Hundreds of thousands of teens across the country received their GCSE results this week after months of hard work. But it wasn't just 16-year-olds lining up to collect their results - 72-year-old ...

A teenage maths whizz has left teachers and family in awe after smashing his GCSE maths exam with just three weeks of intensive revision - and at the age of 13. Josh Cole, who is autistic and a ...

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 ...

A 72-year-old grandfather has passed his higher maths GCSE to show his grandchildren that "you are never too old to learn". After retiring from a 40-year career in the oil industry in the Middle East, ...

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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.

ITV News Midlands Correspondent Stacey Foster reports on the highs and lows as pupils across the country received their GCSE results. The number of top grades awarded for GCSEs has risen from last ...

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 ...

A 10-year-old boy from Greater Manchester has achieved the highest possible grade, a 9, in his maths GCSE. Chun Nok Eric Li, from Altrincham, sat a maths higher exam in June, despite still being in ...

A primary school pupil achieved top grades in GCSE maths after taking the exams five years early. Harry Clark, 11, took higher maths and further maths GCSEs this year - having previously gained a GCSE ...