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GCSE results 2018 – How did boys and girls do in English and maths?

In this year’s GCSEs, only the results in English and maths are directly comparable with 2017, as these two…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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GCSE results 2018: subject tables

Our 2019 subject tables can be accessed here. Comparing subjects across the years is a bit tricky this year…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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GCSE results 2018: Grade 9 makes up over 4% of all results in England

This story is over a year old. The updated 2019 story, which shows a rise in grade 9s issued…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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GCSE Results 2018: The 7 most interesting things we have learned

GCSE results are out and it is a complicated set of results. From a Schools Week perspective, the most…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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GCSE results: AQA confirms question error and social media leak on science exams

AQA has confirmed two science papers were hit by a question error and leak on social media in this summer’s…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Pupil destinations will trump Progress 8 as headline measure for UTCs

The Department for Education is changing the way it judges the success of university technical colleges and studio schools,…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson


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Ofqual lowers pass grade for higher tier science

Ofqual has dropped the pass threshold for the GCSE science higher tier exams this year, following concerns that too…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Small academy trust must investigate money paid to private companies

A small academy trust which is about to be wound up has been told to urgently investigate grant advances…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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A-level Results 2018: Chinese A-level overtakes German for first time

More pupils studied Chinese A-level than German for the first time this year. According to a breakdown of entries…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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A-level results 2018: boys vs girls

Boys have again beaten girls to the top A-level grades – with 8.5 per cent of male candidates achieving…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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A-level results 2018: Business studies surges in popularity but geography declines

Business studies has had a surge in popularity among this year’s A-level pupils as traditional favourites like geography begin…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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A-level results 2018: subject tables

To see how your students have done in their A-levels compared to other students nationwide, Education Datalab has produced…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter