{"id":743844,"date":"2026-08-20T08:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/743844\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T08:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:14:10","slug":"students-across-england-wales-and-northern-ireland-receive-their-gcse-and-btec-results-follow-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/743844\/","title":{"rendered":"Students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive their GCSE and BTec results – follow live"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to look after yourself todaypublished at 07:09 BST<\/p>\n

07:09 BST<\/p>\n

\"\"BBC Bitesize<\/p>\n

The last time you were in school you might’ve been sat in silence, scribbling down answers until you heard “pens down”.<\/p>\n

This time, instead of handing in papers – you’ll be receiving them. <\/p>\n

Last night’s sleep might’ve been rocky, and you might be feeling the nerves.<\/p>\n

Here are a few things you can do to make the day run a bit smoother:<\/p>\n

Open your results where you feel comfortable: if the thought of opening your results in front of others worries you, find a quiet space and open them elsewhere with a loved one. <\/p>\n

Avoid comparison: each person has their own unique skillset, and we often perform better in different areas. Be sure to focus on your own grades and your next steps.<\/p>\n

Take deep breaths: when you pick results up you don’t need to open them immediately, take a deep breath and take moments to pause. <\/p>\n

Have support around you: teachers who have seen your work, friends, family and loved ones can all help celebrate and support you. <\/p>\n

Make your schedule flexible: if you’re not quite sure how your results will turn out, having time to look at them could allow you to decide on the rest of the day – don’t put too much pressure on yourself to do anything specific today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How to look after yourself todaypublished at 07:09 BST 07:09 BST BBC Bitesize The last time you were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-743844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}