Good morning,

Welcome to a very unusual A-level results day live blog as, for the first time, pupils collect grades for exams they did not sit. We will be keeping you up to date with the latest on how the grades have been calculated, emerging trends from the results and teachers’ questions to politicians over exactly how disappointed students will be helped.

Stay tuned to our updates here for breaking news on how different the grades look to those in 2019, as well as how the issues over Ofqual’s standardising process will be ironed out. So far, headteachers have raised concerns over some real shocks to individuals this morning, so there are many more questions to be answered about how these grades were produced.