Exams were unable to take place this summer due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, meaning teenagers were instead awarded teachers’ predicted grades to determine the next steps in their journey. Echo photographer Kev Brady and reporter Kevin Clark headed out to Southmoor Academy in Sunderland to meet the students collecting their grades and find out how they got on. Check out our photographs from the big day and see if you can spot anyone you know. For more results day pictures in Sunderland, click here.
5. The all-important envelope
Students learn their grades after weeks of anticipation. Photo: Kevin Brady
6. Chloe Todd
Chloe secured four 9s, five 8s and a 7. She said: It is a bit better than I thought but I knew if I worked hard, I was capable of these grades. Photo: Kevin Brady
7. Georgia Lee
Georgia scored a 6, a 5, five 4s and a 3. She said: I would have liked to have done a bit better but I have done what I could. Photo: Kevin Brady
8. Sofia Lally
Sofia is off to Newcastle College to study aviation after scoring one 7, one 6, five 5s and a 2. Photo: Kevin Brady