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Girls across Northern Ireland have continued to achieve higher grades at GCSE than boys, this year’s results have revealed.

As more than 30,800 GCSE students receive their results, the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) has published provisional 2023 results which show that grades this year are higher than 2019, but lower than in 2022, reflecting the continued return to pre-pandemic grading.

This is the second-time students have undertaken summer exams marked and graded by exam boards since 2019.

GCSE results in Northern Ireland reflect the continuing journey to pre-pandemic grading