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 ...

White working-class pupils are to benefit from a new qualification aimed at children who fail English and maths at GCSE.

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

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Recommendations to help young people make better progress post-16 will be reflected in the coming skills white paper, ...

A new V-Level qualification is to be rolled out in a major overhaul of the education system for pupils aged 16 to 19, the ...

A HUNGARIAN who not only conquered English but picked up a Scouse accent has helped his Liverpool school smash its GCSE targets. David Horvath, 16, struggled with English when he first arrived at city ...

Experts warn a number of areas face "acute" competition for sixth-form places - singling out one major city THOUSANDS of teenagers will have to resit their GCSE English and Maths exams after fewer ...

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 ...

A councillor who has obtained a level 7 English language GCSE having retired in 2022 said he enjoyed the class so much he has signed up for GCSE maths in September. Keith Dibble, 68, a Labour ...

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.