As state school parents will know, the difference between an excellent one and an average one is substantial. There are those ...

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 ...

Hundreds of thousands of teens across the country received their GCSE results this week after months of hard work. But it wasn't just 16-year-olds lining up to collect their results - 72-year-old ...

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GCSE resits for English and Maths could be scrapped after the pass rate fell to lowest in a decade. The current model requires students who fail these two core subjects at GCSE level to resit them ...

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 72-year-old grandfather has passed his higher maths GCSE to show his grandchildren that "you are never too old to learn". After retiring from a 40-year career in the oil industry in the Middle East, ...

There are not many nine-year-olds who can say they have a GCSE in maths. But that’s something Alex McKeown from Co Antrim can proudly say as he joined the celebrations with his teenage counterparts on ...

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.

ITV News Midlands Correspondent Stacey Foster reports on the highs and lows as pupils across the country received their GCSE results. The number of top grades awarded for GCSEs has risen from last ...

A 10-year-old boy from Greater Manchester has achieved the highest possible grade, a 9, in his maths GCSE. Chun Nok Eric Li, from Altrincham, sat a maths higher exam in June, despite still being in ...