However, college leaders say winning sought-after spots will be more competitive this year while fears have been raised that nearly a third of pupils could fail GCSE English and maths.

Progress 8 scores remain the main performance benchmark on which secondary schools are judged, however, the Department for ...

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

Students are funded to retake maths and/or English until they achieve a GCSE grade 9 to 4. For students with a grade 2 or below, they can either study towards a pass in functional skills level 2 ...

GCSE results come out on Thursday, 21 August from 08:00 BST. If you are collecting them in person, check with your school for ...

All students in England under the age of 18 need to study English and maths. This means that if you don’t pass your GCSE exams in these subjects, you’ll need to sit them again.

Ahead of GCSE results day this week, Prof Smithers said: “It must be soul-destroying to continually have to re-take English and/or maths. Surely, there is an urgent need for a policy rethink.” ...

The current GCSE maths and English resit policy must be scrapped. Those students who haven’t achieved the required grade are forced into repeated resits which are demotivating and can lead to ...