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Students receiving their A-level and GCSE results this summer are the first to experience the new examinations systems.

The reforms in England are being introduced gradually to match other countries, and to "keep pace with universities' and employers' demands", the exams regulator Ofqual said.

The largest compulsory examination reforms for a generation saw the replacement of the traditional GCSE A* to G grades with a numerical scale, running from 9 for the best achievers, down to 1.

The GCSE reforms were a deliberate attempt by ministers to toughen up the qualifications, with English and maths - key subjects for all pupils - the first to be scored numerically this year.

By 2020, every GCSE student will be scored 9-1 for all subjects rather than alphabetically.

There have been shake-ups to AS and A-levels too - most notably with the AS results no longer contributing towards a final A-level mark. The change has resulted in a 42% dip in the number of AS exam entries compared with last year.

There has also been a move away from modules to "linear" qualifications where students sit all of their exams at the end of the course, with fewer re-sits.

The content for the new A-levels has been reviewed and updated, with universities playing a greater role in this for the new qualifications than previously.