont Education Minister Paul Givan poses with Sophie Cantley (left) and Caitlin Stokes at Dromore High School in Co Down (Liam McBurney/PA)
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Leona, who achieved 5A* and 5As in her GCSEs, with her mother Denise Braniff at Assumption Grammar School in Ballynahinch, Co Down (Liam McBurney/PA)
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Ukrainian teenager Oles Kuzomko is hugged by his sister Yaryna and mother Mila after achieving ‘excellent’ GCSE results at Bradford Grammar School (Stephen Garnett Photography/PA)