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New app will allow pupils to view GCSE results digitally from summer 2026
The Education Record app will save schools and colleges up to £30 million annually in administrative costs, enabling students to share verified GCSE results digitally via QR codes.
- From August this year, the Department for Education rolled out the Education Record app, allowing Year 11 pupils to view GCSE results digitally after successful regional pilots.
- To modernise exam records, the DfE says the app will free teachers from paperwork and help students transitioning to further education, training and employment prove qualifications to employers.
- Trials and technical pilots in Coventry and Oldham demonstrated, with around 4,000 pupils at 29 schools involved, and development costs totaling £5.5m over two years.
- On results day, pupils still collect brown envelopes from 08:00 and results appear in the app from 11:00, which includes SEND and free school meals data and enables QR code sharing with colleges.
- Concerns over older smartphones and funding priorities have been raised by school leaders including Hathershaw College principal Robert Logan, as Tes asked the DfE to clarify the claimed 30 million savings and Ofqual's consultation on up to eight exams around 2030.
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