This is the first time the A*-C pass rate has fallen in the 24-year history of GCSE. The exams were first  taken in 1988.

In maths, 58.4% of entries got at least a C grade, down from 58.8% in 2011, and 15.4% got A*-A, compared to 16.5% last summer.

Here you can find result statistics for OCR, Edexcel, AQA.