In England, GCSEs are graded using a numerical system from 9 to 1. They were previously used an A-to-U letter system. Exams ...

EPI found a “significant disadvantage gap” in resit outcomes. On average, disadvantaged students receive 0.2 grades less than ...

Pupils will receive their GCSE results via app in future after a Government pilot this summer. Ministers hope the app could be rolled out as early as 2026, meaning teenagers will no longer have to ...

The new GCSE is one of the first new GCSEs to be launched since the reform of GCSE qualifications in 2017. 'The Government will work closely with independent experts and a range of stakeholder ...

GCSE league tables 2012: compare your school's performance. The latest GCSE school league tables show the performance of English secondary schools in GCSE and equivalent qualifications.

The biggest jump was in the GCSE equivalent level - (BTec Firsts) which almost doubled between 2008-09 and this year. This year, 364,229 teenagers completed the qualification, compared with ...

GCSE gender gap at its narrowest in 14 years One in four female entries achieved at least a grade 7 or A this year, ... Last summer the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) ...

The new “tougher” GCSE exams appear to play to boys’ strengths, as the gender gap is now at its narrowest in seven years, figures show. This year, 23.3 per cent of students were awarded the ...

A qualification in dry-stone walling was on the hit list More than 5,000 qualifications in England studied by few or, in some cases, no students are being scrapped. The Department for Education is ...

All the teenagers collecting their GCSE results this year have overcome significant difficulties. Their secondary school education has been thrown into upheaval by COVID-19: they have faced cancelled ...

Thousands of vocational qualifications will no longer count towards schools’ GCSE performance in league tables. One headteacher tells Channel 4 News why he welcomes the plans. More than 3,000 ...

Embracing Wales’ refreshed focus on hands-on, enquiry-based geography, the charity has developed a series of dedicated ...