A level students will be learning their fate today, with GCSE pupils picking up their results next Thursday.

But for the fifth year in a row, not all of the region's schools will be sharing how well - or not- their pupils have done.

In an approach introduced during the Covid pandemic, many schools will be opting to keep their overall results undisclosed as their pupils return to open their envelopes.

Traditionally, on exam results day, every school in Norfolk would share the percentage of their pupils who achieved certain grades at the end of their studies.

For A Levels, this would be the percentage of grades between A* and C, while for GCSE it would be grades 4 or above in English and maths. 

However, in 2020, school leaders from then Educate Norfolk - a prominent association of headteachers - issued advice urging schools not to disclose their results publicly.

At the time, it was explained this move was due to the unprecedented way results were calculated meaning it would be unfair to compare to previous years.

In 2020, all exams were cancelled due to various lockdowns and results were calculated using predicted grades, teacher assessments and coursework submissions.

In subsequent years, this trend has continued with the organisation - now known as Norfolk School Leaders' Association - reviewing its decision each year.

Critics have argued the approach has made it more difficult for parents to make informed decisions about school choices.

But NSLA has confirmed that the advice would be again issued this year.

A spokeswoman said: "The decision not to release preliminary data was made during the Covid pandemic and is now reviewed annually.

"As an organisation, we do not feel that publishing incomplete and invalidated data is helpful to parents.

"Parents will be able to access the full range of accountability measures when these are released by the Department for Education in the autumn."