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 ...

A teenage maths whizz has left teachers and family in awe after smashing his GCSE maths exam with just three weeks of intensive revision - and at the age of 13. Josh Cole, who is autistic and a ...

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, ...

The Government is considering scrapping compulsory English and maths resits at GCSE level. Pupils who fail these subjects at GCSE, aged 16, are made to resit them if they stay on for sixth form, since ...

The number of pupils receiving top grades in their GCSE's in Wales has risen slightly this year, according to an overview of 2025 results. Thousands of pupils across the country have received their ...

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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 ...

A young boy has achieved a remarkable Grade 9 in GCSE maths. Chun Nok Eric Li, from Altrincham, was one of thousands of other students across the country to receive their GCSE results today (August 21 ...

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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The government’s policy of making students resit maths and English GCSEs is “not fit for purpose”, education leaders have warned. Politicians have been urged to “rethink” how young people are ...