Students in Harrogate district urged to "trust their teachers" ahead of A Level results
This year's A Level results have been determined by teacher assessments
Students across the Harrogate District are being asked to "trust their teachers" ahead of opening their A Level results this morning.
Thousands will get their grades today, which have been decided by teachers estimates.
They've carried out mock exams and exam conditioned assessments over the last year to determine the fairest results for students.
Sylvia Brett, principal at Harrogate Ladies College has reassured students that teachers have "gone to every possible effort" to get the best grades for them.
She said: "The teachers and schools have worked so hard to get the very best grades for pupils. It's normally a worrying time and for this generation of pupils it has been incredibly stressful.
"The staff have gone to every possible effort to make sure the pupils get the best possible grades for them and to showcase the work they've done over the last few years.
"The results are based on as much work as the pupils have been able to do and with the amount of scrutiny we've had I think these are the best evidenced grades we have hoped for.
"Teachers really want the best for pupils and we want it to be the fairest representation of what they can achieve."
It is different to last year's controversial system, which caused chaos by using an algorithm which gave students results in some cases two grades lower than what they were predicted.
After the controversy the system was eventually scrapped and predicted grades were given in these circumstances.
The stress around exams, or a lack of them, has more than doubled according to the NSPCC, as students across York prepare to receive their A-Level grades.
Childline gave more than 1800 counselling sessions where concerns about exams being cancelled were mentioned between April and June this year.