TOMORROW is the big day for thousands of GCSE students across Dorset.
Results will be available from schools and colleges in the morning allowing teenagers to plan the next steps in their lives.
Some will go on to study A levels or BTECs while others will go into work or take on apprenticeships.
The Good Schools Guide has issued advice to students and their parents as the big day approaches.
It urges students to take a mobile phone with them when they collect their results so they can contact family and friends.
It also suggests taking a trusted adult for moral support and a pen, piece of paper and a calculator.
Good Schools Guide director Bernadette John also urged parents to accompany their children to school
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