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 across the North East are opening their GCSE results today. Young people have been waiting anxiously to find out if they have achieved the grades they hoped for after months of working towards ...

As over one million students receive their GCSE results, Sky News has found gender and factors linked to deprivation remain troubling predictors of students' performance. Overall GCSE grades are ...

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 ...

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers are finding out how well they've done at school this year as their GCSE results are finally released this morning. As is tradition, pupils are able to collect their ...

THOUSANDS of GCSE students are eagerly opening their results this morning. Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are finding out their GCSE and level 2 vocational and technical qualification ...

The percentage of GCSE entries achieving top grades has seen a slight increase from last year, however, fewer entries managed to secure a decent pass this year, according to national statistics.

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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Thousands of students across Greater Manchester - and the rest of England and Wales - will find out their GCSE results today. Across the country, 15 and 16-year-olds who sat their exams in May and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...