It's here - the day when thousands of students get their GCSE results.
The results are out today - Thursday, August 22.
After months of preparation and exams, teenagers are finally finding out if they got the grades they wanted to take their next steps in life.
But how are the exams graded?
Every year, the grade boundaries are changed and they are not published until the day of results.
Like last year, students are graded on a scale of 9 to 1 for a number of subjects with 9 being the best, in place of the traditional A* to G grades.
All GCSE exams will be graded this way by 2020.
Students who want to check the grade boundaries can do so by visiting the exam board's website on results day.
The exam boards publish the boundaries at a different time but you clicking the links below.
What is the new grading system?
The new GCSEs in England have a 9 to 1 grading scale "to better differentiate between the highest performing students and distinguish clearly between the old and new qualifications," says the Department for Education.
Grade 9 is the highest grade and will be awarded to fewer students than the old A*.
The old and new GCSE grading scales do not directly match up but there are three points where they align, as the table above shows:
• The bottom of grade 7 is aligned with the bottom of grade A
• The bottom of grade 4 is aligned with the bottom of grade C
• The bottom of grade 1 is aligned with the bottom of grade G
A standard pass is a 4 and a strong pass is a 5.
Grade boundaries for Edexcel, OCR, AQA, CCEA
The grade boundaries for Edexcel will be published HERE.
OCR's grade boundaries will be published at 6am HERE.
The grade boundaries for AQA will be published HERE.
CCEA grade boundaries will be published HERE.