The Latest Breaking News from GCSE

Conservative policies have trapped pupils in a zero-sum game. Ending unfair selection and rethinking exams could start to change this, says journalist Fiona Millar

Rush to push results back to pre-pandemic levels will hit England’s school leavers hard this year, say education experts

University spaces expected to fly on results day as A-level students advised to have a Plan B

This year’s national results in England will be lower than last year, but they are expected to be similar to 2019.

There is an ‘expectation’ exam aids given to students in some GCSE subjects this summer will not be in place next year, the schools minister said.

Everything you need to know about results days 2023

From September 2024, GCSE pupils in Greater Manchester may be able to embark on a educational pathway created specifically for them. Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, announced his plans to introduce a Manchester Baccalaureate (MBacc) in May 2023 and a public consultation on the plans has recently closed.

Blamed for rising teenage anxiety and encouraging teaching to the test, GCSEs in their current form are letting young people down, they argue

Survey finds German is most affected by shift towards single-language offer in key stage 3

The Royal Society of Chemistry and Institute of Physics criticised the Welsh Government's plans to change GCSE science qualifications

The new GCSEs will be taught from 2025 and sat first in summer 2027