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Finally, a real stepping stone for GCSE English and maths learners

For students struggling through GCSE resits, this stepping stone qualification could be the breakthrough they need ...
The Independent

English Language GCSE should be scrapped to ‘end misery’ of third of teens being labelled as failures, report says

English Language GCSE should be scrapped to “end the misery” of a system which labels more than a third of 16-year-olds as failures, according to an inquiry set up by a headteachers’ union. The ...
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 ...
BBC

'Unfair' GCSE marks mean more resits, say colleges

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 ...
BBC

GCSE English and maths resits to rise by thousands

Tens of thousands more 16-year-olds than last year will need to resit their English and maths GCSE exams. More than 167,000 students in England received grade 3 or lower on their maths paper, about 21 ...