Earlier this week a new survey by BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Bitesize shed some light on what it’s like being a teenager in 2025 ... In an opinion piece for HuffPost UK, one headteacher suggested the ...

This article was last updated on 8 August 2025. GCSE results day in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was on Thursday 21 August 2025. Results day for National Qualifications in Scotland was on ...

10:18, Mon, Aug 25, 2025 Updated: 10:27, Mon, Aug 25, 2025 No more beating about the bush. If the latest GCSE results in maths and English are anything to go by, we’re all doomed. Two in five pupils ...

Waterloo Road star Scarlett Thomas has left fans wondering whether she sat her GCSEs after posting a TikTok video. The actor, who is the daughter of Coronation Street stars Ryan Thomas and Tina ...

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 ...

More than 70 per cent of adult learners passed GCSE maths and English language this week. A total of 41 students sat the exams this summer with Torfaen Adult Community Learning – 27 maths and 14 ...

The percentage of GCSE students achieving a standard pass has fallen slightly this year, sparking renewed concerns over the number of young people in England who may now be required to resit their ...

The proportion of GCSE entries scoring a decent pass has fallen again this year, prompting fears about young people in England being forced to resit their English and maths exams. More than two in ...

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.

The Government is considering scrapping compulsory English and maths resits at GCSE level. Pupils who fail these subjects at GCSE, aged 16, are made to resit them if they stay on for sixth form, since ...

Thur 21 Aug 5.41pm • Steven Gourgel came to the UK in 2023 with almost no English. He made a six-hour roundtrip from Leicestershire to Derby to get his GCSE results today ...