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 ...

GCSE resits for English and Maths could be scrapped amid the pass rate falling to its lowest level in a decade. The current model requires students who fail these two core subjects at GCSE level to ...

The policy of making school pupils resit GCSEs until they pass is "not fit for purpose", education leaders have said. This year, a record number of GCSE exams were compulsory resits, and calls are ...

Hundreds of thousands of GCSE students in England, Northern Ireland and Wales have received their grades. The pass rate has fallen slightly compared with 2024, with 67.4% of all grades in England, ...

This page provides tailored tips based on GCSE English literature past papers to help you approach your English literature exam questions effectively. You'll find advice on structuring your answers, ...

THOUSANDS of teenagers will have to resit their GCSE English and Maths exams after fewer than two-thirds achieved pass marks. Pupils are anxiously opening their results today as the entire UK returned ...

Pearson, one of the three leading exam boards in the UK, has warned that urgent reform at GSCE level is needed. If English (as a subject) is to survive at both A-Level and higher education, it needs ...

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.

The curriculum and assessment review is due to set out its recommendations for young people who do not secure a decent pass in the autumn. The number of post-16 students taking GCSE resits in the ...