Today, organisations such as Unesco, the UN body for education, science and culture, are grappling with how schools and universities can respond to rising misinformation and declining trust in ...

White working class pupils will be targeted with a new GCSE resits qualification to end the misery of repeated failure in English and maths. It is understood the new functional skills course will be ...

Professor Becky Francis said a more nuanced, evidence-driven approach to students retaking maths and English post-16 is needed (PA) A review of the school curriculum will support changing the current ...

10:18, Mon, Aug 25, 2025 Updated: 10:27, Mon, Aug 25, 2025 No more beating about the bush. If the latest GCSE results in maths and English are anything to go by, we’re all doomed. Two in five pupils ...

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 ...

Experts talk of ‘resit crisis’ as number accounts for nearly a quarter of maths and English entries, an all-time high This year’s GCSE results in England delivered something that teachers and ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Government’s policy of making students resit maths and English GCSEs is “not fit for purpose” and it can undermine young ...

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 ...

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 ...

The proportion of GCSE entries scoring a decent pass has fallen again this year, prompting fears about young people in England being forced to resit their English and maths exams. More than two in ...

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