A head teacher has expressed concerns for the "guinea pig year group" who are the first to study 15 new-look GCSEs in Wales. Year 10 students started studying the new courses earlier this month as ...

A head teacher has expressed concerns for the "guinea pig year group" who are the first to study 15 new-look GCSEs in Wales. Year 10 students started studying the new courses earlier this month as ...

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Everyone, no matter their background, should have an equal chance to work in science – but there are huge systemic barriers.

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 ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...

Today is GCSE results day, and as ever that is cause for celebration: one in five entries got at least a grade seven (equivalent to an A). However, despite all the headline photos of smiling faces, ...

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 ...

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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.

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Teenagers across the UK will be receiving their GCSE grades this morning. School pupils will learn what they have achieved during their time in senior school. The vast majority of students taking ...