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 ...

We're wrapping up our live coverage of results day for GCSE and other Level 2 students. Well done to all of you who got your results today. You can read the round-up of today's news here, and if ...

There has been a fall in the percentage of people receiving top GCSE grades in Northern Ireland in 2024 compared to last year. About 31% of students achieved grade A and above, compared to the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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GCSE students will be picking up their results on Thursday morning. Teenagers will find out if they have the grades they need to go on to study for their A levels, T levels, BTEC or get an ...

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers who moved from primary to secondary school during the pandemic have received their GCSE results - with the gender gap for top grades persisting. Nearly a quarter (24 ...

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 ...