The Independent

I’m a maths teacher… which is why I say the GCSE has to be revamped

In this country, mathematics is a loaded subject. Whenever I say I’m a maths teacher, I'll watch the other person’s face change. There is always a reaction. A few of them will be like, “Oh my god, I ...
BBC

Record numbers of GCSE results were resits - are we in a 'resit crisis'?

For almost a quarter of pupils taking Maths and English GCSEs this year, it wasn't their first rodeo. Some 23.4% of pupils taking those exams were aged 17 and older - an all-time high. While some of ...
BBC

England GCSE results show widening north-south divide

It's GCSE results day for hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland Pass rates have fallen for a second year running – with 68.2% of all grades marked at grades 4/C and ...
BBC

Record numbers of GCSE results were resits - are we in a 'resit crisis'?

The number of pupils sitting resits this year was at an all-time high For almost a quarter of pupils taking Maths and English GCSEs this year, it wasn't their first rodeo. Some 23.4% of pupils taking ...