GCSE Results Day – 2025
Congratulations on completing your GCSEs and on what you have achieved to date!
Your new skills
Thinking back to when you started your secondary school journey, education had to move to a virtual world. You had to adapt your learning in a whole new way. Since then, both education and business practices have evolved.
During your studies, you have developed multiple skills and have been learning about prioritising, communicating and working in groups again. Skills that are important for your future. Whether you continue with education in a college or sixth form, or explore an apprenticeship to combine learning and working, you can move forward with confidence.
Those of you who have been able to work, either for pay or experience, have been able to adapt to new ways of working and have a greater awareness of health and safety, well done!
Results day is a stage you go through on your career journey, a benchmark of where you are, at this stage, academically. There is a lot of support out there for you – your school careers adviser, the colleges and sixth forms where you might be interested in studying, and local businesses if you feel you are work ready and would like an opportunity to earn and learn.
GCSE numbers to letters conversion
It can be beneficial to know both grading systems, and what your grade equivalent is in the old grading structure of letters. Below is a table to show your letter equivalents.
Ofqual – https://ofqual.blog.gov.uk/2018/03/02/gcse-9-to-1-grades-a-brief-guide-for-parents/
Your next steps
You have a number of options for your next step on this journey, no matter what your results are, whether that’s continuing education through a sixth form, attending a local college, or combining work and study with an apprenticeship, supported internship or volunteering with training.
We have many amazing businesses in Cornwall who are keen to encourage young people into their workplace through an apprenticeship. If you are interested, have a look at Cornwall Opportunities – Apprenticeships or approach the business directly. If you would like some bespoke careers support in Cornwall, please get in touch.
The law requires all young people in England to continue in education or training until at least their 18th birthday, although in practice the vast majority of young people continue until the end of the academic year in which they turn 18 (Gov.UK)
We wish you all the best with the next stage of your career journey.
