GCSEs can be a stressful time for young people and their families as these examinations are stepping stones to sixth form ...

Year 11 pupils are collecting their GCSEs across the West Midlands. Grades are now numerical - 1 to 9 - rather than the traditional A-G system but how different are the papers to when we took them as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The Government’s policy of making students resit maths and English GCSEs is “not fit for purpose” and it can undermine young people’s “confidence and motivation”, education leaders have warned.

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 those exams were aged 17 and older - an all-time high. While some of ...

Across the South West, the average Attainment 8 score was just a little lower at 46.1 – still above the national average.

The proportion of grades 7 to 9, which are equivalent to A*/A, rose by nearly 2 percentage points in 2025. The data for 2025 ...

The Department for Education published GCSE performance data for every secondary school in England for the 2024/25 academic ...

In Wirral the top rated school is West Kirkby Grammar with a 95.6% figure for pupils achieving Grade 5 or above in English ...