Up and down the city and in the surrounding towns, pupils went to pick up their grades this morning.
The results were based on teacher predictions, following a U-turn by the government in the aftermath of anger at the way A-Level results were handled.
You can recap all the updates from across the Portsmouth area in our live blog here.
Readers can also see how schools performed in our updating list – which can be found here.
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33. Park Community School
(l to r), Kali Hepworth, Kayleigh Clark, and Aaliyah Kenyon all sixteen at Park Community School in Leigh Park with their results. Picture Ian Hargreaves (200820-5) Photo: ih
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(l to r), Sophie Hill and Elena Kosti both sixteen at Park Community School in Leigh Park with their results. Picture Ian Hargreaves (200820-6) Photo: ih
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(l to r), Ella Churchill and Ella Jeffrey both 16 at Park Community School in Leigh Park on results day. Picture Ian Hargreaves (200820-7) Photo: ih
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(l to r), Jacob Nunn, Shane McLellan and Leo Humphrey all 16 with their grades at Park Community School in Leigh Park. Picture Ian Hargreaves (200820-8) Photo: ih