Browsing: GCSEs

Louise BrierleyChipping CampdenBBCArmy veteran Sam Coton said he drew on his experiences as a soldier to help studentsAn Army veteran who launched a coaching programme to…

Hazel ShearingEducation correspondentGetty ImagesNew vocational courses called V-levels will be rolled out for 16-year-olds under government plans to simplify a “confusing landscape” of qualifications in England.They…

The requirement that children who fail GCSE maths and English must repeatedly resit the exams is too inflexible and needs to be overhauled, according to Becky…

Lana Collie-James was 14 years old in the midst of the Covid pandemic when she was offered a stark choice: her education or her mother’s life.…

Secondary school pupils from low-income families are “bounced out” of studying subjects such as geography and languages because of fears about extra costs, according to a…

Oral assessments, more security checks and speedier marking are all on the cards as generative artificial intelligence (AI) could transform exams for the next generation of…

Mia Headington found out she had dyslexia the day before her first GCSE exam, but the diagnosis didn’t faze her. Opening her results envelope on Thursday…

This year’s GCSE results in England delivered something that teachers and policymakers had craved in recent years: stability, at least for most 16-year-olds.Covid and its aftermath…

Pupils in England who were thought to have been among the worst affected by Covid have bounced back in their GCSE results, with more achieving top…

Overall rise in grades; gap between boys and girls narrows in GCSE resultsThere has been an overall rise in grades among 16-year-olds taking GCSEs and the…