92-year-old Derek Skipper was all smiles this morning after learning he passed his maths GCSE, more than 75 years since he took his last maths exam. When Derek was at school he used a slide rule to ...

GCSE Results Day 2019 is here. Thursday, August 22, is when students are finding out how well they did and what the marking system was like in this year's grade boundaries. Schools in Birmingham - and ...

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 results day is just a few weeks away, and soon Year 11 students will know whether their two years of hard work paid off. This year, even more GCSE subjects will be graded on the new numerical ...

In June 2017, students in England sat the new 9-1 maths GCSE papers for the first time. The change was more than a simple altering of grades from the previous A* – G to 9 – 1. Many topics were moved ...

An 11-year-old boy from Northumberland has gained the top grade in GCSE maths after dropping just seven marks across two papers. Harry Thew, a student at Bede Academy in Blyth, astonished teachers and ...

A talented schoolboy has passed his Maths GCSE with the highest grade possible - at the age of 11. Tom Van der Velde was awarded a grade 9 in his second exam in the subject. At the age of nine, he ...

Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their GCSE and Level 2 vocational and technical qualification (VTQ) results on Thursday. The results will help them progress to sixth form, ...

A talented schoolboy has passed his Maths GCSE with the highest grade possible - at the age of 11. Tom Van der Velde was awarded a grade 9 in his second exam in the subject. At the age of nine, he ...