For almost a quarter of pupils taking Maths and English GCSEs this year, it wasn't their first rodeo. Some 23.4% of pupils taking those exams were aged 17 and older - an all-time high. While some of ...

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 ...

More than half of teenagers failed to score a strong pass in both their English and maths GCSEs this year, official figures show. School leaders warned that youngsters could be left feeling ...

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 ...

Parents are up in arms over a high school's decision regarding GCSEs, with one parent revealing their son has been pulled from his history class in Year 11 to make room for additional maths lessons.

The number of female students choosing to sit GCSE computing in the UK saw a year-on-year drop in 2021. Female candidate numbers dropped from 16,919 in 2020 to 16,549 this year, despite the overall ...

Alison Hardy consults for the Design and Technology Association. There has been a worrying decline in recent years in the number of teenagers opting to take design and technology (D&T) at GCSE. While ...

The number of pupils sitting resits this year was at an all-time high For almost a quarter of pupils taking Maths and English GCSEs this year, it wasn't their first rodeo. Some 23.4% of pupils taking ...

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.