The percentage of GCSE students achieving a standard pass has fallen slightly this year, sparking renewed concerns over the number of young people in England who may now be required to resit their ...

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 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 ...

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Teesside teens will find out their GCSE results this morning. College students across Teesside received their A-level results last week, and now it is the turn of Year 11. Results are typically ...

Today marks GCSE results day for thousands of Teesside students who have been eagerly waiting to see if their years of hard work and revision have paid off. Year 11 pupils collected the long-awaited ...

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The provisional results show that 31.6% of students achieved at least a 7 or an A grade and above, compared to 31.0% last year. Some 83.5% of students achieved grade C/4 and above, compared to 82.7% ...

Hundreds of thousands of pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their GCSE results today (Michael Cooper/PA) The proportion of GCSE entries scoring a decent pass has fallen again ...

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 curriculum and assessment review is due to set out its recommendations for young people who do not secure a decent pass in the autumn. The number of post-16 students taking GCSE resits in the ...