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Colleges in England are demanding a review of an "exceptional and unfair grade boundary increase" in an English language GCSE exam designed for resit students. They say an 11-mark increase of the ...

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 ...

A councillor who has obtained a level 7 English language GCSE having retired in 2022 said he enjoyed the class so much he has signed up for GCSE maths in September. Keith Dibble, 68, a Labour ...

The Government launched a review of curriculum and assessment in schools and colleges just weeks after winning the general ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...