Joe Hardingham from Gateshead, who left school at 16 with only a maths GCSE, is now training future construction workers. His ...

A number of GCSE and A-level examinations could transition to digital formats by the end of the decade under new proposals from the exams regulator. Plans outlined in a consultation document published ...

The top performing secondary schools for GCSE performance have been revealed. The Department of Education this week published data for every secondary school in England based on GCSE results for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today’s GCSE results reveal that music has one of the highest increases in uptake, of any subject in 2025. More than 38,000 students took GCSE music in 2025, an increase of 6.1% compared to 2024. In ...

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 ...

Pupils picking up their GCSE results today face the 'fiercest ever' scramble for college places as results show more top grades were awarded this year. The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top ...

Thousands of students across the UK will find out what grades they achieved in their GCSE exams today, August 21, as results day arrives. Pupils will find out their grades when they head back to their ...

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 ...

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