The GCSE results for 2023 are out and, as predicted, the number of top grades has fallen from last year but is higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic, national figures show. As grading returns to ...

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 ...

The 2025 GCSE pass rate fell slightly compared with 2024, with 67.4% of all grades in England, Wales and Northern Ireland at 4 or C and above. GCSEs in England are graded using a numerical system from ...

Today, Thursday 22 August, is GCSE results day for secondary schools in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. This has been the UK’s biggest ever assessment series, with more than 6.5 million results ...

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 ...

The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades has risen from last year but fewer GCSE entries scored a decent pass this year, national figures show. Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland ...

Private schools gave out more generous GCSE grades than expected during the pandemic, new analysis suggests. The analysis by FFT Education Datalab found that during 2020 and 2021, when full public ...

Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their GCSE and Level 2 vocational and technical qualification (VTQ) results on Thursday. The results will help them progress to sixth form, ...

Fewer GCSE entries scored a decent pass this year following efforts to return results to pre-Covid levels. More than two in three (67.6%) of UK entries were awarded at least a 4 or a C grade – which ...

We've heard so much about the algorithm over the past week - that's the maths calculation that exam board Ofqual originally used to determine A-level and GCSE students' grades. The government later ...

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