10:18, Mon, Aug 25, 2025 Updated: 10:27, Mon, Aug 25, 2025 No more beating about the bush. If the latest GCSE results in maths and English are anything to go by, we’re all doomed. Two in five pupils ...

A teenage maths whizz has left teachers and family in awe after smashing his GCSE maths exam with just three weeks of intensive revision - and at the age of 13. Josh Cole, who is autistic and a ...

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 ...

A 72-year-old grandfather has passed his higher maths GCSE to show his grandchildren that "you are never too old to learn". After retiring from a 40-year career in the oil industry in the Middle East, ...

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.

THOUSANDS of pupils scored top GCSE results despite starting secondary school when Covid shut classrooms - as more older teens than ever were forced into resits. This year’s 16-year-olds were the ...

The Government is considering scrapping compulsory English and maths resits at GCSE level. Pupils who fail these subjects at GCSE, aged 16, are made to resit them if they stay on for sixth form, since ...

GCSE pupils across the North East have been receiving their results today, with a number of the region's schools reporting their most successful year for top grades. Kenton School and Jesmond Park ...

A 10-year-old boy from Greater Manchester has achieved the highest possible grade, a 9, in his maths GCSE. Chun Nok Eric Li, from Altrincham, sat a maths higher exam in June, despite still being in ...

Thousands of teenagers across Leicestershire lined up at at their schools today to find out their GCSE results. After years of hard work and dedication, students across the county found out how they ...

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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 ...