Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from GCSE

Top GCSE grades rise but key pass rate falls

Teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their exam results to help them progress to sixth form, college or training.

Evening Standard

How to watch the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup: TV channel and live stream

A festival of rugby is planned as 16 nations vie for glory

Evening Standard

GCSE students receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’

The Education Secretary said students showed “remarkable resilience” despite the disruption to their education

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

GCSE results day: Grade boundaries, how to appeal, and why some students are getting results through an app

Thousands of GCSE students in England will get their grades in an app - but there are other things to look out for as well

The Independent UK

What can pupils expect from this summer’s GCSE results?

Tens of thousands of pupils in England will get their grades in an app this year as part of a Government pilot.

Evening Standard

GCSE cohort receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’

Many of the pupils who sat their GCSEs this summer were in Year 6 when schools closed because of the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Pupils receiving GCSE results ‘may face more competition for sixth form places’

Competition for the most selective sixth forms would be ‘fiercer’ after the VAT change on private school fees, one education expert said.

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Despite A-level popularity, maths education after 16 is still lacking in England

Mathematics at A-level is going from strength to strength. Maths is the most popular subject choice, and further maths, which is a separate A-level course, has seen the most growth in uptake. Despite this, concerns still remain about the mathematical skills of young people who do not choose to study…

The Conversation

Sault review – GCSE-level drama performance borders on the pretentious

Standout moments included Chronixx captivating on stage, Yasiin Bey delivering a seamless guest verse and Cleo Sol’s ethereal appearance – but the theatrics felt alienating

The Guardian - UK

Warning over ‘chronic’ under-performance of boys at GCSEs

IN FULL

The Independent UK

Underperformance of boys at GCSE level ‘should be a matter of national concern’ professor says

Professor Alan Smithers said the talents of boys are not being developed as ‘fully’ as they could be

The Independent UK

‘Chronic’ under-performance of boys at GCSE should be treated as major issue

Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their exam results on Thursday next week.

Evening Standard

Brampton Manor Academy Delivers Best Ever A-Level Results In 2025: Here's Their Entry Requirements And How To Get In

Brampton Manor Academy achieves record A-Level results in 2025, with over 250 straight-A students and competitive entry requirements for its sought-after sixth form.

International Business Times UK

What can students expect from this summer’s exam results?

Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their A-level results on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

A-level and GCSE results are being released. Here’s what to expect

Hundreds of thousands of pupils are about to discover their results

The Independent UK

Exam board fined £350k after sending students incorrect GCSE results

Those with incorrect lower grades were eventually issued their correct results

Evening Standard

Exam board faces £350,000 fine after students received wrong GCSE results

More than 1,500 pupils were awarded the incorrect results for WJEC’s Eduqas food preparation and nutrition GCSE in 2024.

The Guardian - UK

Ofqual admits massively exaggerating number of students getting exam assistance

Regulator for England withdraws statistics for students receiving assistance in A-Level and GCSE exams going back to 2014

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Fewer pupils in less affluent English schools taking languages, survey finds

Less than half taking foreign languages GCSEs compared with 69% in most prosperous state schools

The Independent UK

The foreign language that is now the most popular among GCSE students

The overall number of entries for this summer’s exams for both GCSEs and A-levels has decreased

Evening Standard

Spanish overtakes French as most popular foreign language GCSE, figures suggest

Ofqual has published the provisional number of entries for GCSEs, AS and A-levels in England for this summer’s exam series.

The Guardian - UK

‘They are making young people ill’: is it time to scrap GCSEs?

They have shaped the fortunes of young people in the UK for four decades. But now even the former education secretary who introduced these exams wants to see them abolished ...

The Guardian - UK

Think you know a lot about Dickens? Then who’s this Herbert character?

This minor figure from Great Expectations has sown panic at the GCSEs. Be honest: have you even heard of him, asks Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

UK government urged to introduce GCSE in Ukrainian for child refugees

Children’s commissioner joins Kyiv in asking DfE to create new qualification to cope with ‘immense upheaval’ of fleeing war

The Guardian - UK

Genius Game: David Tennant’s brainiac gameshow is even duller than doing GCSE maths

Britain loves a gameshow. But the contestants here compete in puzzles so unthinkably boring and complex that you’re baffled from the get-go. Then someone gets locked in a cage …

1 2 3 4 5

People

Katharine Birbalsingh

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.