GCSE resits for English and Maths could be scrapped after the pass rate fell to its lowest level in a decade. The current model requires students who fail these two core subjects at GCSE level to ...

The number of pupils sitting resits this year was at an all-time high For almost a quarter of pupils taking Maths and English GCSEs this year, it wasn't their first rodeo. Some 23.4% of pupils taking ...

Thousands of nervous students across the UK are about to discover their GCSE ad BTEC results today - but how does the grading system work? While lots of us remember the traditional A*-C grading system ...

It has been five years since these GCSE students first entered secondary school – in the middle of a global pandemic. Now, Year 11 pupils have collected their results from schools across Hampshire and ...

The policy of making school pupils resit GCSEs until they pass is "not fit for purpose", education leaders have said. This year, a record number of GCSE exams were compulsory resits, and calls are ...

It's a huge day for students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland as they receive their GCSE results on Thursday 21 August. It's a big milestone for youngsters as their GCSE grades are important ...

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Students across England and Wales are due to find out their GCSE results today (Thursday, August 21). Teenagers across Nottinghamshire will finally find out if their hard work has paid off after ...

The government’s policy of making students resit maths and English GCSEs is “not fit for purpose”, education leaders have warned. Politicians have been urged to “rethink” how young people are ...

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Pupils picking up their GCSE results today face the 'fiercest ever' scramble for college places as results show more top grades were awarded this year. The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top ...

Across England, Northern Ireland and Wales hundreds of thousands of students will collect their GCSE or other Level 2 results on Thursday. Exams regulator Ofqual has suggested around 300,000 fewer top ...