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 ...

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 ...

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.

The GCSE gender gap is the smallest it has been since the year 2000, with boys slowly closing in on the lead set by girls, the 2025 exam figures show. English and maths resits have reached an all-time ...

Exam season is under way and for school-leavers across the county, that means the challenge of GCSEs. In 2006, we reported that teenager Rhiannon Monckton, 15, who was taking GCSEs in maths, physics ...

Year 11s take their moment to celebrate another fantastic year of achievement as GCSEs are awarded nationally. Two-thirds of ...

A maths whizzkid has become one of the youngest people ever to bag an A* GCSE grade - nine years earlier than most students take their exams. Seven-year-old Thomas Barnes is believed to be amongst the ...

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 ...