GCSE

Inmates serving long sentences at one of the UK’s most secure prisons have been allowed to study GCSE English for the first…

It’s a scene that can still have the power to terrify, even years after the event. Rows of hunched backs, bent over exam…

August is always an anxious month for young people awaiting exam results. But this year brought an added stress: Ofqual, the…

The Great Sankey school has seen ‘exceptionally high performers’ emerge from its class of 2023 and staff are extremely…

Pupils receiving their GCSE grades this year should be proud of beating pre-pandemic achievements, despite moderators deciding…

Joshua Chabala clutched the envelope containing his GCSE results in his hand with a smile on his face.“I was so scared coming…

It could have been worse, as some parents will doubtless be whispering even now through a furiously slammed teenage bedroom…

The largest gap on record between top GCSE grades awarded to pupils in London and those in north-east England has prompted…

As students receive their GCSE results on Thursday, much of the discussion will focus on the fact that they are significantly…

Higher fall in proportion of top grades in England than in other UK nationsMichael GoodierThe figures show the gap between the…

Schools and colleges in England are expecting a flood of “demotivated” young people forced to retake their GCSE English and…

Children in England who are referred to social services at any point in their childhood are twice as likely to fail GCSE maths…