With exam season in full swing, here are some top tips on how to spot if the stress is getting to you - and what you can do about it.

What are the signs of exam anxiety - and how can you deal with it?

Grades are expected to be lower than during the Covid-19 pandemic, but higher than 2019. 

Anxious wait for thousands of A-level students expecting exam results

Pupils sitting CCEA exams in Northern Ireland will have advance notice of the content of their exam papers in 2023.

NI students to have advance warning of exam topics

Education Correspondent Peter Bearne interviews psychologist Dr Victoria Lewis who shares her advice on how to deal with feelings of anxiety during exam season.

How can I reduce my stress and anxiety during exams? 

Mared Foulkes died within hours of being told she had failed a crucial exam despite the fact it was later updated to a pass by the university.

Cardiff University student Mared Foulkes found dead hours after failing exam

Students getting results this week have had both their two years of study interrupted by the pandemic

Exams 2021: A Level students get their results tomorrow

Mr Weir said that there would be significant reductions in assessment across a  range of qualifications.

Weir announces return of exams but warns it 'will not be business as usual'

AQE has confirmed this year's single entrance exam will still go ahead in February subject to the latest public health guidance. 

AQE confirm transfer test will still go ahead in February

A support package for young people is to be discussed, as schools closed and exams were cancelled, due to England's third lockdown. 

Support package outlined for students after exam cancellations

Footage obtained by ITV Central appears to show BTEC students at Leicester College waiting outside their exam hall without being able to stick to Covid rules.

BTEC students seen waiting outside exam hall without social distancing

Students at Outwood Academy Adwick, north of Doncaster, concentrated on celebrating their results as their parents described how uncertainly over GCSEs had caused stress and anxiety.

Students celebrate in Doncaster as parents describe stress of GCSE uncertainty

Students at Bristnall Hall Academy in Oldbury, as they receive their GCSE results.

Students across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have been collecting their results this month, despite exams being cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. But, the results days have been surrounded by confusion and uncertainty. 

Results 2020: Your questions answered

After months of anxious waiting, GCSE results day is finally here. As pupils collect their results here's an overview of what to expect. 

GCSE Results: What to expect and how the grading system will work

Duncan Wood: "You never know when you're going to hit a bump in the road and get knocked out of your stride. It is though the way you recover that really matters."

Blog: Presenter Duncan Wood talks about making the grade

Teachers' leaders meet exam regulator Ofqual at its
Coventry offices as the row continues over the marking of last
week's English GCSEs.

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