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A-level results 2016: How Schools Week will report the day and why

Last year we canvassed opinion on what people dislike about coverage of results days – A-level and GCSE – and what they would like to see instead. Editor Laura McInerney explains how Schools Week will be covering the day. People really dislike: – Stories focused on kids getting billions of A*s – Kids sobbing […]

A-level results 2016: How can teachers help during UCAS clearing?

A-level results day can be traumatic for students who miss their university offer grades – but what can teachers do to help? It can be devastating if pupils you’ve worked with for years miss the grades they need to take their university place. UCAS Clearing can help students find a place despite their lower grades. […]

A-level results 2016: Live Blog

It is A-level results day and we are celebrating everyone’s successes, but with a particular interest in secondary modern pupils. There are 88 schools across the country who admit students who did not pass the 11+ exams and have sixth forms that teach A-levels. An often ignored but tremendously important group, we wanted to share […]

IGCSE English results 2016: Pass rate increases in final year of league table inclusion

The pass rate for IGCSEs in English language has risen this year with more than 210,000 pupils sitting the exams in the final year before the qualification will be removed from league tables. Results released today by Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) show that 64.6 per cent of pupils achieved at least a grade C, up from 63.2 […]

‘Inspiring’ Jessica shines with GCSE results

Wheelchair bound Jessica Soanes, who attends Sherborne School for Girls boarding school, has excelled in her GCSE results with two A*s, six As and a C. Jess has Arnold Chiari Malformation, a condition which means she is frequently in a lot of pain, resulting in a lot of time out of school, this year in […]

Pupils score top grades on teacher-assessed speaking and listening tests

More pupils scored the top mark on speaking and listening GCSE English tests this year compared to any other grade. It won’t help the pupils, though, as the exams no longer count towards their final English GCSE grades. In this year’s tests, the second not to count toward English language and literature final grades, 32.2 […]

Country’s first for-profit free school just about meets floor target in first GCSE results

The country’s first for-profit free school has just about met the government’s floor standard for GCSEs in its first set of results since opening. IES Breckland school, in Suffolk, saw 40 per cent of its pupils achieve five or more A* to C grades, including English and Maths. It was judged by Ofsted as inadequate in […]

Language GCSE numbers continue to decline

Fewer pupils are taking foreign languages GCSEs than last year, figures show. Data released by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) shows a 5 per cent drop in the number of young people taking modern foreign languages. German saw the biggest hit, with a near 10 per cent fall, down to 54,037 this year from […]

Derbyshire pupil triumphs in GCSE results after near death experience

Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy pupil Maxine Clay, who nearly died after falling into a diabetic coma, meaning she missed all of year 10, is celebrating after achieving four Cs, a D and an E. Maxine (pictured above) spent 10 months in hospital after being in a coma for three weeks as her internal organs began shutting […]

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