File photo dated 24/05/10 of A-level students sit an A-level maths exam inside a sports hall. Plans to move some GCSE and A-level exams on to screens should be expanded to allow more subjects to pilot ...

Maths and science GCSE students will not need to memorise formulae and equations for their exams until at least 2030, under new government plans. Ministers have asked the exams watchdog, Ofqual, to ...

White working class pupils will be targeted with a new GCSE resits qualification to end the misery of repeated failure in English and maths. It is understood the new functional skills course will be ...

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 ...

There are not many nine-year-olds who can say they have a GCSE in maths. But that’s something Alex McKeown from Co Antrim can proudly say as he joined the celebrations with his teenage counterparts on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...