Nervous students across the county reminded Childline is there for them
The NSPCC locally say exam results have become more stressful for young people over the years.
As thousands of students are finding out how they did in their exams, and what they can do next, they're being reminded that Childline is there for them.
Thousands of students are finding out how they did in their exams, and what they can do next.
The NSPCC want those students picking up results to know Childline is there to support them if they're stressed or upset, or even excited.
Rebecca Duggan is the local campaigns rep for the NSPCC covering our county:
"ChildLine that is there for any child up to their 19th birthday and we're there if they're feeling worried, apprehensive about their results, so we'd urge them to call ChildLine.
"Even if you're not feeling worried and you just want to talk, maybe you're excited about it, you can still call ChildLine and that's free. It's open 24/7."
Rebecca wants to remind young people that your academic success doesn't doesn't mean your whole overall success:
"If they don't get those results that they need, there's always those further options. There's always other options that they can take, as well, it's not the end of the world."
Rebecca says the adults in a young students life also have a big responsibility.
She has this advice for parents and carers, grandparents and foster parents to help students in their life at the moment:
"Support them. Whatever their results, don't be mad at them if they don't get the results that you wanted them to get to go where they want. Don't be mad at them because as we all know, life doesn't stop at 16 or 18 when you don't get the grade."
She says many children call Childline around this time of year to discuss exam stress and results overwhelm and it's affect on their mental health.
"Very stressful period of time"
It's an anxious time for many and we've been hearing from 19 year old Talisha from Northampton about the support she felt helped her.
She is a fine art student at Loughborough University who picked up her results last year.
"It was a very stressful period of time, leading up to and getting to that final point of time when all of these years of education, are finally leading up to this one point and leading you in another direction of life. So it was very stressful."
Talisha luckily did better than she expected, despite being so anxious she felt unwell. She says she feels she worried for nothing.
But she knows it's not always good news for everyone on results day:
"There was people that were happy people, some were sad. Some people did better than expected and some people did worse than they expected.
"And that can be really, really hard, especially when you've worked so hard, you know, all the effort that you've put into it. And sometimes it just doesn't work out the way that you want it to, especially when it comes to grade boundaries."
As well as having a support network around her of family, friends and teachers, she says finding time for her hobbies also helped her when she felt overwhelmed.
"So for example, I did Taekwondo, I still do Taekwondo as well, so it's working towards an achievement that is an academic, that it really takes your mind off of things like that, and you can just focus on one other thing for a couple of hours a week."
You can call Childline on 0800 1111 or head to their website www.childline.org.uk.