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A-level and GCSE students in England will be given grades estimated by their teachers, rather than by an algorithm, after a government U-turn.
It follows uproar after about 40% of A-level results were downgraded by exams regulator Ofqual, which had used a formula based on schools' prior grades.
Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will get their GCSE results on Thursday.
The decision brings England in line with the other UK nations.
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