The Latest Breaking News on GCSE and Higher results show worsening gap between richer and poorer pupils: pandemic assessment shows we should reconsider exams

Call to change policy of forced retakes as nearly 40,000 more pupils in England likely to miss grade 4 in one – or both – subjects

All the teenagers collecting their GCSE results this year have overcome significant difficulties. Their secondary school education has been thrown into upheaval by COVID-19: they have faced cancelled classes, have had to learn from home, have dealt with the social isolation and uncertainty of spending a significant part of their…

GCSE results are expected to be much lower than pre-pandemic

Letters: Leo David Crown says pupils are being treated as a statistical experiment and Alexander Cameron says the education secretary should be sticking up for the exam system, not undermining it. Plus a letter from Jim Maloney

Exam grading has plunged an unlucky cohort into a scramble for university, after a schooling ruined by Covid

Despite Tory pledges to close the attainment gap, this year’s results show it is widening

Ucas says 10,400 had been admitted through clearing by Friday, amid concern over lower grades awarded in England

Sixth form that prioritises teenagers from poorer backgrounds celebrates record university success.

Editorial: The Whitehall decision to return to pre-pandemic grading was premature, and unfair on a cohort whose education was defined by Covid