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 ...

A GCSE maths question has proven so challenging that it left 85% of individuals stumped when trying to figure out the correct answer. May marks the beginning of exam season, with millions of students ...

Thousands of teenagers are opening up their GCSE and BTEC results this morning, with some taking part in a ground-breaking pilot scheme that allows them to access their grades through a mobile app. It ...

GCSE maths is vital, but changes are needed in the way it is taught, argues Jill Duffy. Plus, a reader shares painful memories of their exams One-third of students reach 16 without a good pass in ...

Compulsory maths and English retakes speak of a system that ignores pupils’ real talents. But hope is on the horizon That time of year approaches when we ritually sacrifice 40% of our 16-year-olds to ...

Tens of thousands more 16-year-olds than last year will need to resit their English and maths GCSE exams. More than 167,000 students in England received grade 3 or lower on their maths paper, about 21 ...

Experts warn a number of areas face "acute" competition for sixth-form places - singling out one major city THOUSANDS of teenagers will have to resit their GCSE English and Maths exams after fewer ...

After five years of secondary school education, hundreds of thousands of Year 11 students are eagerly receiving their GCSE exam results today. Pupils across the UK sat various examinations through to ...

Emil Bednarski said he had unknowingly found one of the questions while revising A pupil was stripped of his maths GCSE after a question he found online while revising appeared on his exam paper. Emil ...

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