Thousands of teenagers are opening up their GCSE and BTEC results this morning, with some taking part in a ground-breaking pilot scheme that allows them to access their grades through a mobile app. It ...

A primary school pupil has got top grades in GCSE maths after taking the exams five years early. Harry Clark, 11, took higher maths and further maths GCSEs this year – having previously gained a GCSE ...

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 ...

The GCSE gender gap is the smallest it has been since the year 2000, with boys slowly closing in on the lead set by girls, the 2025 exam figures show. English and maths resits have reached an all-time ...

Kamal Askani received a grade 7 in his higher maths GCSE 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 ...

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The gap in GCSE results between boys and girls is now at its narrowest point this century. Hundreds of thousands of pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their GCSE results today ...

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 ...

Pupils picking up their GCSE results today face the 'fiercest ever' scramble for college places as results show more top grades were awarded this year. The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top ...

An 11-year-old boy has passed his maths GCSE with the highest grade possible. Harry Clark achieved a grade nine for the higher paper and also got an eight in his further maths exam, falling just one ...

We're celebrating great GCSE results from schools across Birmingham and the West Midlands - and there have been some incredible success stories. Our blog has everything you need to know from grade ...

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 ...