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

The government will confirm V Levels, alongside new “stepping stone” qualifications for GCSE English and maths resit students ...

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 ...

GCSE resits for English and Maths could be scrapped amid the pass rate falling to its lowest level in a decade. The current model requires students who fail these two core subjects at GCSE level to ...

Each year, around 200,000 pupils in state-funded schools in England do not achieve a grade four or above in both English and Maths GCSE at age 16: about one-third of all students. The Department for ...

Three more mistakes have been found in GCSE and A-level exam papers taken by thousands of pupils in the summer exam season. A-level physics and a GCSE Latin paper from the OCR exam board and an AQA ...

Lezhi Xie, known as Timmy, achieved the highest grade possible in the foundation maths GCSE paper, after being tutored by Baxter College maths teacher Mike Harwood. The Foley Park Primary Academy ...

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 ...