GCSE students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their results on Thursday 21 August. In England, GCSEs are graded using a numerical system from 9 to 1. They were previously used an A ...

The GCSE results for 2023 are out and, as predicted, the number of top grades has fallen from last year but is higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic, national figures show. As grading returns to ...

The 2025 GCSE pass rate has fallen slightly compared with 2024, with 67.4% of all grades in England, Wales and Northern Ireland at 4 or C and above. GCSEs in England are graded using a numerical ...

Boys outperformed girls at maths and Welsh language results were far higher than for English in November GCSEs ...

Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their GCSE and Level 2 vocational and technical qualification (VTQ) results on Thursday. The results will help them progress to sixth form, ...

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 ...

After first changing in 2017, many parents and students were left confused by the new way of grading GCSE exams, and some will want to know how they compare with the old system ahead of tomorrow's ...

The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades has risen from last year but fewer GCSE entries scored a decent pass this year, national figures show. Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland ...

Colleges in England are demanding a review of an "exceptional and unfair grade boundary increase" in an English language GCSE exam designed for resit students. They say an 11-mark increase of the ...

GCSE students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their results on Thursday 21 August. In England, GCSEs are graded using a numerical system from 9 to 1. That changed several years ago ...