The government’s curriculum review needs to be bold and cut what’s not working for young people, says Myles McGinley. Plus a letter from Prof Michael Bassey The emerging evidence on exams and mental ...

GCSE data has shown how every area of Wales ranks in terms of their results, with the statistics showing the local authorities performing best. The data shows which areas get the best results for A*-A ...

Thousands of students across Greater Manchester - and the rest of England and Wales - will find out their GCSE results today. Across the country, 15 and 16-year-olds who sat their exams in May and ...

As over one million students receive their GCSE results, Sky News has found gender and factors linked to deprivation remain troubling predictors of students' performance. Overall GCSE grades are ...

Today’s GCSE results reveal that music has one of the highest increases in uptake, of any subject in 2025. More than 38,000 students took GCSE music in 2025, an increase of 6.1% compared to 2024. In ...

Spanish has become the most popular foreign language for GCSE students, overtaking French for the first time. Its rise is partly attributed to Spain's popularity as a holiday destination and the ...

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 ...

Pupils across Merseyside will receive their GCSE grades today. Across the country, hundreds of thousands of school children will be nervously waiting to find out how they have done. Results are ...

Thousands of students across the UK will find out what grades they achieved in their GCSE exams today, August 21, as results day arrives. Pupils will find out their grades when they head back to their ...

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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 ...

There's nothing quite like putting yourself to the test - whether it's a quiz on the television or a quiz night down your local pub - seeing if you can outsmart the quizmaster is hard to resist. But ...