Students across Barking and Dagenham will collect their GCSE results this morning.
Nationally, early reports suggest 2011 is another record-breaking year with more pupils achieving the top grades.
Overall almost 70 per cent will receive grades A*-C, 23 per cent an A* or A, and close to eight per cent an A*.
The proportion of success among boys and girls is closing, it has also been reported.
* Read the results for Barking and Dagenham schools as they come in this morning on this website.
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