Kent and Medway’s best-performing secondary schools ranked by GCSE results - but head teachers bemoan missing progress metric

The head teachers of Kent’s top-ranked secondary schools say the latest league tables are missing the “fairest” measure of ...
FE Week

Ofqual boss quizzed on resit ‘treadmill’, V Levels, AI anxiety and new rebuke powers

After “inheriting” a large backlog of cases when he became chief regulator, partly due to covid, Bauckham admitted that ...
The Guardian

Some GCSEs and A-levels in England could be taken on laptops by 2030, Ofqual says

Qualifications watchdog launches consultation amid complaints from pupils about writing fatigue in exams Students could be sitting some of their GCSEs and A-levels on a laptop by the end of the decade ...
Get Surrey

GCSE results day 2025: Results, reaction and grade boundaries across Surrey as pupils get their grades

Thousands of pupils all over Surrey picked up their GCSE results today (August 21). Just one week after their peers got their A-level grades, it was now the turn of Year 11 pupils to find out how they ...
Daily Mail

GCSE resits for English and Maths could be scrapped as pass rate falls to lowest level in a decade

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 ...
Liverpool Echo

Drop in key GCSE pass rates sparks concerns over English and maths resits

The percentage of GCSE students achieving a standard pass has fallen slightly this year, sparking renewed concerns over the number of young people in England who may now be required to resit their ...
Classic FM

GCSE music entries rise for two consecutive years after historic decline

Today’s GCSE results reveal that music has one of the highest increases in uptake, of any subject in 2025. More than 38,000 students took GCSE music in 2025, an increase of 6.1% compared to 2024. In ...
The Independent

Why GCSE English and maths resits policy is ‘not fit for purpose’

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester boy, 10, sits maths GCSE and receives highest grade

A young boy has achieved a remarkable Grade 9 in GCSE maths. Chun Nok Eric Li, from Altrincham, was one of thousands of other students across the country to receive their GCSE results today (August 21 ...
The Guardian

Gender gap smallest since 2016 as pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive GCSE results – as it happened

Boys show improved results in major subjects while girls slip back in traditionally strong subjects such as English GCSE results: pupils in England bounce back from pandemic There has been an overall ...
Liverpool Echo

Live GCSE results day 2025 updates and grade boundaries as Merseyside pupils get their results

Pupils across Merseyside will receive their GCSE grades today. Across the country, hundreds of thousands of school children will be nervously waiting to find out how they have done. Results are ...